Composer

Robert Schumann

1810–1856

6,516 works in the index

Era: Romantic
Nationality: Kingdom of Saxony
Born in: Zwickau

Schumann wrote in concentrated bursts — a year of songs, a year of chamber music — and the catalogue reflects that clustering. The piano cycles and the songs are what most people come for.

Album für die Jugend is the rare case of a great composer writing genuinely well for beginners, and it remains one of the best first books of real repertoire. Kinderszenen is harder than its title suggests but within reach of an intermediate player; Carnaval, Kreisleriana and the Fantasie are advanced.

His songs, especially Dichterliebe and the Liederkreis settings, sit alongside Schubert's at the centre of the German song repertoire and are published in the usual high, medium and low editions.

Catalogue

Works page 101 of 136

Soldatenbraut, Die, Op. 64, No. 1

Abendlied, Op. 85, No. 12

Walzer, Op. 124, No. 4

Phantasietanz, Op. 124, No. 5

Stille, Die, Op. 39, No. 4

Schlummerlied, Op. 124, No. 16

beiden Grenadiere, Die, Op. 49, No. 1

Intermezzo, Op. 39, No. 2

Arme Peter, Der, Op. 53, No. 3a, b, c

Erinnerung, Op. 68, No. 28

Neujahrslied, Op. 144

Nussbaum, Der, from cycle "Myrthen", Op. 25, No. 3

Ich wand're nicht, Op. 51, No. 3

Auf dem Rhein, Op. 51, No. 4

Blondel's Lied, Op. 53, No. 1

Kennst du das Land?, Op. 98a, No. 1

Dein Angesicht, Op. 127, No. 2

Romanze, Op. 138, No. 5

Knecht Ruprecht, Op. 68, No. 12

Chopin from Carnaval, Op. 9

Vogel Als Prophet, Op. 82, No. 7

Walzer, Op. 124, No. 15

Novelette, Op. 99, No. 9

Aufschwung, Op. 12, No. 2

Warum?, Op. 12, No. 3

Grillen, Op. 12, No. 4

Kuriose Geschichte, Op. 15, No. 2

Hasche - Mann!, Op. 15, No. 3

Bittendes Kind, Op. 15, No. 4

Wichtige Begebenheit, Op. 15, No. 6

Am Kamin, Op. 15, No. 8

Ritter vom Steckenpferd, Op. 15, No. 9

Fast Zu Ernst, Op. 15, No. 10

Kind im Einschlummern, Op. 15, No. 12

Der Dichter Spricht, Op. 15, No. 13

Plus and Minus, Op. 68, No. 14

Mass in C Minor, Op. 147: No. 1, Kyrie

Was will die einsame Thrane, from cycle "Myrthen", Op. 25, No. 21

Du bist wie eine Blume, from cycle "Myrthen", Op. 25, No. 24

Dem rothen Roslein gleicht mein Lieb', Op. 27, No. 2

Der Hidalgo, Op. 30, No. 3

12 Gedichte, Op. 35, No. 3: Wanderlied

12 Gedichte, Op. 35, No. 4: Erstes Grun

12 Gedichte, Op. 35, No. 10: Stille Thranen

Sonntags am Rhein, Op. 36, No. 1

Im Walde, Op. 39, No. 11

Fruhlingsfahrt, Op. 45, No. 2

Volksliedchen, Op. 51, No. 2