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 27 of 136
Traumere I (From Children's Scenes, Op.15, No.7)
4. Waltz
"Child Falling Asleep (Kind im Einschlummern), Op. 15 No. 12"
Wintertime (upper 3 parts)
"By the Fireside (Am Camin), Op. 15 No. 8"
"Important Event (Wichtige Begebenheit), Op. 15 No. 6"
2. Aufschwung / Soaring
12. Kind im Einschlummern / Child Falling Asleep
Albumblatter / Album Leaves, op. 124
"Knight of the Hobby-horse (Ritter vom Steckenpferd), Op. 15 No. 9"
Geburtstagsmarsch op. 85 Nr. 1
"Strange Story (Curiose Geschichte), Op. 15 No. 2"
11. Furchtenmachen / Frightening
Gigue
Fantasiestucke / Fantasy Pieces, op. 12
16. Schlummerlied / Slumber Song
Twelve Pieces, Op. 85
8. Am Kamin / By the Fireside
9. Ritter vom Steckenpferd / Knight of the Hobby-horse
Nine Pieces, Op. 109
4. Grillen / Whims
Lebhaft, leicht A-Dur op. 73; 2 -fur Violine und Klavier- (3 Fantasiestucke - Nr. 2)
Two Pieces In Folk-tune Style Op.102
17. Elfe / The Elf
"Almost too Serious (Fast zu ernst), Op. 15 No. 10"
For 4
Rounds and Cannons
Musette 2
The Happy Farmer, Op. 68, No. 10
10. Fast zu Ernst / Almost too Serious
Rasch und mit Feuer A-Dur op. 73; 3 -fur Violine und Klavier- (3 Fantasiestucke - Nr. 3)
"Catch-me-if-you-can (Hasche-Mann), Op. 15 No. 3"
3. Warum? / Why?
"Contented (Gl?ckes genug), Op. 15 No. 5"
"Dreaming (Tr?umerei), Op. 15 No. 7"
7. Vogel als Prophet / The Prophet Bird
6. Herberge / The Wayside Inn
"Of Foreign Lands and People (Von fremden Landern und Menschen), Op. 15 No. 1"
Waldszenen / Forest Scenes, op. 82
"Sonata in D for the Young, Op. 118 No. 2: 3rd movement, Abendlied (Evening Song)"
"Davidsb?ndlertanz, Op. 6 No. 2"
Romance in F sharp, op. 28, no. 2
5. Phantasietanz / Fantastic Dance
13. Der Dichter spricht / The Poet Speaks
7. Traumerei / Dreaming
Adagio (From "Concerto For Cello And Orchestra") [Arranged by Gregory Castleton]
Zart und mit Ausdruck a-Moll op. 73; 1 -fur Violine und Klavier- (3 Fantasiestucke - Nr. 1)
Six Easy Pieces, Op. 130.
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