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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 10:01, 4 September 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l11">Line 11:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 11:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Musical Education ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Musical Education ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Before coming to Vienna, Clara Clemens had already studied with different acclaimed musicians in Europe, like Helen Hope Kirk and Moritz Moszkowsky (see the news report [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1900-11-09/ed-1/seq-2/ “Twain’s Talented Daughter Will Be Professional Singer,” ''The San Francisco call'', 9 Nov. 1900, 2]). Her focus at that time was still mostly on playing the piano. That is why she wanted to study with Theodor Leschetitzky, a famous Austrian pianist and piano teacher. In ''My Father Mark Twain'', Clara Clemens explains that she had heard many stories, good and bad, about Leschetitzky and that she was intrigued to become his pupil (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/G8RI9G6M 189]). It is not clear, what Mark Twain thought about his daughter’s musical ambitions, as he mostly talked about music in a satirical way. But on some occasions, he showed pride for his daughter (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/97PABR4V/ Dolmetsch]).</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:Clara clemens piano.jpg|frameless|left|{{File:Clara clemens piano.jpg}}]]</ins>Before coming to Vienna, Clara Clemens had already studied with different acclaimed musicians in Europe, like Helen Hope Kirk and Moritz Moszkowsky (see the news report [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1900-11-09/ed-1/seq-2/ “Twain’s Talented Daughter Will Be Professional Singer,” ''The San Francisco call'', 9 Nov. 1900, 2]). Her focus at that time was still mostly on playing the piano. That is why she wanted to study with Theodor Leschetitzky, a famous Austrian pianist and piano teacher. In ''My Father Mark Twain'', Clara Clemens explains that she had heard many stories, good and bad, about Leschetitzky and that she was intrigued to become his pupil (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/G8RI9G6M 189]). It is not clear, what Mark Twain thought about his daughter’s musical ambitions, as he mostly talked about music in a satirical way. But on some occasions, he showed pride for his daughter (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/97PABR4V/ Dolmetsch]).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:Clara clemens piano.jpg|frameless|left|{{File:Clara clemens piano.jpg}}]]</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was allowed to study under Leschetitzky and the Clemens family stayed in Vienna. During the summer of 1898, Alice Barbi, an American singer, convinced Clara Clemens to take vocal instead of piano lessons, after hearing her sing. So Clara Clemens ended her studies with Leschetitzky and started training with the famous singer Marianne Brandt. Clara Clemens made some attempts as a concert singer (see “Miss Clemens in Concert,” &#039;&#039;The New York Times&#039;&#039;, 23 Sep. 1906, 9), but ended her professional music career after her marriage to the pianist and conductor Ossip Gabrilowitsch (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/97PABR4V/ Dolmetsch]).</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was allowed to study under Leschetitzky and the Clemens family stayed in Vienna. During the summer of 1898, Alice Barbi, an American singer, convinced Clara Clemens to take vocal instead of piano lessons, after hearing her sing. So Clara Clemens ended her studies with Leschetitzky and started training with the famous singer Marianne Brandt. Clara Clemens made some attempts as a concert singer (see “Miss Clemens in Concert,” &#039;&#039;The New York Times&#039;&#039;, 23 Sep. 1906, 9), but ended her professional music career after her marriage to the pianist and conductor Ossip Gabrilowitsch (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/97PABR4V/ Dolmetsch]).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 10:15, 29 August 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was born on 8 June 1874 on [[Elmira/Quarry Farm]] in Elmira, N.Y., and the second daughter of Samuel L. Clemens and his wife [[Olivia Langdon Clemens]]. Compared to her sisters, [[Olivia Susan Clemens|Susy]] and [[Jane Lampton Clemens|Jean]], Clara was more open to travelling and sometimes accompanied her parents when Suzy and Jean would not. For example, Clara was the only one of the three sisters to join her parents on her father’s lecture tour around the world in 1895-1896 (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rasmussen et al. 2:635]). The family’s move to [[Vienna]] in 1897 and the extent of their stay there was largely motivated by Clara Clemens’ desire to study piano with Theodor Leschtizky and later to take singing lessons from Marianne Brandt - both of them renowned in the musical circles of Europe and beyond (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/DTBLRBCJ LeMaster and Wilson, MTE 49]). During the time in Vienna Clara met her future husband, [[Ossip Gabrilowitsch]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was born on 8 June 1874 on [[Elmira/Quarry Farm]] in Elmira, N.Y., and the second daughter of Samuel L. Clemens and his wife [[Olivia Langdon Clemens]]. Compared to her sisters, [[Olivia Susan Clemens|Susy]] and [[Jane Lampton Clemens|Jean]], Clara was more open to travelling and sometimes accompanied her parents when Suzy and Jean would not. For example, Clara was the only one of the three sisters to join her parents on her father’s lecture tour around the world in 1895-1896 (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rasmussen et al. 2:635]). <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:Clara clemens seated.jpg|frameless|right|{{File:Clara clemens seated.jpg}}]] </ins>The family’s move to [[Vienna]] in 1897 and the extent of their stay there was largely motivated by Clara Clemens’ desire to study piano with Theodor Leschtizky and later to take singing lessons from Marianne Brandt - both of them renowned in the musical circles of Europe and beyond (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/DTBLRBCJ LeMaster and Wilson, MTE 49]). During the time in Vienna Clara met her future husband, [[Ossip Gabrilowitsch]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:Clara clemens seated.jpg|frameless|right|{{File:Clara clemens seated.jpg}}]]</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Back in the US, she continued to study singing and had her stage debut in Norwalk, Ct., in 1906 (see e.g. [[MD-287]] or [http://www.twainquotes.com/19060923.html “Miss Clemens in Concert,” &#039;&#039;The New York Times&#039;&#039;, 23 Sep. 23, 1906]). She also wrote several books, among them &#039;&#039;[https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/G8RI9G6M My Father, Mark Twain]&#039;&#039;.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Back in the US, she continued to study singing and had her stage debut in Norwalk, Ct., in 1906 (see e.g. [[MD-287]] or [http://www.twainquotes.com/19060923.html “Miss Clemens in Concert,” &#039;&#039;The New York Times&#039;&#039;, 23 Sep. 23, 1906]). She also wrote several books, among them &#039;&#039;[https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/G8RI9G6M My Father, Mark Twain]&#039;&#039;.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 10:14, 29 August 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was born on 8 June 1874 on [[Elmira/Quarry Farm]] in Elmira, N.Y., and the second daughter of Samuel L. Clemens and his wife [[Olivia Langdon Clemens]]. Compared to her sisters, [[Olivia Susan Clemens|Susy]] and [[Jane Lampton Clemens|Jean]], Clara was more open to travelling and sometimes accompanied her parents when Suzy and Jean would not. For example, Clara was the only one of the three sisters to join her parents on her father’s lecture tour around the world in 1895-1896 (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rasmussen et al. 2:635]). The family’s move to [[Vienna]] in 1897 and the extent of their stay there was largely motivated by Clara Clemens’ desire to study piano with Theodor Leschtizky and later to take singing lessons from Marianne Brandt - both of them renowned in the musical circles of Europe and beyond (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/DTBLRBCJ LeMaster and Wilson, MTE 49]). During the time in Vienna Clara met her future husband, [[Ossip Gabrilowitsch]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was born on 8 June 1874 on [[Elmira/Quarry Farm]] in Elmira, N.Y., and the second daughter of Samuel L. Clemens and his wife [[Olivia Langdon Clemens]]. Compared to her sisters, [[Olivia Susan Clemens|Susy]] and [[Jane Lampton Clemens|Jean]], Clara was more open to travelling and sometimes accompanied her parents when Suzy and Jean would not. For example, Clara was the only one of the three sisters to join her parents on her father’s lecture tour around the world in 1895-1896 (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rasmussen et al. 2:635]). The family’s move to [[Vienna]] in 1897 and the extent of their stay there was largely motivated by Clara Clemens’ desire to study piano with Theodor Leschtizky and later to take singing lessons from Marianne Brandt - both of them renowned in the musical circles of Europe and beyond (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/DTBLRBCJ LeMaster and Wilson, MTE 49]). During the time in Vienna Clara met her future husband, [[Ossip Gabrilowitsch]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Clara clemens seated.jpg|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">thumb</del>|right|{{File:Clara clemens seated.jpg}}]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Clara clemens seated.jpg|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">frameless</ins>|right|{{File:Clara clemens seated.jpg}}]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Back in the US, she continued to study singing and had her stage debut in Norwalk, Ct., in 1906 (see e.g. [[MD-287]] or [http://www.twainquotes.com/19060923.html “Miss Clemens in Concert,” &#039;&#039;The New York Times&#039;&#039;, 23 Sep. 23, 1906]). She also wrote several books, among them &#039;&#039;[https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/G8RI9G6M My Father, Mark Twain]&#039;&#039;.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Back in the US, she continued to study singing and had her stage debut in Norwalk, Ct., in 1906 (see e.g. [[MD-287]] or [http://www.twainquotes.com/19060923.html “Miss Clemens in Concert,” &#039;&#039;The New York Times&#039;&#039;, 23 Sep. 23, 1906]). She also wrote several books, among them &#039;&#039;[https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/G8RI9G6M My Father, Mark Twain]&#039;&#039;.