Sarah Fritz

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Writer. Mezzo. Music historian. Author of MADAME COMPOSER: The Virtuosic Genius of Clara Schumann. Out Sept. 29. Preorder link is here she/her

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Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· 22d

Very excellent preorder sale for the UK edition of MADAME COMPOSER this week @waterstones.bsky.social !!! tidd.ly/4uxQNQW

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· Jun 11

Last day to make edits and fix my mistakes--- ah! Then she's off to the printers to hit bookstore shelves on Sept. 29. Phew! Nice to have Clara looking over my shoulder this whole way. Hope I got some things right!!!!🤪

Madame Composer the virtuosic genius of clara schumann by sarah fritz

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· May 18

MADAME COMPOSER: The Virtuosic Genius of Clara Schumann will also be releasing in the UK Oct. 29 with its own fabulous cover... Preorder is here! thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/...

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· May 13

Madame Composer: The Virtuosic Genius of Clara Schumann is (finally) available for pre-order! In book stores Sept. 29... www.simonandschuster.com/books/Madame...

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· May 7

TOMORROW is the book cover reveal for my new bio of Clara Schumann, MADAME COMPOSER, in my newsletter! Can't wait to share it with yall. It's beautiful. If you want it in your inbox... sarahfritz.substack.com

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· May 2

Clara Schumann is playing off broadway thru May 10th!!! 🥳 I’m doing Saturday night post-show Q&As with the star-playwright-pianist Elena Mazzon who plays Clara’s works beautifully throughout her one-woman show.🎹😍 www.59e59.org/shows/show-d...

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· Mar 20

This weekend I spent time with the bust of 70yr old Clara Schumann in the Vienna Musikverein. Of the dozens of composer busts in the building… she’s the only woman.

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· Dec 19

I got this in a long email from a stranger this morning… & all I want to reply is… I do 19th cent German Romantic music. That’s it. That’s all I can handle. The end.

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· Dec 17

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· Dec 5

Who’s watching????

Netflix film: the only girl in the orchestra

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· Dec 4

I’ve thought about this for years of course! I think Emily Blunt might still be a good choice.

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· Nov 26

Search “concert” and post the oldest pic in your camera roll You know you’re a Clara Schumann researcher when—also my camera roll thinks it’s from “1841”

March 31, 1841
12:00 AM
Edit
Mittwoch den 31. März 1841.
CONCERT
im Saale des Gewandhauses zum Besten des
Orchester-Pensionsfonds
gegeben von
CLARA
K. K. Oesterr. Fammervirtuosin.
Erster Theil.
Geistliches Stück.
Adagio und Rondo aus dem II, Concert (F moli) von Chopin,
vorgetragen von der Concertgeberin.
Arie von Gluck, vorgetragen von Herrn Schmidt.
Allegro von R. Schumann.
Lied ohne Worte von Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.
Klavierstück von Scarlatti, vorgetragen von der Concert-
geberin.

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· Nov 23

Mine mug is evidence of my hard state of denial

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· Nov 23

Anne Bronte!

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· Nov 20

Evergreen.

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I do enjoy Clara Schumann's husband's music— a very talented composer in his own right.
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Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· Nov 18

Princess Fluffernut channeling Monday vibes

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· Nov 15

I’m now writing a new biography about Clara Schumann—an accessible book for the general public called MADAME COMPOSER. It’s gonna take 2yrs but you can get updates here: sarahfritz.substack.com/p/book-deal-...

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MADAME COMPOSER
By Sarah Fritz
Imprint: Pegasus
Musicologist, mezzo-soprano, and creator of the Clara Schumann Channel Sarah Fritz's MADAME COMPOSER, establishing Clara Schumann's greatness as a composer as well as her vital role in the creation of the canon and elevation of classical music into a true artform, narrating her remarkable life as an abused child prodigy, her successful decades-long performance career across Europe, her relationships with her husband Robert and Johannes Brahms, and delving into her undying desire to create great works while also being a wife and mother, to Jessica Case at Pegasus, by Elias Altman at Massie & McQuilkin (NA).
Non-fiction: Biography
September 11, 2024

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· Jan 20

Johannes Brahms *ASKING* Clara Schumann for CRITICISM on the German Requiem: For those still doubting Clara was Johannes’s mentor—

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· Jan 18

I made a new Clara Schumann Channel YouTube video. The vibe is basically…. 😎 youtu.be/-3WfMorgvBc?si…

Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms’s crossed out lover & muse, MENTOR

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· Dec 22

So… I’m shocked this wasn’t obvious from the excessive promo of the music scenes in MAESTRO but… I guess being captain obvious sometimes is important🤷🏻‍♀️

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· Dec 13

19th-cent photo editing was a thing. The Victorians called it “retouching.” No, Clara Schumann’s waist was not that small after 8 babies.😳 (But her hands really were that big.👋🏻)

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· Sep 30

I mean this is textbook harassment from that other place & I do hate it but truthfully, it’s informative & motivating—more fuel for my fire 🔥🤷🏻‍♀️

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· Sep 28

This is some regressive BS — she RECORDED Clara’s songs 20yrs ago. And now Clara’s nothing but muse/inspiration/pianist… How dare I think we’ve moved past the composer erasure rhetoric!!! 😂🤬

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· Sep 25

Just to bring this conversation over here—the sexism Anna Lapwood is dealing with from the press when she’s just trying to promote her new album… 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ unbelievable. Why is it so hard for them to just praise her music making????

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· Sep 21

My Uber is here

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· Sep 12

Clara Wieck married her Robert #otd in 1840 and for contrast— image 2 is from 10yrs into marriage. Image 1 is closer to their marriage age… So young!😍😭

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· Sep 7

I can’t tell you how much Clara hate I’ve gotten on SM or read in articles or watched in interviews over how Clara handled Robert’s unpublished works after he died. NOT posting about it ever BUT tackling the contentious topic in my newsletter tomorrow!

Sarah Fritz@sarahfritz· Aug 24

So I got this hate reply today😳 I guess I’d read that novel but this has NOTHING to do with Clara.