Scherzo No. 2 in c minor, Op. 14

• Clara Schumann completed this piece in the autumn of 1841.¹ Breitkopf & Härtel published it in Leipzig in 1845.²
• Clara Schumann dedicated this piece to Josepha Tutein, a Danish amateur pianist. She was the daughter of Giuseppe Siboni, an opera singer who had established the first conservatory of music in Denmark. Clara Schumann met Tutein during a visit to Copenhagen in March of 1892.³ 

“Clara has completed a small composition; it has a truly lovely character.” 

Robert Schumann on Clara Schumann’s second scherzo, c. September-October of 1841, in the Schumanns’ marriage diary.⁴

1. Nancy B. Reich, Clara Schumann: The Artist and The Woman, Rev. ed. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2001), 308.
2. “Scherzo No. 2, Op. 14 (Schumann, Clara),” IMSLP, accessed June 15, 2021, https://imslp.org/wiki/Scherzo_No.2%2C_Op.14_(Schumann%2C_Clara).
3. Reich, Clara Schumann: The Artist and The Woman, 308.
4. Ibid.