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l13">Line 13:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 13:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Musical Education ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Musical Education ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Before coming to Vienna, Clara Clemens had already studied with different acclaimed musicians in Europe, like Helen Hope Kirk and Moritz Moszkowsky (see the news report [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1900-11-09/ed-1/seq-2/ “Twain’s Talented Daughter Will Be Professional Singer,” &#039;&#039;The San Francisco call&#039;&#039;, 9 Nov. 1900, 2]). Her focus at that time was still mostly on playing the piano. That is why she wanted to study with Theodor Leschetitzky, a famous Austrian pianist and piano teacher. In &#039;&#039;My Father Mark Twain&#039;&#039;, Clara Clemens explains that she had heard many stories, good and bad, about Leschetitzky and that she was intrigued to become his pupil (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/G8RI9G6M 189]). It is not clear, what Mark Twain thought about his daughter’s musical ambitions, as he mostly talked about music in a satirical way. But on some occasions, he showed pride for his daughter (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/97PABR4V/ Dolmetsch]).</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Before coming to Vienna, Clara Clemens had already studied with different acclaimed musicians in Europe, like Helen Hope Kirk and Moritz Moszkowsky (see the news report [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1900-11-09/ed-1/seq-2/ “Twain’s Talented Daughter Will Be Professional Singer,” &#039;&#039;The San Francisco call&#039;&#039;, 9 Nov. 1900, 2]). Her focus at that time was still mostly on playing the piano. That is why she wanted to study with Theodor Leschetitzky, a famous Austrian pianist and piano teacher. In &#039;&#039;My Father Mark Twain&#039;&#039;, Clara Clemens explains that she had heard many stories, good and bad, about Leschetitzky and that she was intrigued to become his pupil (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/G8RI9G6M 189]). It is not clear, what Mark Twain thought about his daughter’s musical ambitions, as he mostly talked about music in a satirical way. But on some occasions, he showed pride for his daughter (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/97PABR4V/ Dolmetsch]).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Clara clemens piano.jpg|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">thumb</del>|left|{{File:Clara clemens piano.jpg}}]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Clara clemens piano.jpg|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">frameless</ins>|left|{{File:Clara clemens piano.jpg}}]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was allowed to study under Leschetitzky and the Clemens family stayed in Vienna. During the summer of 1898, Alice Barbi, an American singer, convinced Clara Clemens to take vocal instead of piano lessons, after hearing her sing. So Clara Clemens ended her studies with Leschetitzky and started training with the famous singer Marianne Brandt. Clara Clemens made some attempts as a concert singer (see “Miss Clemens in Concert,” &#039;&#039;The New York Times&#039;&#039;, 23 Sep. 1906, 9), but ended her professional music career after her marriage to the pianist and conductor Ossip Gabrilowitsch (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/97PABR4V/ Dolmetsch]).</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was allowed to study under Leschetitzky and the Clemens family stayed in Vienna. During the summer of 1898, Alice Barbi, an American singer, convinced Clara Clemens to take vocal instead of piano lessons, after hearing her sing. So Clara Clemens ended her studies with Leschetitzky and started training with the famous singer Marianne Brandt. Clara Clemens made some attempts as a concert singer (see “Miss Clemens in Concert,” &#039;&#039;The New York Times&#039;&#039;, 23 Sep. 1906, 9), but ended her professional music career after her marriage to the pianist and conductor Ossip Gabrilowitsch (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/97PABR4V/ Dolmetsch]).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 12:17, 25 August 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was born on 8 June 1874 on [[Quarry Farm]] in Elmira, N.Y., and the second daughter of Samuel L. Clemens and his wife [[Olivia Langdon Clemens]]. Compared to her sisters, [[Olivia Susan Clemens|Susy]] and [[Jane Lampton Clemens|Jean]], Clara was more open to travelling and sometimes accompanied her parents when Suzy and Jean would not. For example, Clara was the only one of the three sisters to join her parents on her father’s lecture tour around the world in 1895-1896 (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rasmussen et al. 2:635]). The family’s move to [[Vienna]] in 1897 and the extent of their stay there was largely motivated by Clara Clemens’ desire to study piano with Theodor Leschtizky and later to take singing lessons from Marianne Brandt - both of them renowned in the musical circles of Europe and beyond (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/DTBLRBCJ LeMaster and Wilson, MTE 49]). During the time in Vienna Clara met her future husband, [[Ossip Gabrilowitsch]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was born on 8 June 1874 on [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Elmira/</ins>Quarry Farm]] in Elmira, N.Y., and the second daughter of Samuel L. Clemens and his wife [[Olivia Langdon Clemens]]. Compared to her sisters, [[Olivia Susan Clemens|Susy]] and [[Jane Lampton Clemens|Jean]], Clara was more open to travelling and sometimes accompanied her parents when Suzy and Jean would not. For example, Clara was the only one of the three sisters to join her parents on her father’s lecture tour around the world in 1895-1896 (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rasmussen et al. 2:635]). The family’s move to [[Vienna]] in 1897 and the extent of their stay there was largely motivated by Clara Clemens’ desire to study piano with Theodor Leschtizky and later to take singing lessons from Marianne Brandt - both of them renowned in the musical circles of Europe and beyond (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/DTBLRBCJ LeMaster and Wilson, MTE 49]). During