Ultimate Guide to A Level Music: Eleanor Rigby, Ultimate Guide to A Level Music: Tomorrow Never Knows. Even so, the composer never relaxes the music's lyrical urgency. Some features of this site may not work without it. This study demonstrates that through the balancing of tradition and innovation, Clara Schumann's piano trio exhibits a level of maturity . We can therefore find it on that lifesaver of a website, IMSLP. The substantial first movement, Allegro moderato, could pass for one of her husband's with its stern yet somewhat yearning, lyrical first subject, and the second subject is lighter, chordal, and syncopated. 17, Clara Schumann, Rebecca Clarke, Alba Rosa Vitor: Piano Trios, Clara Schumann: Piano Trio; Franz Schubert: Quartet Rosamunde; Trio D471, Robert & Clara Schumann: Piano Trios, Op. 1845 est l'anne o Schumann dcouvre sa passion pour la composition de fugues, passion qu'il partage avec Clara, sa femme. Her 11, Clara Schumann: Piano Trio in G minor; Camille Saint-Sans: Piano Trio in F major. Department Music Description text Subject Schumann, Clara, 1819-1896--Criticism and interpretation You will also have to know them back to front, upside down and off by heart! Here we go: Ok, I might have lied a little. It was written in 1846, during a traumatic and harrowing period of her troubled life. No crystal-ball required to predict our best-selling title of February - John Wilson's second album of English music for strings (featuring Howells's Concerto for string orchestra, Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Elgar's Introduction & Allegro and Delius . The Piano Quartet No. Your contributions are vital to fulfilling our mission. endstream of this sonata with her Piano Trio in G minor, op. This makes the tonal surprise of the D major yet more surprising. All Rights Reserved. A wonderful work, the Trio demonstrates that while Clara shared Roberts musical sensibility, she was very much her own immense talent. B. Streicher piano of 1846 from the Frederick Historic Piano Collection in conjunction with a 1670 violin by Andrea Guarneri and a cello by Carlo Antonio Testore, ca. In the recapitulation, the first subject should be in the tonic key. <>stream new light on this work in particular and her abilities in general. stream Clara Schumann: Piano Trio in G Minor, Op.17 Strand: Instrumental music 1. For example, we pass through C minor in bar 35 and D minor in bar 36. A summary of Clara Schumann's Piano Trio in G minor In the Edexcel Music A Level Listening and Appraising section, with basic points to be used as a starting point for revision, taken from the Pearson Support Guide. 17; Drei Romanzen, Op. Clara was already well known as a piano virtuoso when she married Robert. 0000005631 00000 n The beginning of the first movement's "Clara" theme returns in the clarinets and bassoons, harmonized in a way that suggests distant horn calls. <>/Border[0 0 0]/Rect[145.74 211.794 223.476 223.806]/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> You can find bars of monophony scattered throughout the movement. endobj This acts as dominant preparation and clearly grounds us in Bb major. Can you hear any of these features in Schumanns Piano Trio? 1730, set up with gut strings as they would have been in the Schumanns time. Thats actually something called, During the development the violin and cello frequently use, The use of imitation and dialogue automatically pushes us towards, In the first two beats of bar 11 the piano plays a, In the second two beats of bar 11 (yep, its a busy bar!) Hablas espaol? On his thirty-seventh birthday on 6 June, he began work on the first of his three full-fledged trios (an earlier group of trio miniatures would be published in 1850 as four Phantasiestcke, Op. traits that conform to the standards of the nineteenth century piano trio but also <>>> . 141 0 obj If only I dont fall too far behind. I looked at her, confusion lacing my features. Like Robert, Clara here maintains a thick sound, but it's because all three instruments are playing contrapuntally much of the time, not because one is essentially doubling another's part, as was often the case with Robert. A good place to see this in action is bars 13-16. 0000002084 00000 n The marriage to Robert was a huge part of Claras life, and I wanted to reflect that in the programme, says Kanneh-Mason. [4] Throughout the movement, each instrument has its own soloist moment on top of an exceptional balance between three instruments. You can really tell that she was a pianist though - it has by far the most prominent and difficult part! 63, written the following year. On his thirty-seventh birthday on 6 June, he began work on the first of his three full-fledged trios (an earlier group of trio miniatures would be published in 1850 as four, From the Smithsonian Collection of Recordings. 