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| This room was titled, "Fertile Creativity 1848–1850," and it is considered his most productive and happiest years for Robert and Clara. | During this period, the Waldszenen, the Forest Scenes, Op. 82 was composed by Robert Schumann. This is the original cover of the first edition of the Waldszenen. | |
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The last room was where Robert Schumann was born, filled with various furniture used by Robert and Clara Schumann; the standing desk Robert Schumann used for composing, his desk with the busts of J.S. Bach and Händel that Robert admired, and portraits of Beethoven and Schubert that Clara acquired. The grand piano, made by André Stein in Vienna in 1827, placed in the middle of the room, was played by Clara when she gave her first concert at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig. Very little is known about it outside Germany, but this very piano is the image on the reverse of the former 100 Deutsche Mark (DM) banknotes. You can imagine how much famous Clara Wieck Schumann is in Germany.
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| The year 2018 marked the 900th anniversary of the Gewandhaus and was being renovated. | It showed the history of the Gewandhaus. | |
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| It looked as though Schumann had been closely observing the development of the Gewandhaus. | Back to the Zwickau Hauptbahnhof. The return was much smoother. | |
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On my way back to Leipzig, I was feeling so blessed for the opportunity not just to visit the Robert-Schumann-Haus in Zwickau, but to be there in 2019, the 200th anniversary of the birth of Clara Wieck Schumann. |
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