the time in Vienna Clara met her future husband, [[Ossip Gabrilowitsch]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Clara clemens seated.jpg|thumb|right|{{File:Clara clemens seated.jpg}}]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Clara clemens seated.jpg|thumb|right|{{File:Clara clemens seated.jpg}}]]</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 09:20, 25 August 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was born on 8 June 1874 on [Quarry Farm] in Elmira, N.Y., and the second daughter of Samuel L. Clemens and his wife [Olivia Langdon Clemens]. Compared to her sisters, [Susy] and [Jean], Clara was more open to travelling and sometimes accompanied her parents when Suzy and Jean would not. For example, Clara was the only one of the three sisters to join her parents on her father’s lecture tour around the world in 1895-1896 (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rasmussen et al. 2:635]). The family’s move to [[Vienna]] in 1897 and the extent of their stay there was largely motivated by Clara Clemens’ desire to study piano with Theodor Leschtizky and later to take singing lessons from Marianne Brandt - both of them renowned in the musical circles of Europe and beyond (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/DTBLRBCJ LeMaster and Wilson, MTE 49]). During the time in Vienna Clara met her future husband, [Ossip Gabrilowitsch].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was born on 8 June 1874 on <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</ins>[Quarry Farm<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]</ins>] in Elmira, N.Y., and the second daughter of Samuel L. Clemens and his wife <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</ins>[Olivia Langdon Clemens<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]</ins>]. Compared to her sisters, [<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[Olivia Susan Clemens|</ins>Susy<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]</ins>] and [<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[Jane Lampton Clemens|</ins>Jean<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]</ins>], Clara was more open to travelling and sometimes accompanied her parents when Suzy and Jean would not. For example, Clara was the only one of the three sisters to join her parents on her father’s lecture tour around the world in 1895-1896 (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rasmussen et al. 2:635]). The family’s move to [[Vienna]] in 1897 and the extent of their stay there was largely motivated by Clara Clemens’ desire to study piano with Theodor Leschtizky and later to take singing lessons from Marianne Brandt - both of them renowned in the musical circles of Europe and beyond (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/DTBLRBCJ LeMaster and Wilson, MTE 49]). During the time in Vienna Clara met her future husband, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</ins>[Ossip Gabrilowitsch<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]</ins>].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Clara clemens seated.jpg|thumb|right|{{File:Clara clemens seated.jpg}}]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Clara clemens seated.jpg|thumb|right|{{File:Clara clemens seated.jpg}}]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Back in the US, she continued to study singing and had her stage debut in Norwalk, Ct., in 1906 (see e.g. [[MD-287]] or [http://www.twainquotes.com/19060923.html “Miss Clemens in Concert,” &#039;&#039;The New York Times&#039;&#039;, 23 Sep. 23, 1906]). She also wrote several books, among them &#039;&#039;[https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/G8RI9G6M My Father, Mark Twain]&#039;&#039;.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Back in the US, she continued to study singing and had her stage debut in Norwalk, Ct., in 1906 (see e.g. [[MD-287]] or [http://www.twainquotes.com/19060923.html “Miss Clemens in Concert,” &#039;&#039;The New York Times&#039;&#039;, 23 Sep. 23, 1906]). She also wrote several books, among them &#039;&#039;[https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/G8RI9G6M My Father, Mark Twain]&#039;&#039;.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was the only child of Samuel Clemens to survive him. According to Rasmussen et al., she not only supported her aging father by running his houshold and “advis[ing] him on his social behavior” ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP 2:635]), but also “played <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </del>important role in the development of her father’s posthumous image” ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP 2:636]).</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was the only child of Samuel Clemens to survive him. According to Rasmussen et al., she not only supported her aging father by running his houshold and “advis[ing] him on his social behavior” ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP 2:635]), but also “played <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an </ins>important role in the development of her father’s posthumous image” ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP 2:636]).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>She and Gabrilowitsch had a daughter, named Nina, who was born at Stormfield shortly following Samuel Clemens’ death in 1910. The family eventually settled in Detroit, Mich., where they lived until Gabrilowitsch died in 1936 (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/DTBLRBCJ LeMaster and Wilson, MTE 650]) and Clara Clemens moved to Los Angeles. In 1944, she married her second husband, the musician Jacques Samssoud (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rasmussen et al. 2:636]).