Schumann was the first to bring together the piano and the string quartet, inventing through this piece a new genre, the "piano quintet". The first performance of the piece was given by his wife Clara and is now considered one of the greatest chamber music works of all time.
It has been said that the music commemorates the painful 4.5 years during which Robert and Clara were forbidden by her father to marry. The music is very imaginative, especially in the first movement, which feels like a passionate musical conversation (each instrument through its voice contributes to this conversation), where the participants argue, agree and occasionally finish one another's sentences. Schumann's music was inextricably linked with his life. As this work was dedicated to his great love, his wife Clara Schumann, a famous virtuoso pianist, we can imagine the music as an expression of his passion for her and and his despair for not being allowed to marry her and having to go through a legal battle for this reason. We would suggest the title "Piano Quintet and the love for Clara".