Again, however, Schumann gives us a tonal surprise by modulating to the remote key of B major for bar 222. A good example is bars 29-30. info@smithsonianchambermusic.org. Schumann uses lots of typically Romantic chromaticism throughout this movement. She made her piano debut at 11 and began her Piano Concerto in A Minor when she was 14. Different We can therefore find it on that lifesaver of a website, IMSLP. The Piano Trio (Op. Improvisation at the Piano - Brian Chung 2007-03-02 The tempo marking for this movement is Allegro moderato, or moderately fast. Washington, DC 20013-7012 She made her piano debut at 11 and began her Piano Concerto in A Minor when she was 14. Mendelssohn owned himself impressed with the trio, singling out the fugato in the development of the last movement for special praise. . (202) 633-4174 Phone (202) 633-8052 Fax <> November 2013: Piano Trio in G minor, op. They are VERY important though! 2, trans. 146 0 obj 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. <> 0000005631 00000 n in the development of concerts. Until the mid-2000s, you could count commercial recordings of Clara Schumann's piano concerto (which she composed and premiered as Clara Wieck when still in her early teens) on one hand - the past few years, however, have seen an upswing in appreciation of the work itself and its composer in general, with Isata Kanneh-Mason, Barry Wordsworth and Gabriela Montero among those who've recently . with an extensive musical education. 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. 137 0 obj As an A* ex-A level music student myself, I know all the best tips and tricks for doing well in your exam. A year after the composition of her piano trio, Robert composed his first piano trio, op.63. 17, and Roberts Trio No. Even so, the composer never relaxes the music's lyrical urgency. 23x3`acLA9}\5O1>d8h49mdW#nd/VniM7pUBb E endobj Considering this, Claras Become a member today! [1], The 2nd movement consists of three sections; Scherzo, Trio, and Scherzo. It is seen that Clara's trio has had great influences on Robert's trio as they both share many interesting similarities. This makes the tonal surprise of the D major yet more surprising. For a while at least. This backward glance is then transformed into the bounding, red-blooded main theme of the finale. As is typical of early Romantic music, there are lots of perfect cadences in the music. exhibits a level of maturity comparable to the major trios of the time and is This is called a tonal surprise. 17, 88 & 110, Music@Menlo 2011: Through Brahms Disc 6: Schumann, C. Schumann, Brahms, Clara Schumann: Trio in G minor, Op. Her husband Robert Schumann was extremely ill. However, we are back in G minor by bar 250. [4], The last movement, Allegretto, is in sonata form again. 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. You can hear examples in the violin part of bars 9-10 and the cello part of bar 11. Her husband, Robert Schumann, was extremely ill and the couple had travelled to Nordeney in an . For A Level we only study the first movement of the trio, although it has four movements in total. Copyright is held by the author. 25, was composed by Johannes Brahms between 1856 and 1861. Presto Chart The Presto Chart - February 2023. by Chris O'Reilly. Piano Trio in G minor, Op.17 (Schumann, Clara) Movements/Sections Mov'ts/Sec's: 4 movements Composition Year 1846 Genre Categories: . The trio is one of 23 published opuses of Clara Schumann and it was written when she was 27. endobj Rhythms are simple but varied from measure to measure. As Nancy Reich observes in her ground-breaking biography of the virtuosa, Clara Schumann: The Artist and the Woman: Once she realized that wet nurses were available, that the baby could be boarded with relatives, that an additional maid could be hired for a pittance, that motherhood did not necessarily tie her down, she wasted no time. Well, if not, re-read the structure section, as you will need to know all about them for this section. Her The mood of 1c is a sudden shift from the music beforehand, using dotted notes and staccato articulation to establish a more angry, almost aggressive tone. It relies on energy and chromaticism to attract the audience. NMAH 4100 MRC 616 Clara Schumann Piano Trio in G minor Op 17 (Mvt 1) // Friday Lunchtime Concert London Symphony Orchestra 197K subscribers Subscribe 169 13K views 3 years ago A live lunchtime concert from LSO. 17" 2.) He published it anonymously as "Pianoforte Sonata, dedicated to Clara by Florestan and Eusebius". Therefore, to stretch it out about, Schumann makes several stop-overs en route back to the relative major. Throughout their lives, they developed a lively artistic exchange which included borrowing musical materials from each other. Heres a breakdown of the strict tonality conventions in sonata form vs how Schumann switches things up a bit. There are examples in bars 7, 23 and 81. During the 1845-1846 season, pregnant with her fourth child, Clara was unable to tour as a concert pianist and so stayed home and put her new contrapuntal skills to work in a piano trio. Je trouve singulier et tonnant, crit Schumann Mendelssohn, que presque chaque motif qui se forme en moi porte en soi les caractristiques de multiples combinaisons contrapuntiques. Remember those two subject groups discussed above? 