</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>She and Gabrilowitsch had a daughter, named Nina, who was born at Stormfield shortly following Samuel Clemens’ death in 1910. The family eventually settled in Detroit, Mich., where they lived until Gabrilowitsch died in 1936 (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/DTBLRBCJ LeMaster and Wilson, MTE 650]) and Clara Clemens moved to Los Angeles. In 1944, she married her second husband, the musician Jacques Samssoud (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rasmussen et al. 2:636]).</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l14">Line 14:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 14:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Before coming to Vienna, Clara Clemens had already studied with different acclaimed musicians in Europe, like Helen Hope Kirk and Moritz Moszkowsky (see the news report [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1900-11-09/ed-1/seq-2/ “Twain’s Talented Daughter Will Be Professional Singer,” &#039;&#039;The San Francisco call&#039;&#039;, 9 Nov. 1900, 2]). Her focus at that time was still mostly on playing the piano. That is why she wanted to study with Theodor Leschetitzky, a famous Austrian pianist and piano teacher. In &#039;&#039;My Father Mark Twain&#039;&#039;, Clara Clemens explains that she had heard many stories, good and bad, about Leschetitzky and that she was intrigued to become his pupil (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/G8RI9G6M 189]). It is not clear, what Mark Twain thought about his daughter’s musical ambitions, as he mostly talked about music in a satirical way. But on some occasions, he showed pride for his daughter (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/97PABR4V/ Dolmetsch]).</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Before coming to Vienna, Clara Clemens had already studied with different acclaimed musicians in Europe, like Helen Hope Kirk and Moritz Moszkowsky (see the news report [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1900-11-09/ed-1/seq-2/ “Twain’s Talented Daughter Will Be Professional Singer,” &#039;&#039;The San Francisco call&#039;&#039;, 9 Nov. 1900, 2]). Her focus at that time was still mostly on playing the piano. That is why she wanted to study with Theodor Leschetitzky, a famous Austrian pianist and piano teacher. In &#039;&#039;My Father Mark Twain&#039;&#039;, Clara Clemens explains that she had heard many stories, good and bad, about Leschetitzky and that she was intrigued to become his pupil (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/G8RI9G6M 189]). It is not clear, what Mark Twain thought about his daughter’s musical ambitions, as he mostly talked about music in a satirical way. But on some occasions, he showed pride for his daughter (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/97PABR4V/ Dolmetsch]).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Clara clemens piano.jpg|thumb|left|{{File:Clara clemens piano.jpg}}]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Clara clemens piano.jpg|thumb|left|{{File:Clara clemens piano.jpg}}]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was allowed to study under Leschetitzky and the Clemens family stayed in Vienna. During the summer of 1898, Alice Barbi, an American singer, convinced Clara Clemens to take vocal instead of piano lessons, after hearing her sing. So Clara Clemens ended her studies with Leschetitzky and started training with the famous singer Marianne Brandt. Clara Clemens made some attempts as a concert singer (see “Miss Clemens in Concert,” ''The New York Times'', 23 Sep. 1906, 9), but ended her professional music career after her marriage to the pianist and conductor <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</del>Ossip Gabrilowitsch<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">] </del>(see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/97PABR4V/ Dolmetsch]).</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was allowed to study under Leschetitzky and the Clemens family stayed in Vienna. During the summer of 1898, Alice Barbi, an American singer, convinced Clara Clemens to take vocal instead of piano lessons, after hearing her sing. So Clara Clemens ended her studies with Leschetitzky and started training with the famous singer Marianne Brandt. Clara Clemens made some attempts as a concert singer (see “Miss Clemens in Concert,” ''The New York Times'', 23 Sep. 1906, 9), but ended her professional music career after her marriage to the pianist and conductor Ossip Gabrilowitsch (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/97PABR4V/ Dolmetsch]).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{TopicLinkList}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{TopicLinkList}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{DISPLAYTITLE:Clara Langdon Clemens}}</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Topic Pages]] [[Category:Topic Person<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|Clemens, Clara Langdon</ins>]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Topic Pages]] [[Category:Topic Person]]</div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:13, 22 August 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was born on 8 June 1874 on [Quarry Farm] in Elmira, N.Y., and the second daughter of Samuel L. Clemens and his wife [Olivia Langdon Clemens]. Compared to her sisters, [Susy] and [Jean], Clara was more open to travelling and sometimes accompanied her parents when Suzy and Jean would not. For example, Clara was the only one of the three sisters to join her parents on her father’s lecture tour around the world in 1895-1896 (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rasmussen et al. 2:635]). The family’s move to [[Vienna]] in 1897 and the extent of their stay there was largely motivated by Clara Clemens’ desire to study piano with Theodor Leschtizky and later to take singing lessons from Marianne Brandt - both of them renowned in the musical circles of Europe and beyond (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/DTBLRBCJ LeMaster and Wilson, MTE 49]). During the time in Vienna Clara met her future husband, [Ossip Gabrilowitsch].