"Johann Gottlob Friedrich Wieck (18 August 1785 – 6 October 1873, aged 88) was a noted German piano teacher, voice teacher, owner of a piano store, ...
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and author of essays and music reviews. He is remembered as the teacher of his daughter, Clara, a child prodigy who was undertaking international concert tours by age eleven and who later married her father´s pupil Robert Schumann, in defiance of her father´s extreme objections. As Clara Schumann, she became one of the most famous pianists of her time. Another of Wieck´s daughters, Marie Wieck, also had a career in music, although not nearly so illustrious as Clara´s. Other pupils included Hans von Bülow." - (en.wikipedia.org 07.03.2020)
