Clara Schumann Wieck learned to compose, and from childhood to middle age she produced a good body of work. Clara wrote that "composing gives me great pleasure... there is nothing that surpasses the joy of creation, if only because through it one wins hours of self-forgetfulness, when one lives in a world of sound". At age fourteen she wrote her piano concerto, with some help from Robert Schumann, and performed it at age sixteen at the Leipzig Gewandhaus with Mendelssohn conducting. As she grew older, however, she became more preoccupied with other responsibilities in life and found it hard to compose regularly,
Marie Wieck Marie Wieck Marie Wieck (January 17, 1832 – November 2, 1916) was a German pianist, singer, piano teacher, and composer. She was the daughter of renowned piano teacher Friedrich Wieck, and the sister of Clara Schumann who was some 12 years older. Marie was born in Leipzig. She was trained from an early age in piano and voice by her father Friedrich. Marie's first public appearance was in 1842, when she and her sister Clara performed at a concert in Dresden. She later performed with her father at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig. An eminent singer and pianist, Wieck sang in