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Composer

Robert Schumann

German composer, pianist and critic (1810–1856)

1810–1856

5,066 works in the index

Born
1810
Died
1856
Birthplace
Zwickau
Place of death
Endenich
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.

Life and musical career

Occupations
composer; pianist; music critic; conductor; musicologist; music educator; writer; art historian; art critic
Education
Leipzig University; Heidelberg University; University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
Teachers
Friedrich Wieck; Heinrich Dorn; Johann Gottfried Kuntsch
Career institutions / employers
University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
Recorded memberships
Leipzig Fraternity Germania
Instruments played
piano
Notable works
Symphony No. 1; Symphony No. 2; Symphony No. 3; Kinderszenen
Languages used
German
VIAF ID
7575259
ISNI
0000000120955419
GND ID
118611666
Library of Congress ID
n50000565
MusicBrainz ID
3cd3882c-00f8-4362-a0c2-ad89ed248533

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

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

Works page 54 of 106

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
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Die Spinnerin from Sechs Gesänge Op.107 - Viola — Op.107— String QuartetClassical 0
Im Wald from Sechs Gesänge Op.107 - Viola — Op.107— String QuartetClassical 0
Abendlied from Sechs Gesänge Op.107 - Viola — Op.107— String QuartetClassical 0
Wild horseman from Album für die Jugend - Piano — —— —Classical 0
Pictures from the East op.66 No. 1 - Score — op.66 No. 1— —Classical 1
Schön Rotraut - Score — —— —Classical 0
The Wild Horseman - Piano — —— —Classical 0
A Little Study - Piano — —— —Classical 0
Album Für die Jugend No. 21 - Piano — —— —Classical 0
Battle Song - Piano — —— —Classical 0
Sailor´s Song - Piano — —— —Classical 0
Happy peasant from Album für die Jugend - Score — —— —Classical 0
Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube Op.48 No. 3 - Score and Parts — Op.48 No. 3— Piano, VoiceClassical 0
Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen Op.48 No.10 - Score — Op.48 No.10— Piano, VoiceClassical 0
Süsser Freund, du blickest Op.42 No. 6 - Score and Parts — Op.42 No. 6— PianoClassical 0
Märzveilchen Op.40 No. 1 - Score and Parts — Op.40 No. 1— PianoClassical 0
Suite No. 2 from "Album for the Young" - Tuba 1 — —— —Classical 0
Album for the Young. Appendix 1. No. 4. Tag — —— —Classical 0
Album for the Young. No. 7. Hunting Song — —— —Classical 0
Horseman - Tuba 2 — —— —Classical 0
Strange Man - From "Album for the Young, Op. 68" - Tuba 2 — Op. 68— —Classical 0
Albumblätter, No. 11: Romanze — —— —Classical 0
Albumblätter, No. 12: Burla — —— —Classical 0
Albumblätter, No. 19: Phantasiestück — —— —Classical 0
Dichterliebe , Op. 48, No. 08: Und wüssten's die Blumen — Op. 48, No. 08— Piano, VoiceClassical 0
Twelve Klavierstücke für kleine und grosse Kinder, Op. 85 No. 12, "Abendlied" , violin part — Op. 85 No. 12— Piano, violinClassical 0
Minnespiel, Op. 101, No. 1: Lied - Meine Töne still und heiter — Op. 101, No. 1— Piano, VoiceClassical 0
Three Fantasiestücke, No. 2 in A-flat Major — —A-flat major —Classical 0
Sieben Klavierstücke, No. 1 — —— —Classical 0
Sieben Klavierstücke, No. 6 — —— —Classical 0
Etude No. 2 — —— —Classical 0
No. 4: Grillen — —— —Classical 0
Study No. 1 — —— —Classical 0
Study No. 6 — —— —Classical 0
Intermezzo No. 6 — —— —Classical 0
Nos. 16 & 17: Valse allemande /Paganini — —— —Classical 0
No. 14: Reconnaissance — —— —Classical 0
No. 10: A.S.C.H. - S.C.H.A. — —— —Classical 0
No. 8: Réplique — —— —Classical 0
Lieder und Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister, Op. 98a, No. 4 - Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen a — Op. 98a, No. 4— Piano, VoiceClassical 0
Lieder und Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister, Op. 98a, No. 8 - An die Türen will ich schleichen - No. 8 from "Lieder and Songs from Wilhelm Meister" op. 98a — Op. 98a, No. 8; op. 98a— Piano, VoiceClassical 0
Etude No. 1 — —— —Classical 0
Eine Berühmte Melodie von L. van Beethoven — —— —Classical 0
Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50: Part 1 — Op. 50— PianoClassical 0
"Es stand in alten Zeiten", No. 1 from "Des Sängers Fluch", Op. 139 — Op. 139— Piano, VoiceClassical 0
Ballade: "In der hohen Hall sass König Sifrid", No. 7 from "Des Sängers Fluch", Op. 139 — Op. 139— Piano, VoiceClassical 0
"Weh euch, ihr stolzen Hallen!", No. 13 from "Des Sängers Fluch", Op. 139 — Op. 139— Piano, VoiceClassical 0
Minnespiel, Op. 101: No. 5, Quartett "Schön ist das Fest des Lenzes" — Op. 101— Piano, VoiceClassical 0

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.