

Meanwhile, he had fallen in love with his piano teacher's daughter, Clara Wieck - herself a wonderful pianist - but her father was very opposed to their marriage. Robert eventually won out, though, and married her in 1840 after a court battle.īy 1848 he and Clara had three young daughters (they eventually had eight children, seven of whom survived). Unfortunately a hand injury put an end to that idea, so thereafter he focused on composing. If you find weaknesses in your student’s foundation as you head into Book Two, it is wise to keep reviewing the specific repertoire in Book One that can help to solve the problems. He was a brilliant pianist and intended to make a career as a perfomer. A student’s success in learning the pieces in Suzuki Book Two is dependent on the foundation set in Book One.


Begin with Viotti strokes using the whole bow, then at the tip of the bow beginning up bow, and finally at the frog beginning down bow. German composer and pianist Robert Schumann lived from 1810 to 1856. The underlying principles of this stroke are first introduced in Happy Farmer (Suzuki Book I) in the form of the hooked bowing (dotted quarter-eighth) where the eighth note is articulated.
