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 41 of 136
Davidsbundlertanze op. 6 RSA/1/1 - Heft 2: Nr. 5 - Es-Dur [Zart und singend] Performed by Robert Schumann
Davidsbundlertanze op. 6 RSA/1/1 - Heft 2: Nr. 7 - G-Dur [Mit gutem Humor] Performed by Robert Schumann
Faschingsschwank aus Wien op. 26 RSA III/1/5 -Phantasiebilder fur Klavier- Performed by Robert Schumann
Davidsbundlertanze op. 6 RSA/1/1 - Heft 1: Nr. 4 - h-Moll [Ungeduldig] Performed by Robert Schumann
Davidsbundlertanze op. 6 RSA/1/1 - Heft 1: Nr. 6 - d-Moll [Sehr rasch und in sich hinein] Performed by Robert Schumann
Davidsbundlertanze op. 6 RSA/1/1 - Heft 1: Nr. 9 - C-Dur [Lebhaft] Performed by Robert Schumann
Davidsbundlertanze op. 6 RSA/1/1 - Heft 2: Nr. 2 - D-Dur [Einfach] Performed by Robert Schumann
Intermezzi op. 4 RSA III/I/1 : Nr. 1 - A-Dur op. 4 Nr. 1 Performed by Robert Schumann
Intermezzi op. 4 RSA III/I/1 : Nr. 6 - h-Moll op. 4 Nr. 6 Performed by Robert Schumann
Intermezzi op. 4 RSA III/I/1 : Nr. 3 - a-Moll op. 4 Nr. 3 Performed by Robert Schumann
Abegg-Variationen F-Dur op. 1 RSA III/1/1 Performed by Robert Schumann
Novelletten op. 21 RSA III/1/4 : Nr. 8 - fis-Moll [Sehr lebhaft] Performed by Robert Schumann
Phantasiestucke op. 12 RSA III/1/2 : Nr. 5 - In der Nacht Performed by Robert Schumann
Phantasiestucke op. 12 RSA III/1/2 : Nr. 2 - Aufschwung Performed by Robert Schumann
Papillons op. 2 RSA III/1/1 : Nr. 10 - C-Dur op. 2 Nr. 10 Performed by Robert Schumann
Novelletten op. 21 RSA III/1/4 : Nr. 5 - D-Dur [Rauschend und festlich] Performed by Robert Schumann
Novelletten op. 21 RSA III/1/4 : Nr. 3 - D-Dur [Leicht und mit Humor] Performed by Robert Schumann
Phantasiestucke op. 12 RSA III/1/2 : Nr. 7 - Traumes Wirren Performed by Robert Schumann
Kreisleriana [Phantasien] op. 16 RSA III/I/4 : Nr. 6 - B-Dur [Sehr langsam] Performed by Robert Schumann
Kreisleriana [Phantasien] op. 16 RSA III/I/4 : Nr. 8 - d-Moll [Schnell und spielend] Performed by Robert Schumann
Kreisleriana [Phantasien] op. 16 RSA III/I/4 : Nr. 3 - g-Moll [Sehr aufgeregt] Performed by Robert Schumann
Davidsbundlertanze op. 6 RSA/1/1 - Heft 2: Nr. 8 - H-Dur [Wie aus der Ferne] Performed by Robert Schumann
Davidsbundlertanze op. 6 RSA/1/1 - Heft 2: Nr. 6 - B-Dur [Frisch] Performed by Robert Schumann
Davidsbundlertanze op. 6 RSA/1/1 - Heft 2: Nr. 9 - C-Dur [Nicht schnell] Performed by Robert Schumann
Davidsbundlertanze op. 6 RSA/1/1 - Heft 2: Nr. 4 - h-Moll [Wild und lustig] Performed by Robert Schumann
Davidsbundlertanze op. 6 RSA/1/1 - Heft 2: Nr. 3 - e-Moll [Mit Humor] Performed by Robert Schumann
Kreisleriana [Phantasien] op. 16 RSA III/I/4 : Nr. 2 - B-Dur [Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch] Performed by Robert Schumann
Kreisleriana [Phantasien] op. 16 RSA III/I/4 : Nr. 4 - B-Dur [Sehr langsam] Performed by Robert Schumann
Davidsbundlertanze op. 6 RSA/1/1 - Heft 1: Nr. 8 - c-Moll [Frisch] Performed by Robert Schumann
Davidsbundlertanze op. 6 RSA/1/1 - Heft 1: Nr. 7 - g-Moll [Nicht schnell] Performed by Robert Schumann
Kreisleriana [Phantasien] op. 16 RSA III/I/4 : Nr. 5 - g-Moll [Sehr lebhaft] Performed by Robert Schumann
Davidsbundlertanze op. 6 RSA/1/1 - Heft 1: Nr. 5 - D-Dur [Einfach] Performed by Robert Schumann
Kreisleriana [Phantasien] op. 16 RSA III/I/4 : Nr. 7 - Es-Dur [Sehr rasch] Performed by Robert Schumann
Davidsbundlertanze op. 6 RSA/1/1 - Heft 1: Nr. 3 - G-Dur [Mit Humor] Performed by Robert Schumann
12 Symphonische Etuden cis-Moll op. 13 RSA III/1/3 Performed by Robert Schumann
Novelletten op. 21 RSA III/1/4 : Nr. 1 - F-Dur [Markiert und kraftig] Performed by Robert Schumann
Allegro h-Moll op. 8 RSA III/1/2 Performed by Robert Schumann
Novelletten op. 21 RSA III/1/4 : Nr. 6 - A-Dur [Sehr lebhaft, mit vielem Humor] Performed by Robert Schumann
Humoreske B-Dur op. 20 RSA III/1/4 Performed by Robert Schumann
Impromptus C-Dur op. 5 RSA III/1/1 -uber ein Thema von Clara Wieck- Performed by Robert Schumann
Phantasiestucke op. 12 RSA III/1/2 : Nr. 1 - Des Abends Performed by Robert Schumann
Intermezzi op. 4 RSA III/I/1 : Nr. 2 - e-Moll op. 4 Nr. 2 Performed by Robert Schumann
Phantasiestucke op. 12 RSA III/1/2 : Nr. 3 - Warum? Performed by Robert Schumann
Intermezzi op. 4 RSA III/I/1 : Nr. 4 - C-Dur op. 4 Nr. 4 Performed by Robert Schumann
Intermezzi op. 4 RSA III/I/1 : Nr. 5 - d-Moll op. 4 Nr. 5 Performed by Robert Schumann
Phantasiestucke op. 12 RSA III/1/2 : Nr. 4 - Grillen Performed by Robert Schumann
Papillons op. 2 RSA III/1/1 : Nr. 1 - D-Dur op. 2 Nr. 1 Performed by Robert Schumann
Phantasiestucke op. 12 RSA III/1/2 : Nr. 6 - Fabel Performed by Robert Schumann
Dates, era and nationality from Wikidata, matched on name and verified against any dates already held here. The biography above is our own. Portrait: Williamtosun, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.