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 33 of 136
"Humming Song (Trailerliedchen), Op. 68 No. 3"
"A Little Study (Kleine Studie), Op. 68 No. 14"
Sonata For Children (Sonata For The Young)
Un Poco Adagio (String Quartet In A Major)
"A Stranger (Fremder Mann), Op. 68 No. 29"
Intermezzi op. 4 RSA III/I/1 (Leipzig, April bis Juli 1832): Nr. 3 - a-Moll op. 4 Nr. 3
Papillons op. 2 RSA III/1/1 (Heidelberg und Leipzig, 1829 - Januar 1832): Nr. 9 - b-Moll op. 2 Nr. 9
Papillons op. 2 RSA III/1/1 (Heidelberg und Leipzig, 1829 - Januar 1832): Nr. 6 - d-Moll op. 2 Nr. 6
Papillons op. 2 RSA III/1/1 (Heidelberg und Leipzig, 1829 - Januar 1832): Nr. 4 - A-Dur op. 2 Nr. 4
Intermezzi op. 4 RSA III/I/1 (Leipzig, April bis Juli 1832): Nr. 2 - e-Moll op. 4 Nr. 2
Intermezzi op. 4 RSA III/I/1 (Leipzig, April bis Juli 1832): Nr. 4 - C-Dur op. 4 Nr. 4
Papillons op. 2 RSA III/1/1 (Heidelberg und Leipzig, 1829 - Januar 1832): Nr. 10 - C-Dur op. 2 Nr. 10
Doll's Lullaby (Puppenschlafliedchen)
Bear's Dance (Barentanz)
"(untitled), Op. 68 No. 21"
Molto Lento (Album For The Young)
Piece No.1 (Night Pieces)
Stille Thranen (12 Gedichte)
Papillons op. 2 RSA III/1/1 (Heidelberg und Leipzig, 1829 - Januar 1832): Nr. 1 - D-Dur op. 2 Nr. 1
Papillons op. 2 RSA III/1/1 (Heidelberg und Leipzig, 1829 - Januar 1832): Nr. 11 - D-Dur op. 2 Nr. 11
Papillons op. 2 RSA III/1/1 (Heidelberg und Leipzig, 1829 - Januar 1832): Nr. 12 - D-Dur op. 2 Nr. 12
Papillons op. 2 RSA III/1/1 (Heidelberg und Leipzig, 1829 - Januar 1832): Nr. 3 - fis-Moll op. 2 Nr. 3
Papillons op. 2 RSA III/1/1 (Heidelberg und Leipzig, 1829 - Januar 1832): Nr. 5 - B-Dur op. 2 Nr. 5
Papillons op. 2 RSA III/1/1 (Heidelberg und Leipzig, 1829 - Januar 1832): Nr. 8 - cis-Moll op. 2 Nr. 8
"Battle Song (Kriegslied), Op. 68 No. 31"
For Very Young People (Fur ganz Kleine)
Papillons op. 2 RSA III/1/1 (Heidelberg und Leipzig, 1829 - Januar 1832): Nr. 2 - Es-Dur op. 2 Nr. 2
Theme In E Flat Major
Allegro h-Moll op. 8 RSA III/1/2 (Leipzig, 1831/1832)
Papillons op. 2 RSA III/1/1 (Heidelberg und Leipzig, 1829 - Januar 1832): Nr. 7 - f-Moll op. 2 Nr. 7
Intermezzi op. 4 RSA III/I/1 (Leipzig, April bis Juli 1832): Nr. 6 - h-Moll op. 4 Nr. 6
Intermezzi op. 4 RSA III/I/1 (Leipzig, April bis Juli 1832): Nr. 1 - A-Dur op. 4 Nr. 1
Intermezzi op. 4 RSA III/I/1 (Leipzig, April bis Juli 1832): Nr. 5 - d-Moll op. 4 Nr. 5
Theme With Variations (Sonata For The Young)
Humoreske B-Dur op. 20 RSA III/1/4 (Leipzig und Wien, 1838/1839)
Toccata C-Dur op. 7 RSA III/I/2 (Heidelberg und Leipzig, 1829/1830 und 1833)
Faschingsschwank aus Wien op. 26 RSA III/1/5 (Wien und Leipzig 1839/1840) -Phantasiebilder fur Klavier-
"(untitled), Op. 68 No. 26"
"Harvest Song (Erntelied), Op. 68 No. 24"
Impromptus C-Dur op. 5 RSA III/1/1 (Leipzig, 26. - 30. Mai 1833) -uber ein Thema von Clara Wieck- (mit Anhang - Lesart der ersten Ausgabe)
Phantasie C-Dur op. 17 RSA III/1/4 (Leipzig und Wien, 1836 - 1838)
"Country Song (Landliches Lied), Op. 68 No. 20"
Abegg-Variationen F-Dur op. 1 RSA III/1/1 (Heidelberg, 1829/1830)
"A Chorale (Ein Choral), Op. 68 No. 4"
"Folksong (Volksliedchen), Op. 68 No. 9"
12 Symphonische Etuden cis-Moll op. 13 RSA III/1/3 (Leipzig und Zwickau, 1834/1835)
"Canonic Song (Canonisches Liedchen), Op. 68 No. 27"
"Echoes of the Theatre (Nachklange aus dem Theater), Op. 68 No. 25"
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