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 39 of 136
Happy Farmer, The, Op.68,
Romance in A
Die alte gute Zeit, Op. 55,4 - A-Dur/A major
Little Song
Scenes Childhood Op.15
Hochlandbursch, Op. 55 no. 5 - D-Dur/D major
"Albumblatter No. 2 (Schnell): No. 5 from 'Bunte Blatter', Op. 99"
Der Rekrut, Op. 75 no. 4 - D-Dur/D major
Nordic Song, op. 68, no. 41
"Walzer (in A minor): No. 4 from 'Albumblatter', Op. 124"
Traumerie from Scenes from Childhood
John Anderson, Op. 67 no. 5 - G-Dur/G major
"Albumblatter No. 5 (Langsam): No. 8 from 'Bunte Blatter', Op. 99"
"Leides Ahnung (Foreboding of Sorrow): No. 2 from 'Albumblatter', Op. 124"
Easy four handed Piano Piece, Op. 85
"Elfe: No. 17 from 'Albumblatter', Op. 124"
"Landler: No. 7 from 'Albumblatter', Op. 124"
"Albumblatter No. 1 (Ziemlich langsam): No. 4 from 'Bunte Blatter', Op. 99"
"Phantasiestuck (Fantastic Piece): No. 19 from 'Albumblatter', Op. 124"
"Phantasietanz (Fantastic Dance): No. 5 from 'Albumblatter', Op. 124"
Slumber Song
"Wiegenliedchen (Cradle Song): No. 6 from 'Albumblatter', Op. 124"
Sonate fur Klavier op. 118 Nr. 2 (1853) (in Erinnerung an Elise)
Kindersonate G-Dur op. 118 Nr. 1 (1853) -fur Klavier- (in Erinnerung an Julien)
12 four-handed Piano Pieces for Children Large and Small, Op. 85
Children's Ball, Op. 130
"Schlummerlied (Lullaby): No. 16 from 'Albumblatter', Op. 124"
"Albumblatter No. 4 (Sehr langsam): No. 7 from 'Bunte Blatter', Op. 99"
Grillen Op. 12, No. 4 Performed by Robert Schumann
Adagio Expressivo (Symphony No.2)
Phantasiestuke Performed by Robert Schumann
Scheherazade
Strange Man
Playing Tag
The Chase
The Merry Farmer, Returning from Work
The Storm
Das Hochlandmadchen, Op. 55 no. 1 - F-Dur/F major
"Leid ohne Ende (Unending Sorrow): No. 8 from 'Albumblatter', Op. 124"
Mich zieht es nach dem Dorfchen hin, Op. 55 no. 3 - C-Dur/C major
"Larghetto: No. 13 from 'Albumblatter', Op. 124"
Der Konig von Thule, Op. 67 no. 1 - a-Moll/A minor
Heidenroslein, Op. 67 no. 3 - A-Dur/A major
Der traurige Jager, Op. 75 no. 3 - F-Dur/F major
"Albumblatter No. 3 (Ziemlich langsam): No.6 from 'Bunte Blatter', Op. 99"
Sonate fur Klavier op. 118 Nr. 3 (1853) (Marie gewidmet)
"Waltz (in Ab): No. 15 from 'Albumblatter', Op. 124"
Phantasiestuke
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