145 0 obj [4], The overall key of this movement is G Minor, with a lot of modulation both to closer and more distant keys. Just a quick note about this table the keys above are specific to pieces in the minor key which use sonata form. <>/Border[0 0 0]/Rect[81.0 617.094 247.02 629.106]/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> than piano and voice or piano and violin. You can really tell that she was a pianist though it has by far the most prominent and difficult part! 0000003274 00000 n Claras childhood was filled with lessons, father predetermined her successful career as a pianist and provided his daughter JavaScript is disabled for your browser. endobj I will only point out the interesting bits, however, as this article is already way too long! 0000001056 00000 n Rhythms are simple but varied from measure to measure. Rather unusually, the whole movement ends with a plagal cadence (IV I). This is perhaps a touch melodramatic but it certainly is powerful! Tonality and structure are greatly intertwined when it comes to sonata form. 23x3`acLA9}\5O1>d8h49mdW#nd/VniM7pUBb E During the transition, the music modulates. After Robert wrote his trios, Clara lost confidence in hers, but Brahms was one of many others who also played the work. While Clara was on tour in Paris shortly before their wedding, for example, Robert had written her: I have just read your letter in which you write, If I remain in Dresden for one year I will be forgotten as an artist . [3] The work, written for a piano trio comprising piano, violin and cello, was her first attempt at writing music for instruments other than the voice and piano. Ehejahre 1840-1856. 0000006011 00000 n innovative compositional techniques demonstrating both her understanding of Piano Trio in G minor, Op.17 (Schumann, Clara) Movements/Sections Mov'ts/Sec's: 4 movements Composition Year 1846 Genre Categories: . The Piano Trio (Op. The sonata-form first movement is filled with Romantic ardor, from its urgent lyrical themes tinged with longing, to its vigorous contrapuntal development section, to its brief, driving coda. Russian Piano Music Andor Pinter 2013-01-16 This collection of 44 pieces spotlights . However, its actual history is a bit more complicated. Heres a breakdown of what that entailes: The overall tonality of Schumanns Piano Trio is G minor. A good example is bars 29-30. 17, Movement 1 Support Guide", International Music Score Library Project, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Piano_Trio_(Clara_Schumann)&oldid=1072054408, This page was last edited on 15 February 2022, at 18:42. . endobj 0000002084 00000 n The amount of items that can be exported at once is similarly restricted as the full export. 2023 Los Angeles Philharmonic Association. . 0000027350 00000 n For A Level we only study the first movement of the trio, although it has four movements in total. % Clara Wieck Schumann, is also examined. 142 0 obj Romantic harmony uses a system of tension with lots of, Rhythm, metre and tempo of Clara Schumann Piano Trio, 1a is the main melody explored in the development. However, the overall mood of the piece is still playful. Robert Schumann - 1810-1856 German Composer Primary types of composition: Piano . Written in 1846, the Piano Trio in G minor, opus 17 by Clara Schumann was her only piano trio[1] and was composed during her stay in Dresden 1845-1846. A rather detailed dissection of everything you need to know for A Level music: Schumann Piano Trio, from texture and dynamics to tonality and context. 0000001530 00000 n Her mother, Marianne Tromliz, was a famous singer, and her father, Friedrich Wieck, was a music teacher. with an extensive musical education. Friends of Music Recordings is pleased to announce its third release, Piano Trios of Clara and Robert Schumann, performed by The Castle Trio: Lambert Orkis, piano; Marilyn McDonald, violin; and Kenneth Slowik, violoncello. children. For example, my First Symphony in B-flat Major was written in four days. Schumann completed the Op. trio should be praised or criticized using the same guidelines as the trios of her )8?H? At her time, Schumann was best known for her skills at the piano, performing throughout Europe from an early age. 2023 Smithsonian Chamber Music Society. history of the piano trio as a genre, and compositional features of her trio shed This is written in modified ternary form (or ABA). Instrumentation- piano, violin, and cello; genre- piano trio; 1846. Clara Schumann began her musical career the day she was born. including piano from her father as well as theory, harmony, composition, Schumann's Piano Concerto, begun in the year after they married, but not finished until 1845, was premired by Clara and promoted by her in the face of considerable opposition after Robert died. Winkler, Manitoba. 17, was a direct influence on Roberts Piano Trio in D minor, Op. Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Gershwin, and Philip Glass. 0000012952 00000 n 17, composed in 1846) is Clara Schumann's first work for chamber ensemble, and one of her most ambitious works in any genre. - Youtube videos - Analysis of each element - Questions to consider - Wider listening ideas with a task for students to . 0000007951 00000 n The movement's exposition is recapitulated in full, now building to a dramatic -- yet not stormy -- coda that expertly releases most of its tension just before the final chords. 