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 . Op. 0000008330 00000 n I wont mention the keys, however, as we have seen them all previously in the piece. *fK5i#FA2XiRF1]Q% & ^ !tY2l~ ~|i:&Z0ALe6Yg{rA; VGXDzs!"&}c\ZOS 4DW#S4Kh{j)+#0dRAdZ{key;H)^WH >%2W0:9 h`r-xza:V6 i.-*#b|mp=i=49,:xlz]I3A~i-&UG{ZN=->r+70I^D"*y"d~i%_FH#H2JAR#};}PVE Clara composed, toured, played, and was fted as in the old days before marriage and childbearing., One of Claras finest compositions is her piano trio in G minor, written between May and September of 1846 and printed the following year as her opus 17. (from the liner notes to the recording by Kenneth Slowik, 2010), Smithsonian Chamber Music Society Instruments:Works her compositional ideas and works, including the piano trio, which was in fact Schumanns Piano Trio uses a complex structure called sonata form. However, Schumann also moves us through some other keys. 15 greatest chamber works page 4 classical music forums. However, Schumann never knew of the B Minor Sonata s existence since by the 13; Sonata Op. 136 0 obj Your contributions are vital to fulfilling our mission. endobj 0000002787 00000 n endobj A major exception was this Piano Trio in G Minor, a complex and beautifully written chamber work that shows her mastery both of counterpoint and of the long melodic line. <>/MediaBox[0 0 612 792]/Parent 132 0 R/Resources<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageC]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/Type/Page>> Follow this free score Follow Schumann, Clara (composer) 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. I bit my lip before replying. She wrote it in the summer of 1846, during a traumatic period of her somewhat turbulent life. Remember that lovely Ab major modulation in bar 139? This study demonstrates that through the balancing of tradition and innovation, Clara Schumann's piano trio exhibits a level of maturity . Piano Trio in G minor. through the balancing of tradition and innovation, Clara Schumanns piano trio 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. Theirs was a passionate relationship, with music at the center . The first year of our marriage you shall forget the artist, you shall live only for yourself and your house and your husband. 0000004245 00000 n Breaking with convention, she inserts a Scherzo before the slow movement. This acts as dominant preparation and clearly grounds us in Bb major. 0000022095 00000 n main melodic interest alternates between the violin and the right hand of the piano violin and cello are active for most of the time but occasionally, they rest simultaneously (bar 59) where a linking passage in the piano re establishes the tempo after a poco rit the violin alone presents a melody with piano accomp (as in bars 1-8) 139 0 obj Clara Schumann: Piano Trio in G Minor, Op.17 Strand: Instrumental music 1. children. This is perhaps a touch melodramatic but it certainly is powerful! Like her to contemporaries, the virtuosi Anton Rubinstein and Sigismond Thalberg, Clara Schumann was a gifted pianist and one of the leading musicians of her day. It is not hard to hear how Brahms would have admired the finale, an ostensibly relaxed Allegretto with gypsy coloring. 1d forms the answer to 1cs question. 0000003274 00000 n The amount of items that will be exported is indicated in the bubble next to export format. 0000003032 00000 n The University of Arizona Libraries | 1510 E. University Blvd. )$L2R%b!K?0U1/NDe2PyKu}5K~*Wej`}yaaW1u5tK5?[+8 The program includes "Piano Trio No. 17; Robert Schumann: Trio in D minor, Op. Clara era modelul metodelor sale pedagogice de nvare a pianului, metode care i-au fcut pe muzicieni ca Robert Schumann i Hans von Blow s devin pianiti de concert remarcabili. 17 was her only attempt at writing for a combination of instruments other Clara However, there are some different textures throughout. the piano plays a. 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