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Clara’s 16th
CHOPIN LISZT MENDELSSOHN CLARA After dinner on Clara Schumann's 16th birthday [September 13, 1835], Felix...

Mendelssohn
More than Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn is the wunderkind among composers. His Octet in E flat,...

Clara Schumann
CLARA Julie, with whom Brahms was in love though he never declared himself. Left to...

Elvis Costello: North
NORTH w/Diana Krall Just about all songwriters have written songs for their sweethearts-but has any...

Beethoven
When conducting, Beethoven rose on his toes to mark a fortissimo, sweeping his arms wide-and...

Hugo, Victor: Les Miserables
In 1804, a French priest, Monsieur Myriel, visited Paris to see the Cardinal about his...