0000008330 00000 n <>/Border[0 0 0]/Rect[403.476 617.094 549.0 629.106]/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> 0000006430 00000 n It is not hard to hear how Brahms would have admired the finale, an ostensibly relaxed Allegretto with gypsy coloring. She did so in part because in both Claras and Roberts eyes, Robert took priority. Clara puts her Bach studies to use in the development section, a confident excursion into counterpoint, and uses a scholarly and controlled approach to a section that other composers of the time dealt with more freely, even sloppily. Only from the year 1845, when I began to invent and work out everything in my head, did a completely new method of composition begin to develop. With this new approach to writing, Schumann was again at his compositional best, after some years of self-doubt. She grew up to be one of the. Delving into Schumann's most famous pieces in engaging and accessible style, Donald Sanders provides insightful analysis for dedicated lovers of Schumann as well as newcomers to his musical innovations. contemporaries. The Scherzo is in B-flat major, the same key as the relative major of the first movement, and it instructed to be played in the "Tempo di minuetto" which means slow, graceful and playful. Clara Schumann was a well-rounded professional musician of the highest caliber anchored in an outstanding education directed by her father that included piano, violin, theory, harmony, orchestration, counterpoint, fugue and composition with some of the finest teachers throughout Germany. 22; Sechs Lieder aus "Jucunde", Op. As his 2016 debut showed, Mller likes to mix and match . Some features of this site may not work without it. time, such as Felix Mendelssohn, Joseph Joachim, and Robert Schumann, praised endobj In spite of these challenges, Claras works exhibit learned and <>/Border[0 0 0]/Rect[81.0 649.194 149.177 661.206]/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> Copyright is held by the author. They are VERY important though! Their influences were mutual - composed in 1846, Clara's Piano Trio in G minor, Op. This study demonstrates that through the balancing of tradition and innovation, Clara Schumann's piano trio exhibits a level of maturity comparable to the major trios of the time and is worthy of performance consideration today. Tavola-Tecla Trio concert (Albert Bergen (violin), Karen Sunabacka (cello), Darryl Friesen (piano)) Emmanuel Mennonite Church. 25, was composed by Johannes Brahms between 1856 and 1861. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. Similarly to 1a, 1c also acts as a musical question. Clara Schumann was an experienced, admired performer in the cutthroat world of acclaimed piano virtuososand this formidable, imaginative closing movement . However, the first bar of the transition has already arrived in Bb major. 137 0 obj Presto Chart The Presto Chart - February 2023. by Chris O'Reilly. 17: Third movement, Andante" February 24, 2015 Instrumentation- piano, violin, and cello; genre- piano trio; 1846 This piano trio has four movements instead of three, and contains two sonata-form outer movements, a scherzo second movement, and this slower third movement. Until recently, little was known about her role as a composer, and her works were consistently relegated to the domain of the "salon." Over the next ten days, the Schumann household books repeatedly testify to Schumanns joy with his progress on the trio, the sketch of which was finished on 16 June. This book brings together a team of leading scholars to reappraise Clara Schumann in three particular respects: first, by delving deeper into her social and musical contexts; secondly, by offering fresh analytical perspectives on her songs and instrumental music; and thirdly, by reconsidering her legacy as a pianist and teacher. Ferrndez, who released his debut album on Sony Classical in 2021 to critical acclaim, was also a member of Anne-Sophie Mutter's . Clara puts her Bach studies to use in the development section, a confident excursion into counterpoint, and uses a scholarly and controlled approach to a section that other composers of the time dealt with more freely, even sloppily. I have tried to make all this information as concise as possible so you can get the best value for your time spent reading. 17 - I - Allegro moderato, Clara Schumann: Piano Trio in G minor - LSO Discovery A-level Seminar 2016, Last edited on 15 February 2022, at 18:42, "A Level Music Schumann Piano Trio Op. Score reading has also ceased once again, but I hope that it will not be for long this time. [1], The 2nd movement consists of three sections; Scherzo, Trio, and Scherzo. intimate genres of song, sonata, trio, and piano miniature. However, as you might have guessed, it is a little more complicated than that! While in Norderney, Clara suffered from miscarriage. Notwithstanding the change in her condition (which she had initially discovered in early April, just two months after the birth of her previous child) recorded in the Schumann household diary for that date, she played a public concert the next day. 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