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Clara Schumann: Piano Trio in Gm Op. 17 mvt 1
Clara Schumann: Piano Trio in Gm Op. 17 mvt 1
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1
The phrasing used, for example in bars 1-4 and 5-8, is Classically influenced and is....
Irregular phrasing
Periodic phrasing
Idiomatic phrasing
Antiphonal phrasing
2
What form is used to structure the first movement?
Binary form
Rondo form
Sonata form
Ternary form
3
Why were her compositions not well known until relatively recently?
Her manuscripts were lost
Concerts of her music were never given
Her manuscripts were hidden by her jealous husband
Women were not encouraged to be composers in Romantic era
4
Which instruments featured in the piano trio format?
Viola, cello and piano
Violin, viola and piano
piano, piano and......... piano!
Violin, cello and piano
5
When did she produce her first piano concerto?
at 20
at 45
at 15
at 5
6
Where would chamber music such as piano trios be typically performed?
outside
small concert halls
salons of rich patrons
in large concert halls
7
What name was ascribed to Clara Schumann?
Queen of the Piano
Mistress of the Violin
Dame of the Cello
Madam of the Bassoon
8
What was Clara best known for in her lifetime?
For being a talented artist
For being a concert pianist
For making the most delicious pies
For being a well known opera singer
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What else was going on in her life in the year the Piano Trio in Gm was written?
She wrote a treatise on composition
She had quadruplets
She gave the 1st performances of husband's Piano Concerto
She had her 4th child
10
How many children did she have?
6
8
4
22
11
Which other composers have written piano trios?
Brahms
Shostakovich
Beethoven
Dvorak
12
Which other musicians and composers did she know well and work with?
Brahms (composer)
Bach (composer)
Beethoven (composer)
Joachim (leading violinist)
13
Whose music, apart from her own, did Clara frequently perform and popularise?
Sergei Rachmaninov’s
Robert Schumann’s
Frederic Chopin’s
GF Handel’s
14
Which composers popularised the piano trio form in the Classical era?
Beethoven
Haydn
Mozart
Handel
15
Who was chamber music such as this piano trio aimed at?
Beginners
Proficient amateurs
Intermediate standard players
Professional musicians
16
When was the piece written?
1856
1816
1836
1846
17
Why was her family life particularly hard?
She was the main breadwinner, and gave lots of a concerts
She had to care for her parents
Her husband was an ill man & died fairly young in an asylum
She had 8 children and outlived some of them
18
What was Clara Schumann trying to emphasise in writing a piano trio?
That she could write serious chamber music like male composers
She could play piano, violin and cello to an equal standard
She could write a multi-movement work
She was trying to be taken seriously as a female composer
19
How many movements are there in the Piano Trio overall?
4
2
3
1
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Which famous composer fell in love with her and married her, against her father's wishes?
Robert Schumann
Freiderich Wieck-Schumann
Ernst Schumann
Johannes Brahms
