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= CLARA SCHUMANN = = =
 * Born: ** September 13, 1819, Germany
 * Died: ** May 20, 1896

 September 13 1819 – May 20 1896) was a German musician and composer. Of the Romantic era. She exerted her influence over a 61-year concert career, Her husband was the composer Robert Schumann . Clara Schumann was the main breadwinner for her family through giving concerts and teaching, and she did most of the work of organizing her own concert tours. She refused to accept charity when a group of musicians offered to put on a benefit concert for her. In addition to raising her own large family, when one of her children became pregnant, she took on responsibility for raising her grandchildren.  Four of her eight children and her husband died before she did. Her husband Robert had a mental collapse, attempted suicide in 1854.