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 23 of 136

Cradle Song (Wiegenliedchen), Op. 24, No. 6

Paganini etudes, op. 3 (Piano solo)

The Poet Speaks, Op. 15, No. 13

IV. Lento Assai

Frightening, Op. 15, No. 11

Piano Sonata No.3, Op.14

Perfectly Contented, Op. 15, No. 5

Lord, Speak to Me, that I May Speak

Pleading Child, Op. 15, No. 4

Duett op. 88 Nr. 3 (1842) -fur Violine, Violoncello und Klavier- (Sophie Petersen gewidmet)

Six Impromptus, 'Bilder aus Osten' ('Pictures from the East') op. 66, no. 5 in F minor

Rustic Song Op.68 No.20

The Stars and Stripes Forever (Sousa)

You are like a flower

Romanze op. 88 Nr. 1 (1842) -fur Violine, Violoncello und Klavier- (Sophie Petersen gewidmet)

Doll's Cradle Song Op.118 No.3

Song Of The Reapers Op.68 No.18

Six Impromptus, 'Bilder aus Osten' ('Pictures from the East') op. 66, no. 1 in B-flat minor

Six Impromptus, 'Bilder aus Osten' ('Pictures from the East') op. 66, no. 6 in B-flat minor/major

Six Impromptus, 'Bilder aus Osten' ('Pictures from the East') op. 66, no. 2 in D-flat major

'Kinderball' ('Children's Ball'), '6 Easy Dance Pieces,' op. 130, no. 3: 'Menuett'

Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, op. 63

Humoreske op. 88 Nr. 2 (1842) -fur Violine, Violoncello und Klavier- (Sophie Petersen gewidmet)

Six Impromptus, 'Bilder aus Osten' ('Pictures from the East') op. 66, no. 4 in B-flat minor

Bunte Blatter No.1 Op.99

VII. Molto Presto

'Kinderball' ('Children's Ball'), '6 Easy Dance Pieces,' op. 130, no. 4: 'Ecossaise'

The Young Prince And The Young Princess (Korsakov)

Six Impromptus, 'Bilder aus Osten' ('Pictures from the East') op. 66, no. 3 in D-flat major

'Kinderball' ('Children's Ball'), '6 Easy Dance Pieces,' op. 130, no. 1: 'Polonaise'

Symphony No. 3 in Eb Major ("Rhenish"), Op. 97, First Movement Excerpt

'Kinderball' ('Children's Ball'), '6 Easy Dance Pieces,' op. 130, no. 6: 'Ringelreihe'

Sonata in F# Minor, Op.11

II. Con Molta Espressione, Non Troppo Presto

A Greeting

Finale op. 88 Nr. 4 (1842) -fur Violine, Violoncello und Klavier- (Sophie Petersen gewidmet)

The Sidewalks Of New York (Blake)

VI. Lento Assai

Schumann: Woman!s Love and Life(Frauenliebe und Leben) for Voice and Piano op. 42

VIII. Vivace E Scherzando

Traumerei from Kinderscenen, Op. 15, #7

Piano Sonata No.2, Op.22

'Kinderball' ('Children's Ball'), '6 Easy Dance Pieces,' op. 130, no. 5: 'Francaise'

I. Agitatissimo

Reverie (Traumerei), Op. 15, No. 7

III. Molto Agitato

'Kinderball' ('Children's Ball'), '6 Easy Dance Pieces,' op. 130, no. 2: 'Walzer'

V. Vivace Assai