Clara Wieck Schumann and the Struggle for Equality in Nineteenth-Centur

Clara Wieck Schumann and the Struggle for Equality in Nineteenth-Century Germany The come out of women before and during the nineteenth century is well summarized by a Bavarian statute book, which states that by marriage, the wife comes under theauthority of the husband and the rectitude allows him to chastise her moderately (Gay 177). These ideas are similarly echoed in the Declaration of the Rights of humanness and of theCitizen and the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The former did not afford women any of the rights provided for men, such as liberty, property, resistance to oppression,voting, free speech, etc. the latter reasoned that because women were the weaker sex, they should not (and moreover could not) be a part of society outside of the family.Although dominated by her father in the early years of her bearing, the pianist and composer Clara Wieck Schumann broke by dint of the societal barriers inhibiting womenssuccess and independence, forming a reputable and comme ndable career during a time when womens lives were predetermined by a male-dominated instinct and society. An investigation into the mindset of citizens in the nineteenth century and the obstacles every charwoman faced especially concentrating on Germany followedby a translation of the life and musical career of Clara Schumann will create greater recognition of the upward battle she (and all women) faced at that time, as well as thenotability of her career as wife, mother, and musician.Before delving into the life of Clara Schumann, a description of the world surrounding her must be made in social club to understand the magnitude of her accomplishments. Among the positive factors of this time were changes in society from the new eighteenth century, su... ...tita. Concerto The Glowing Story of Clara Schumann. New York The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1961.Moraze, Charles. The Triumph of the Middle Classes. Cleve reason The World Publishing Company, 1966.Nauhaus, Gerd, ed. The Ma rriage Diaries of Robert & Clara Schumann. Boston Northeastern University Press, 1993.Reich, Nancy B. Clara Schumann The Artist and the Woman. Ithaca Cornell University Press, 1985.Schumann, Clara Wieck. cryptic Whispers Three Romances for violin and Piano. Kym Amps, Soprano Erica Deaaring, violin Joanna Borrett, cello David Carhart, piano. whirligig Records 1996.Susskind, Pamela. Clara Shumann. The New Grove Dictio nary of Music and Musicians. Vol. 16. London Macmillan Publishing Limited, 1980.Thompson, Oscar, ed. Clara Schumann. The multinational Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians. New York Dodd, Mead & Company, 1975.