Composer

Robert Schumann

1810–1856

5,066 works in the index

Born: 1810
Died: 1856
Birthplace: Zwickau
Citizenship / historical state: Kingdom of Saxony
Period (estimated from birth year): Romantic

Biography

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.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: Piano, Voice, violin, Low Voice, Clarinet
Genres represented: Classical, Jazz, pop, Pop, Children
Works with composition dates: 177 of 5,066

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

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Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
Work	Year composed	Catalogue / opus	Key in title	Listed instruments	Genre	Editions
Echoes from the Theater	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Sheherezade	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Northern Song	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Sinfonic etudes (late version and 5 movements from the estate), op. 13 (Piano solo)	—	op. 13	—	Piano	Classical	2
Schumann: Symphonic Etudes (late version and 5 posthumous versions) op. 13	—	op. 13	—	Piano	Classical	3
Schumann: Fantasy Pieces for Piano and Clarinet op. 73	—	op. 73	—	Piano	Classical	2
The Star-Spangled Banner	—	—	—	Piano	—	3
Schumann: Piano Quintet E flat major op. 44	—	op. 44	—	Piano	Classical	3
3 Fantasy pieces, op. 111 (Piano solo)	—	op. 111	—	Piano	Classical	3
Schlummerlied/Slumber Song, op. 124, no. 16	—	op. 124, no. 16	—	Piano	Classical	8
Sonata [concerto without Orchestra], F minor, op. 14 (Piano solo)	—	op. 14	—	Piano	Classical	3
Schumann: Sonata [Concerto without Orchestra] f minor op. 14	—	op. 14	—	Piano	Classical	3
Nr. 1 Trio Op. 63	—	Op. 63	—	Piano, Cello, violin	Classical	4
Nr. 3 Trio Op. 110	—	Op. 110	—	Piano, Cello, violin	Classical	3
Schumann: Coloured Leaves (Bunte Bl-tter) op. 99	—	op. 99	—	Piano	Classical	2
Schumann: Humoresque B flat major op. 20	—	op. 20	—	Piano	Classical	2
Soaring,Op.12,#2	—	Op.12	—	Piano	Classical	4
Catch Me!	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	3
Merry Farmer, The (from Album for the Young)	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	3
8. The Wild Runner	—	—	—	Piano, harpsichord	Classical	4
9. Little Folksong	—	—	—	Piano, harpsichord	Classical	4
17. Morning Promenade	—	—	—	Piano, harpsichord	Classical	4
36. Italian Sailors' Song	—	—	—	Piano, harpsichord	Classical	3
41. Nordic Song	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	3
10. Fast zu Ernst (Almost Too Serious)	—	—	—	Piano, Guitar, Flute	Classical	5
Symphony No. 1 in Bb Major (Spring), Op. 38	—	Op. 38	B-flat major	Piano, Cello, violin, Double Bass, percussion	Classical	3
Symphony No. 3 Eb Major (Rhenish), Op. 97	—	Op. 97	—	Piano, Cello, violin, Double Bass, percussion	Classical	3
Concert Piece for 4 Horns, Op. 86	—	Op. 86	—	Piano, Cello, violin, Double Bass, percussion	Classical	3
Manfred Overture in Eb Major, Op. 115	—	Op. 115	E-flat major	Piano, Cello, violin, Double Bass, percussion	Classical	3
Bittendes Kind op. 15 Nr. 4 (Ausgabe fur Klavier zu 4 Handen)	—	op. 15 Nr. 4	—	Piano	Classical	2
Fast zu ernst op. 15 Nr. 10 (Ausgabe fur Klavier zu 4 Handen)	—	op. 15 Nr. 10	—	Piano	Classical	3
Schumann: X. H!r' ich das Liedchen klingen op. 48	—	op. 48	—	Piano	Classical	3
Schumann: Exercises [Beethoven Studies]	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	2
Skaters' Waltz	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	3
Studies for the Pedal Grand Organ, op. 56 (Organ)	—	op. 56	—	Piano	Classical	3
Schumann: Sketches for Pedalpiano op. 58	—	op. 58	—	Piano	Classical	3
Sonate fur Violine und Klavier a-Moll op. 105 (1851)	—	op. 105	—	Piano	Classical	3
Erinnerung (Remembrance) Op.68 No.28	—	Op.68 No.28	—	Piano	Classical	3
Northern Song, Op. 68, No. 41	—	Op. 68, No. 41	—	Piano	Classical	3
Chopin, Op. 9	—	Op. 9	—	Piano	—	3
Schumann: Fantasy Piece for Piano and Clarinet, Version for Violin op. 73	—	op. 73	—	Piano	Classical	3
Die Waise (The Orphan), No. 14 from Lieder-album fur die Jugend, Op. 79	—	Op. 79	—	Piano, Voice	Classical	3
The Irish Washerwoman	—	—	—	Piano, Flute, violin, Clarinet, Trumpet, Saxophone	Classical	3
Soldatenmarsch (Soldier's March) Op. 68, No. 2	—	Op. 68, No. 2	—	Piano	Classical	4
Kleine Romanze (Little Romance) Op. 68, No. 19	—	Op. 68, No. 19	—	Piano	Classical	3
Bunte Blatter No.1 Op.99	—	Op.99	—	Piano	Classical	4
Humoreske op. 88 Nr. 2 (1842) -fur Violine, Violoncello und Klavier- (Sophie Petersen gewidmet)	—	op. 88 Nr. 2	—	Piano	Classical	3
Six Impromptus, 'Bilder aus Osten' ('Pictures from the East') op. 66, no. 2 in D-flat major	—	op. 66, no. 2	D-flat major	Piano	Classical	3

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. The biography above is our own. Authority record: VIAF 7575259. Portrait: Williamtosun, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.