Composer
Robert Schumann
1810–1856
5,066 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 2 of 106
3 Romances Op.28
Melody, Op. 68, No. 1
First Loss, Op. 68, No. 16
Theme
"Humming Song (Trailerliedchen), Op. 68 No. 3"
Happy Farmer, The, Op.68,
Knecht Ruprecht [Op. 68, No. 12]
Liederkreis, op. 39: Nr. 7. Auf einer Burg
Adagio and Allegro, Op.70
16. First Loss
08. Am Kamin (By the Fireside)
Country Dance
Traumere I (From Children's Scenes, Op.15, No.7)
11. Chiarina
"Siciliano (Sicilianisch), Op. 68 No. 11"
Schumann: Original Compositions for Four Hands, Volume II
Mein Schoner Stern
26. Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome
Hinaus ins Freie!
Curious Story
Little Study, Op. 68, No. 14 (Kleine Studie)
Hunting Song
Impromptu
Piano Sonata No.2 Op.22
Paganini etudes, op. 3 (Piano solo)
March (Coloured Leaves)
Scherzino, Op. 124, No. 3
Liederkreis, Op.24
Die Stille
Mit Myrten und Rosen
Dein Angesicht
Romance Op. 28 No. 2
Album for the Young, op. 68 (Piano solo)
Chorale
Traumes Wirren (Dream Visions)
Child Falling Asleep
03. Hasche-Mann (Blindman's Bluff)
Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61
The Poet Speaks, Op. 15, No. 13
Dedication
Romance Op.68
4. Waltz
"Child Falling Asleep (Kind im Einschlummern), Op. 15 No. 12"
Soldier's March from Album For The Young
Liederkreis, op. 39: Nr. 9. Wehmut
Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op.26
Er und Sie
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