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was born on 8 June 1874 on [Quarry Farm] in Elmira, N.Y., and the second daughter of Samuel L. Clemens and his wife [Olivia Langdon Clemens]. Compared to her sisters, [Susy] and [Jean], Clara was more open to travelling and sometimes accompanied her parents when Suzy and Jean would not. For example, Clara was the only one of the three sisters to join her parents on her father’s lecture tour around the world in 1895-1896 (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rasmussen et al. 2:635]). The family’s move to [[Vienna]] in 1897 and the extent of their stay there was largely motivated by Clara Clemens’ desire to study piano with Theodor Leschtizky and later to take singing lessons from Marianne Brandt - both of them renowned in the musical circles of Europe and beyond (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/DTBLRBCJ LeMaster and Wilson, MTE 49]). During the time in Vienna Clara met her future husband, [Ossip Gabrilowitsch].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:Clara clemens seated.jpg|thumb|right|{{File:Clara clemens seated.jpg}}]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Back in the US, she continued to study singing and had her stage debut in Norwalk, Ct., in 1906 (see e.g. [[MD-287]] or [http://www.twainquotes.com/19060923.html “Miss Clemens in Concert,” &#039;&#039;The New York Times&#039;&#039;, 23 Sep. 23, 1906]). She also wrote several books, among them &#039;&#039;[https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/G8RI9G6M My Father, Mark Twain]&#039;&#039;.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Back in the US, she continued to study singing and had her stage debut in Norwalk, Ct., in 1906 (see e.g. [[MD-287]] or [http://www.twainquotes.com/19060923.html “Miss Clemens in Concert,” &#039;&#039;The New York Times&#039;&#039;, 23 Sep. 23, 1906]). She also wrote several books, among them &#039;&#039;[https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/G8RI9G6M My Father, Mark Twain]&#039;&#039;.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:Clara clemens seated.jpg|thumb|right|{{File:Clara clemens seated.jpg}}]]</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was the only child of Samuel Clemens to survive him. According to Rasmussen et al., she not only supported her aging father by running his houshold and “advis[ing] him on his social behavior” ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP 2:635]), but also “played and important role in the development of her father’s posthumous image” ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP 2:636]).</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was the only child of Samuel Clemens to survive him. According to Rasmussen et al., she not only supported her aging father by running his houshold and “advis[ing] him on his social behavior” ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP 2:635]), but also “played and important role in the development of her father’s posthumous image” ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP 2:636]).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:12, 22 August 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&lt;noinclude&gt;[[File:Clara clemens seated.jpg|thumb|right|{{File:Clara clemens seated.jpg}}]]&lt;/noinclude&gt;</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was born on 8 June 1874 on [Quarry Farm] in Elmira, N.Y., and the second daughter of Samuel L. Clemens and his wife [Olivia Langdon Clemens]. Compared to her sisters, [Susy] and [Jean], Clara was more open to travelling and sometimes accompanied her parents when Suzy and Jean would not. For example, Clara was the only one of the three sisters to join her parents on her father’s lecture tour around the world in 1895-1896 (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rasmussen et al. 2:635]). The family’s move to [[Vienna]] in 1897 and the extent of their stay there was largely motivated by Clara Clemens’ desire to study piano with Theodor Leschtizky and later to take singing lessons from Marianne Brandt - both of them renowned in the musical circles of Europe and beyond (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/DTBLRBCJ LeMaster and Wilson, MTE 49]). During the time in Vienna Clara met her future husband, [Ossip Gabrilowitsch].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was born on 8 June 1874 on [Quarry Farm] in Elmira, N.Y., and the second daughter of Samuel L. Clemens and his wife [Olivia Langdon Clemens]. Compared to her sisters, [Susy] and [Jean], Clara was more open to travelling and sometimes accompanied her parents when Suzy and Jean would not. For example, Clara was the only one of the three sisters to join her parents on her father’s lecture tour around the world in 1895-1896 (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rasmussen et al. 2:635]). The family’s move to [[Vienna]] in 1897 and the extent of their stay there was largely motivated by Clara Clemens’ desire to study piano with Theodor Leschtizky and later to take singing lessons from Marianne Brandt - both of them renowned in the musical circles of Europe and beyond (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/DTBLRBCJ LeMaster and Wilson, MTE 49]). During the time in Vienna Clara met her future husband, [Ossip Gabrilowitsch].