Lindenmuseum Clara Schumann is a small museum in , in the municipality of
Müglitztal
Müglitztal is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to th ...
, near
Dresden
Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...
in
Saxony
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, Germany. It is dedicated to the pianist and composer
Clara Schumann
Clara Josephine Schumann (; ; née Wieck; 13 September 1819 – 20 May 1896) was a German pianist, composer, and piano teacher. Regarded as one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic music, Romantic era, she exerted her influence o ...
, wife of the composer
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann (; ; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic music, Romantic era. He composed in all the main musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber ...
.
Description
Schloss Maxen, in the nearby village of , was the home of Friedrich Anton Serre (1789–1863), a retired major, and his wife. They were friends of Clara's father
Friedrich Wieck
Johann Gottlob Friedrich Wieck (18 August 1785 – 6 October 1873) was a noted German piano teacher, voice teacher, owner of a piano store, and author of essays and music reviews. He is remembered as the teacher of his daughter, Clara, a chil ...
.
"Serre, Friedrich Anton (1789–1863)"
''Schumann Network''. Retrieved 27 May 2023. When Clara stayed with the Serres, she used to visit a famous centuries-old lime tree
''Tilia'' is a genus of about 30 species of trees or bushes, native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The tree is known as linden for the European species, and basswood for North American species. In Great Britain and Irelan ...
, known as the Schmorsdorf lime tree.["Lindenmuseum Clara Schumann"]
kunst-und-kultur.de. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
The museum, built next to the tree, was opened in May 2006. Its area is . There are displays about lime trees and in particular the Schmorsdorf lime tree; and about Schloss Maxen and Clara Schumann's relation with the village.[
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See also
* Schumann House, Leipzig
* Robert Schumann House
Robert Schumann House is a museum in Zwickau in Germany. The composer Robert Schumann was born here in 1810; it now houses a large collection relating to the composer.
Background
Three years before the composer was born, Schumann's family move ...
* List of music museums
This list of music museums offers a guide to museums worldwide that specialize in the domain of music. These institutions are dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of music-related history, including the lives and works of prominent musicia ...
References
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Biographical museums in Germany
Music museums in Germany
Museums in Saxony