Editing Clara Schumann (section)

==== Success in Vienna ====
[[File:Andreas Staub - Clara Wieck (Lithographie 1839).jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Black-on-beige drawing of a woman's face and upper body, with attention to facial features|1839 lithograph]]
From December 1837 to April 1838, at the age of 18, Wieck performed a series of recitals in Vienna.{{sfn|Reich Article|1986|p=249}} [[Franz Grillparzer]], Austria's leading dramatic poet, wrote a poem entitled "Clara Wieck and Beethoven" after hearing her perform Beethoven's ''[[Piano Sonata No. 23 (Beethoven)|Appassionata]]'' sonata during one of these recitals.{{sfn|Reich Article|1986|p=249}} She performed to sell-out crowds and laudatory critical reviews; Benedict Randhartinger, a friend of [[Franz Schubert]], gave her an autographed copy of Schubert's ''Erlkönig'', inscribing it "To the celebrated artist, Clara Wieck."{{sfn|Reich Article|1986|p=249}} Chopin described her playing to [[Franz Liszt]], who came to hear one of Wieck's concerts and subsequently praised her extravagantly in a letter that was published in the Parisian ''Revue et Gazette Musicale'' and later, in translation, in the Leipzig journal ''[[Neue Zeitschrift für Musik]]''.{{sfn|Reich Article|1986|p=250}} On 15 March, she was named a ''Königliche und Kaiserliche Österreichische Kammer-virtuosin'' ("Royal and Imperial Austrian Chamber Virtuoso"),{{sfn|Nauhaus Images|2019}} Austria's highest musical honor.{{sfn|Reich Article|1986|p=250}}

An anonymous music critic, describing her Vienna recitals, said: "The appearance of this artist can be regarded as epoch-making... In her creative hands, the most ordinary passage, the most routine motive acquires a significant meaning, a colour, which only those with the most consummate artistry can give."{{sfn|Burton-Hill|2017}}