Clara Schumann, musician
Sept. 13, 1819-May 20, 1896
Lives of the Musicians: Good Times, Bad Times (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt (Harcourt, 1993)
Pianist and composer in Romantic era, her career spanned sixty years. She had a major influence on the music of Johannes Brahams and her husband, Robert Schumann.
Timelines of Schumann's childhood and youth, marriage with Robert Schumann, and her later years are available at a Rutger's site.
