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A masterwork considered to be among the most significant pieces of the early romantic period, Schumann considered the composition his most passionate piece. Schumann dedicated the work to Franz Liszt, one of the only pianists at the time capable of meeting its technical demands.
The first and most famous movement calls out to Schumann’s beloved Clara Wieck. Forbidden from contacting each other by her father, Schumann voices his anguish through the music. Certain phrases are said to be ciphers calling out her name, “Clara, Clara”!
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Come and hear the funeral marching
Maybe this is your suicide
Maybe this is more pure
Pure than simple
Maybe this is all I have for home
Why have all beautiful people
Brushed you on down?
And brushed you on down?
I saw the shame inside your addiction,
Waitin' to see what was passed on by.
I saw the shame and wondered why
I should live, and die.
Leave a note and tell me,
Leave a note and tell me why.