Clara Schumann and his piano, in the Google doodle
Clara Schumann, his piano and his eight children are now the protagonists of Google searches, through a new doodle to decorate the seeker, once again, your homepage. The reason this time is the 193 anniversary of the birth of German pianist, one of the most important nineteenth century. For his immense talent and the legacy he has left Clara Schumann in music history, Google has decided that this woman should become part of your list of honorees historical personalities through their almost mythical doodles, changes logo search for a day that changed the letters of the Google logo by an original illustration, video or interactive animation. And to Clara Schumann, Google has chosen one of its static doodles, a colorful picture representing the famous artist, also wife of German composer and pianist Robert Schumann, surrounded by eight small-certainly, the eight children he had with the pianist and astonished composer who observe the skill of Clara Schumann at the piano keys.
Clara Wieck, maiden name of Clara Schumann, was born on September 13, but the year 1819, in Leipzig, Germany. Today, 193 years later, Google has decided to pay a special tribute to this woman, whose father, Freidrich Wieck, piano teacher, dreamed of bringing into the world a musical genius. The woman who now plays piano in a doodle that takes the place of the letters of Google was started from small field of music, directed by his father who started his career as a concert pianist.
Clara Schumann was a true child prodigy. He made his debut at age nine in the Hall of the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, two years later, at eleven, the pianist at piano keys-doodle today introduced its first full piano recital at the age of 12 and embarked on a concert tour throughout Europe that made him reap significant success in the big cities and especially in Paris, gaining public recognition, over the years, the praises of great artists such as Liszt, Chopin, Mendelssohn and Paganini.
The doodle today, plus a tribute to a great artist, also be seen as a vindication of Google the role of women in music, choosing a woman as Clara Schumann, equipped with an unquestionable musical talent to take over for Today all of your logo. Before Clara Schumann letters that crown the Google search box has been devoted to the 46th anniversary of the first episode of Star Trek, the original series, the pedagogue Maria Montessori, the media American cook Julia Child, the pioneering aviatrix Amelia Earhart or Viennese painter Gustav Klimt. Special mention deserves the Olympic series of doodles that Google devised to pay tribute to the 2012 London Games.
Clara Schumann, besides playing the piano and care for their eight children, he composed 66 pieces: music for solo piano, songs for voice and piano, chamber music and orchestra, no easy task for a woman of the nineteenth century also had to face innumerable problems and personal tragedies such as the separation of their parents, the premature death of some of their children and the suicide attempt and subsequent death of her husband Robert Schumann.
Robert Schumann and Clara Schumann met when the pianist came home to study with the Wieck Clara's father. The artist now feted by Google with one of his most tender doodles had then only eleven years, but gradually consolidated a solid friendship with Friedrich Wieck's pupil, eleven years her senior. Gradually, the friendship between Robert and Clara became more and both pianists began a love affair that was not so simple. Long absences from Clara Schumann, who spent periods away from home offering piano recitals throughout Europe, and the strong opposition of the father of the pianist protagonist of today's Google homepage difficult romance between the two artists, who married, finally One day before Clara Schumann fulfilled 21 years.
But Clara Schumann was not only women who accompanied Robert every day to Schumann for rest of his life. The German pianist musically influenced significantly by the fact that her husband would become a highly regarded composer, urging him to expandiese their sights and not limited to the creation for piano. Clara Schumann recommended her husband to devote himself to composition for orchestra, played in public works of Robert and inspiration for much of her husband's work.
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