Along with Franz Liszt, this pianist popularized the practice of performing from memory, and premiered another composer's Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel.
This composer used a "Scotch snap" rhythm in the scherzo of a Piano Trio in G minor, Opus 17, and used a cavatina from Bellini's opera Il Pirata for an Opus 8 Variations de concert. This composer wrote 3 Romances for violin and piano and frequently performed them with the work's dedicatee, Joseph Joachim (YO-zef YAW-khim). Along with Franz Liszt, this pianist popularized the practice of performing from memory, and premiered another composer's Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel. This virtuoso developed a close but probably unconsummated relationship with Johannes Brahms after her husband was committed to an asylum in 1854. For 10 points, name this pianist, born with the surname Wieck (veek), who married the composer of the Rhenish Symphony.
This composer used a "Scotch snap" rhythm in the scherzo of a Piano Trio in G minor, Opus 17, and used a cavatina from Bellini's opera Il Pirata for an Opus 8 Variations de concert.
Clara Schumann [accept Clara Josephine Wieck until read; prompt on Schumann] &lt;White&gt;