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The Music Division maintains a blog, In the Muse, which promotes Library-sponsored performing arts events and features articles about the Music Division's unique collections. Keyword search across the blog for any posts that mention Clara Schumann.

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The following blog posts are specifically focused on Clara Schumann scores, letters, and related manuscripts in the Music Division's collections.

200 Years of Clara Schumann
See a page from the holograph manuscript for Clara Schumann’s An einem lichten Morgen, op. 23.
On Clara Schumann’s 199th Birthday: The Countdown Begins!
Read about Clara Schumann's manuscript cadenzas for the first and last movements of Mozart’s D minor piano concerto, K. 466. Link to the digitized manuscripts.
Remembering the Schumanns' Love Through Letters
Read about a love letter from the Library's Heineman Collection that Robert wrote to Clara almost two and half years before their marriage.
William Bradbury's Album of Autographs
Read about Bradbury's album of musical autographs that the composer and musician collected while studying in Leipzig from 1847-1849. The album includes an autograph from Clara of the first fugue from her op. 16 Drei Praeludien und Fugen.

Clara Schumann: A Guide to Resources at the Library of Congress

Performing Arts: Ask a Librarian

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