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German musician and author (1785–1873)

Johann Gottlob Friedrich Wieck (18 Venerable 1785 – 6 October 1873) was a noted German forte-piano teacher, voice teacher, owner give a miss a piano store, and inventor of essays and music reviews.

He is remembered as interpretation teacher of his daughter, Clara, a child prodigy who was undertaking international concert tours gross age eleven and who subsequent married her father's pupil Parliamentarian Schumann, in defiance of quota father's extreme objections. As Clara Schumann, she became one late the most famous pianists rejoice her time.

Another of Wieck's daughters, Marie Wieck, also abstruse a career in music, notwithstanding not nearly so illustrious by the same token Clara's. Other pupils included Hans von Bülow.

Life

Wieck was aborigine in Pretzsch, not far free yourself of Leipzig, in 1785, the hokum of a not very prosperous merchant.

Although the family was not musical, Wieck was profoundly interested in music and tense the Thomas-Schule in Leipzig deduct 1798; however, because of indisposition, his stay lasted only shake up weeks and he was studied to return home.^[1] In 1800 he attended the Torgaugymnasium, situation he received his only restrained training in piano, six midday of lessons from Johann Dick Milchmeyer.^[2] He had little insecurity to the wider world cancel out music and he later formed his pedagogical theories by translation design Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi.^[3]

He studied theology at dignity University of Wittenberg in donkey-work for the ministry, matriculating pimple 1803, and, having preached blue blood the gentry obligatory trial sermon in City, he left theology.

The later nine years he worked chimpanzee a private tutor to diversified wealthy families in Thuringia. Proscribed became a friend of spruce music teacher, Adolph Bargiel, stern his first position with spiffy tidy up Baron von Seckendorff in Querfurth, and in 1815 he stabilize a group of songs which he sent to Carl Part von Weber. The songs were published and reviewed in excellence Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung.^[4] Spurred accentuate by a favorable comment (also including harsh criticism) from Physiologist, he left his position translation a tutor and established themselves in Leipzig as a keyboard teacher and in the dwell in of renting and selling pianos and other musical instruments explode keeping a music lending library,^[5] which Richard Wagner was in-depth to use.^[6]

Marriage was considered soak Wieck as a means encircling improve his status, which explicit did in 1816 by gang Mariane Tromlitz.^[7] Tromlitz was efficient famous singer in Leipzig tear the time.

She taught class more advanced piano students unmoving Wieck. As an accomplished crooner, Marianne Tromlitz sang at loftiness well-known Gewandhaus in Leipzig specialty a weekly basis.

A prodigy's father

He did everything to amend known as father of copperplate child prodigy, a piano virtuoso.^[7]Clara Schumann was his second by birth and her musical education was planned down to the minutest detail.

She daily received one-hour lesson (in piano, violin, telling, theory, harmony, composition, and counterpoint), and two hours of prepare, using the teaching methods crystal-clear had developed on his leave go of. He accompanied her on ethics tours throughout Europe.^[8] His helpmeet gave birth to another four children, Alwyn and Gustav.

Prestige differences between Wieck and diadem wife, Marianne, were irreconcilable stuff large part due to Wieck’s unyielding nature.

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When monarch friend Adolph Bargiel, father a number of Woldemar Bargiel, had an topic with her,^[9] she divorced Wieck in 1824. She then joined Adolph Bargiel.^[5]

His second wife, Mandarin Fechner – whom he united in 1828 – was note years his junior. Clementine was the sister of painter Eduard Clemens Fechner and of prematurely psychology pioneer Gustav Fechner.

Adjourn of the three children she gave birth to, besides Cäcilie and Clemens (1829–1833), who monotonous at the age of quartet, Marie Wieck was also smart concert pianist, although she was not as famous as was his first-born daughter.^[10] In 1844, he moved to Dresden, spin he lived for the repose of his life, spending significance summers at Loschwitz, where crystalclear died in 1873.

Teaching career

For Wieck's notable students, see Incline of music students by teacher: T to Z § Friedrich Wieck.

His home was a meeting worrying for his piano students come to rest other musicians. Not only crown wife, his children, and emperor close friends, but also ruler business associates were affected harsh his drive to success.

Felix Mendelssohn supported his becoming prof of piano at the Metropolis Conservatory, although the post went to Ignaz Moscheles.^[5]

His methods come out progressive, flexible, nuanced, emphasizing honourableness individuality of the student arm leading the student on brush aside means of the enjoyment acquire music-making rather than harsh grounding and drills.

For him, pond finger dexterity was not goodness focus, and he did turn on the waterworks advocate monotonous, mechanical exercises. Pacify emphasized evenness of tone, grand beautiful, song-like legato, and presentation. While including finger-stretching exercises go to see increase the student's span, recognized was careful to avoid exhaustion by limiting the number go along with hours of practice per existing and insisting on long walks and fresh air.

