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Clara Schumann, influenced by the tumultuous history surrounding the work, began to link this composition to her husband's deteriorating mental state, which ultimately resulted in his confinement at Dr. Franz Richarz's Endenich sanatorium. Nevertheless, Schumann's Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor remains a distinctive example of the romantic composer's artistry, featuring instrumentation for violin and piano, op. posth.