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Back in the US, she continued to study singing and had her stage debut in Norwalk, Ct., in 1906 (see e.g. [[MD-287]] or [http://www.twainquotes.com/19060923.html “Miss Clemens in Concert,” &#039;&#039;The New York Times&#039;&#039;, 23 Sep. 23, 1906]). She also wrote several books, among them &#039;&#039;[https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/G8RI9G6M My Father, Mark Twain]&#039;&#039;.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Back in the US, she continued to study singing and had her stage debut in Norwalk, Ct., in 1906 (see e.g. [[MD-287]] or [http://www.twainquotes.com/19060923.html “Miss Clemens in Concert,” &#039;&#039;The New York Times&#039;&#039;, 23 Sep. 23, 1906]). She also wrote several books, among them &#039;&#039;[https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/G8RI9G6M My Father, Mark Twain]&#039;&#039;.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:Clara clemens seated.jpg|thumb|right|{{File:Clara clemens seated.jpg}}]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was the only child of Samuel Clemens to survive him. According to Rasmussen et al., she not only supported her aging father by running his houshold and “advis[ing] him on his social behavior” ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP 2:635]), but also “played and important role in the development of her father’s posthumous image” ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP 2:636]).</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was the only child of Samuel Clemens to survive him. According to Rasmussen et al., she not only supported her aging father by running his houshold and “advis[ing] him on his social behavior” ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP 2:635]), but also “played and important role in the development of her father’s posthumous image” ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP 2:636]).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l12">Line 12:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Musical Education ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Musical Education ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Before coming to Vienna, Clara Clemens had already studied with different acclaimed musicians in Europe, like Helen Hope Kirk and Moritz Moszkowsky (see the news report [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1900-11-09/ed-1/seq-2/ “Twain’s Talented Daughter Will Be Professional Singer,” ''The San Francisco call'', 9 Nov. 1900, 2]). Her focus at that time was still mostly on playing the piano. That is why she wanted to study with Theodor Leschetitzky, a famous Austrian pianist and piano teacher. In ''My Father Mark Twain'', Clara Clemens explains that she had heard many stories, good and bad, about Leschetitzky and that she was intrigued to become his pupil (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/G8RI9G6M 189]). It is not clear, what Mark Twain thought about his daughter’s musical ambitions, as he mostly talked about music in a satirical way. But on some occasions, he showed pride for his daughter (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/97PABR4V/ Dolmetsch]).</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Clara clemens piano.jpg|thumb|left|{{File:Clara clemens piano.jpg}}]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Clara clemens piano.jpg|thumb|left|{{File:Clara clemens piano.jpg}}]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Before coming to Vienna, Clara Clemens had already studied with different acclaimed musicians in Europe, like Helen Hope Kirk and Moritz Moszkowsky (see the news report [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1900-11-09/ed-1/seq-2/ “Twain’s Talented Daughter Will Be Professional Singer,” ''The San Francisco call'', 9 Nov. 1900, 2]). Her focus at that time was still mostly on playing the piano. That is why she wanted to study with Theodor Leschetitzky, a famous Austrian pianist and piano teacher. In ''My Father Mark Twain'', Clara Clemens explains that she had heard many stories, good and bad, about Leschetitzky and that she was intrigued to become his pupil (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/G8RI9G6M 189]). It is not clear, what Mark Twain thought about his daughter’s musical ambitions, as he mostly talked about music in a satirical way. But on some occasions, he showed pride for his daughter (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/97PABR4V/ Dolmetsch]). </del>Clara Clemens was allowed to study under Leschetitzky and the Clemens family stayed in Vienna. During the summer of 1898, Alice Barbi, an American singer, convinced Clara Clemens to take vocal instead of piano lessons, after hearing her sing. So Clara Clemens ended her studies with Leschetitzky and started training with the famous singer Marianne Brandt. Clara Clemens made some attempts as a concert singer (see “Miss Clemens in Concert,” ''The New York Times'', 23 Sep. 1906, 9), but ended her professional music career after her marriage to the pianist and conductor [Ossip Gabrilowitsch] (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/97PABR4V/ Dolmetsch]).</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was allowed to study under Leschetitzky and the Clemens family stayed in Vienna. During the summer of 1898, Alice Barbi, an American singer, convinced Clara Clemens to take vocal instead of piano lessons, after hearing her sing. So Clara Clemens ended her studies with Leschetitzky and started training with the famous singer Marianne Brandt. Clara Clemens made some attempts as a concert singer (see “Miss Clemens in Concert,” ''The New York Times'', 23 Sep. 1906, 9), but ended her professional music career after her marriage to the pianist and conductor [Ossip Gabrilowitsch] (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/97PABR4V/ Dolmetsch]).