At 18, this composer studied with Friedrich Wieck & met Wieck's 9-year-old daughter Clara, his future wife
But he had 
been mentally unstable all his life, haunted by fears of insanity since the age of 
18,... [DOC] [TLE] Thoughts On a Train: The Extraordinary Life of Clara Schumann [PAR] Oct 1, 2012 ... About 40 years before Clara Schumann was born, Mozart's mother died.