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 103 of 136

Six Intermezzos, Op. 4, No. 4

Ballszenen, Op. 109

Marchenbilder, Op. 113

Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44

Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70

String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 41, No. 1

Three Songs, Op. 119

String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 41, No. 2

String Quartet No. 3 in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3

Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 105

Humoresque, Op. 20

Studies for the Pedal Piano, Op. 56

Des Sangers Fluch, Op. 139

Spanische Liebeslieder, Op. 138, No. 01: Erste Abtheilung

Spanische Liebeslieder, Op. 138, No. 02: Tief im Herzen trag' ich Pein

Bilder aus Osten, Op. 66

Phantasie, Op. 17

Kreisleriana, Op. 16: 7 Sehr Rasch

Kreisleriana, Op. 16: 8 Schnell Und Spielend

Three Romances, Op. 28: No. 2 in F-sharp Major

Piano Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22

Sketches for the Pedal Piano, Op. 58

Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 54

Five Pieces in Folk Style, Op. 102

Three Songs, Op. 95, No. 3: Dem Helden

Waldszenen, Op. 82, No. 1 Eintritt

Waldszenen, Op. 82, No. 3 Einsame Blumen

Waldszenen, Op. 82, No. 8 Jagdlied

Romance in B-flat Minor, Op. 28, No. 1

Romance in B Major, Op. 28, No. 3

Liederkreis, Op. 39: No. 10, Zwielicht

Spanische Liebeslieder, Op. 138, No. 4: Bedeckt mich mit Blumen

Liederkreis, Op. 39: No. 11, Im Walde

Abends am Strand, Op. 45, No. 3

Die bieden Grenadiere, Op. 49, No. 1

Die Nonne, Op. 49, No. 3

Sehnsucht, Op. 51, No. 1

Liebeslied, Op. 51, No. 5

Loreley, Op. 53, No. 2

Carnaval, Op. 9, No. 18: Aveu

Novellette No. 4 in D Major, from "Novelletten", Op. 21

Novellette No. 7 in E Major, from "Novelletten", Op. 21

Kreisleriana, Op. 16: 1 Ausserst Bewegt

Kreisleriana, Op. 16: 2 Sehr Inning Und Nicht Zu Rasch

Kreisleriana, Op. 16: 3 Sehr Aufgeregt

Kreisleriana, Op. 16: 4 Sehr Langsam

Kreisleriana, Op. 16: 5 Sehr Lebhaft

Kreisleriana, Op. 16: 6 Sehr Langsam