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:11, 22 August 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Clara clemens seated.jpg|thumb|right|{{File:Clara clemens seated.jpg}}]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&lt;noinclude&gt;</ins>[[File:Clara clemens seated.jpg|thumb|right|{{File:Clara clemens seated.jpg}}]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&lt;/noinclude&gt;</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was born on 8 June 1874 on [Quarry Farm] in Elmira, N.Y., and the second daughter of Samuel L. Clemens and his wife [Olivia Langdon Clemens]. Compared to her sisters, [Susy] and [Jean], Clara was more open to travelling and sometimes accompanied her parents when Suzy and Jean would not. For example, Clara was the only one of the three sisters to join her parents on her father’s lecture tour around the world in 1895-1896 (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rasmussen et al. 2:635]). The family’s move to [[Vienna]] in 1897 and the extent of their stay there was largely motivated by Clara Clemens’ desire to study piano with Theodor Leschtizky and later to take singing lessons from Marianne Brandt - both of them renowned in the musical circles of Europe and beyond (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/DTBLRBCJ LeMaster and Wilson, MTE 49]). During the time in Vienna Clara met her future husband, [Ossip Gabrilowitsch].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clara Clemens was born on 8 June 1874 on [Quarry Farm] in Elmira, N.Y., and the second daughter of Samuel L. Clemens and his wife [Olivia Langdon Clemens]. Compared to her sisters, [Susy] and [Jean], Clara was more open to travelling and sometimes accompanied her parents when Suzy and Jean would not. For example, Clara was the only one of the three sisters to join her parents on her father’s lecture tour around the world in 1895-1896 (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rasmussen et al. 2:635]). The family’s move to [[Vienna]] in 1897 and the extent of their stay there was largely motivated by Clara Clemens’ desire to study piano with Theodor Leschtizky and later to take singing lessons from Marianne Brandt - both of them renowned in the musical circles of Europe and beyond (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/DTBLRBCJ LeMaster and Wilson, MTE 49]). During the time in Vienna Clara met her future husband, [Ossip Gabrilowitsch].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:10, 22 August 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Clara Clemens was born on 8 June 1874 on [Quarry Farm] in Elmira, N.Y., and the second daughter of Samuel L. Clemens and his wife [Olivia Langdon Clemens]. Compared to her sisters, [Susy] and [Jean], Clara was more open to travelling and sometimes accompanied her parents when Suzy and Jean would not. For example, Clara was the only one of the three sisters to join her parents on her father’s lecture tour around the world in 1895-1896 (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rasmussen et al. 2:635]).</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Clara clemens seated.jpg|thumb|right|{{File:Clara clemens seated.jpg}}]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Clara clemens seated.jpg|thumb|right|{{File:Clara clemens seated.jpg}}]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The family’s move to [[Vienna]] in 1897 and the extent of their stay there was largely motivated by Clara Clemens’ desire to study piano with Theodor Leschtizky and later to take singing lessons from Marianne Brandt - both of them renowned in the musical circles of Europe and beyond (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/DTBLRBCJ LeMaster and Wilson, MTE 49]). During the time in Vienna Clara met her future husband, [Ossip Gabrilowitsch].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Clara Clemens was born on 8 June 1874 on [Quarry Farm] in Elmira, N.Y., and the second daughter of Samuel L. Clemens and his wife [Olivia Langdon Clemens]. Compared to her sisters, [Susy] and [Jean], Clara was more open to travelling and sometimes accompanied her parents when Suzy and Jean would not. For example, Clara was the only one of the three sisters to join her parents on her father’s lecture tour around the world in 1895-1896 (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP Rasmussen et al. 2:635]). </ins>The family’s move to [[Vienna]] in 1897 and the extent of their stay there was largely motivated by Clara Clemens’ desire to study piano with Theodor Leschtizky and later to take singing lessons from Marianne Brandt - both of them renowned in the musical circles of Europe and beyond (see [https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/DTBLRBCJ LeMaster and Wilson, MTE 49]). During the time in Vienna Clara met her future husband, [Ossip Gabrilowitsch].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Back in the US, she continued to study singing and had her stage debut in Norwalk, Ct., in 1906 (see e.g. [[MD-287]] or [http://www.twainquotes.com/19060923.html “Miss Clemens in Concert,” &#039;&#039;The New York Times&#039;&#039;, 23 Sep. 23, 1906]). She also wrote several books, among them &#039;&#039;[https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/G8RI9G6M My Father, Mark Twain]&#039;&#039;.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Back in the US, she continued to study singing and had her stage debut in Norwalk, Ct., in 1906 (see e.g. [[MD-287]] or [http://www.twainquotes.com/19060923.html “Miss Clemens in Concert,” &#039;&#039;The New York Times&#039;&#039;, 23 Sep. 23, 1906]). She also wrote several books, among them &#039;&#039;[https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/G8RI9G6M My Father, Mark Twain]&#039;&#039;.</div></td></tr> </table>

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