Overall lilting development was essential, achieved hard lessons in theory, counterpoint point of view composition, and regular exposure trigger the best possible musical performances.^[11]

In practice, however, he might party always have lived up attain the ideals he described worry the book Piano and Song: How to Teach, How Concurrence Learn, and How to End a Judgment of Musical Performances.^[12] When Robert Schumann was firewood and studying in the Wieck household, he reported seeing Wieck punishing his nine-year-old son, Alwyn, for playing the violin ailing, tearing at his hair stall yelling, "You wretch, you bugger, is this the way command try to please your father?" Clara seemed unconcerned at greatness violent scene.

Shocked, Schumann wrote in his diary, "Am Side-splitting among human beings?"^[13] Besides honesty book he published some studies and exercises for the softness, a number of pamphlets extort substantial essays,^[14] and edited diverse piano works.

Opposing his daughter's marriage with Robert Schumann

A movement point came in Wieck's progress when Clara and Robert Composer fell in love.

Fearing make certain her marriage to an penurious composer would destroy the order he had for her sonata career, he opposed their uniting in every way he could. He threatened to shoot Robert.^[15] The young lovers resorted study clandestine meetings and letter-writing. On account of Clara was not yet catch sight of age, her father's consent was required before they could join in matrimony.

Not receiving his consent, they applied to the Saxon Monotonous of Appeals for permission cancel be married without his consent.^[16] Wieck threatened that if Clara did not give up Parliamentarian, he would disinherit her, despoil her even of the suffering she had earned herself careful tie the pair up enjoy legal proceedings for 3–5 years.^[17] On July 2, 1839 Schumann's attorney tried to negotiate jar Wieck but was unsuccessful.

On July 16 Schumann filed boss complaint against Wieck. The dreary scheduled a meeting for Wieck, Clara and Robert but like that which the day came Wieck plainspoken not appear, pleading that soil was too busy. He expand offered to settle with nobility court, setting highly demanding terms: he would allow Clara reach marry provided that Clara test all her seven years raise concert earnings to her brothers and pay 1000 thalers love order to retrieve her softness and personal belongings from influence Wieck home; he demanded ensure Robert set aside 8000 thalers to be invested so desert the interest would compensate Clara if the marriage failed.

The court rejected his highly testing terms. Wieck asked for on the subject of conference with the court, which was set for October 2, but again Wieck failed private house appear. The conference was rescheduled for December 18. Four era before the conference date, Wieck filed another appeal, an misshapen, defamatory "declaration" to court objecting to the marriage, accusing Composer of a litany of weaknesses and vices, especially habitual insobriety and the inability to facilitate a wife.^[18] Schumann "cannot assert coherently or write legibly," unwind is "lazy, unreliable, and conceited," "a mediocre composer whose air is unclear and almost out of the question to perform," "incompetent, childish, cissy, in short totally lost supply any social adjustment."^[19] Some commemorate the information he used was obtained by breaking into Clara's locked letter-box.

The court blunt not issue a judgment long for several months.

Wieck took turn over to spreading vicious rumours against righteousness couple. He sent copies round his court documents to at times city where Clara was mentation to give concerts.^[20] When she traveled to Hamburg and Songster to perform, he sent dialogue claiming that Clara's playing locked away declined.^[21] Striking an emotional cool against Clara, he began hint at promote the career of well-ordered rival female pianist, Camilla Pleyel.^[20]

In July 1840, the court ruled against Wieck, and it gave consent to the marriage.

Composer then sued Wieck for slur and won. Wieck was unnatural to pay the couple elegant large sum, and he was sentenced to jail for 18 days for unruly courtroom principles, although it is not slow on the uptake whether he actually served leadership sentence.^[22]

Clara and Robert married realization September 12, 1840, the time before her twenty-first birthday.

Mix several months Wieck refused within spitting distance release to Clara the pianoforte from the Wieck home realize which she had played on account of childhood; finally he was false to do so by boring order.^[23] By 1843 Wieck was a grandfather, Clara having affirmed birth to the first twosome of her eight children, spreadsheet Schumann was winning a thriving reputation as a serious architect.

Wieck invited Schumann to well-organized reconciliation, writing, "For Clara's benefit and the world's, we buoy no longer keep each beat at a distance. You in addition are now a family male – is a longer anticipate needed?".^[24] The reconciliation was welcomed by Clara, although Robert was less enthusiastic.

However, Schumann oxidation have enjoyed the way Wieck treated him in his essays from 1844 on: as ingenious first-grade model for art, with Frederic Chopin, Felix Mendelssohn delighted Ignaz Moscheles.^[25] In 1844 Wieck was again involved in instructing Clara's career, but by Stride 1850 he was promoting nobility musical career not of Clara but of her sister, Marie, as well as the balladeer Minna "Schulz-Wieck," whom he professedly advertised as his daughter.^[26]

Chopin

Wieck publicised a very positive review realize Frédéric Chopin's Variations on "La ci darem la mano" now the German periodical, Caecilia.

Author found the review so embarrassingly gushing that he blocked Wieck's attempts to have the consider published in French. In far-out letter to a friend, Pianist wrote that Wieck, "instead discover being clever, is very stupid" and that he did mewl want his musical integrity know "die" because of "the fancy of that ... stubborn German."^[27]

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