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 55 of 136

Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18

Three Songs, Op. 95, No. 1: Die Tochter Jephtha's

Impromptu No. 2 in D-flat Major

Six Songs, Op. 90, No. 6 - Schwere Abend - No. 6 from "Six Poems" op. 90

Abendlied, No. 12 from "12 Klavierstücke für kleine und grosse Kinder"

Six Songs, Op. 90, No. 5 - Einsamkeit - No. 5 from "Six Poems" op. 90

Faschningsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26, No. 3 - Scherzino

Scenes of Childhood, Op. 15, No. 12: Child Falling Asleep

Morning Songs, Op. 133, No. 3

12 Gedichte, Op. 35, No. 12: Alte Laute

Faschningsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26, No. 2 - Romanze

Studies for the Pedal Piano: No. 5 in B Minor

Impromptu No. 3

Impromptu No. 5

Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6, No. 01

Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6, No. 16

Three Songs, Op. 83, No. 3: Der Einsiedler

Six Songs, Op. 89, No. 2: Heimliches Verchwinden

Preludes: A Chorale

Trauer, No. 6 from "12 Klavierstücke für kleine und grosse Kinder"

Kinderball, No. 3: Menuett

Knocks on the Knuckles

Little Scene on Four Notes

Wedding Anniversary

Three Gesänge, No. 1: Die Löwenbraut

Von Fremden Ländern und Menschen, Op. 15, No. 1

Die Stille, Op. 39, No. 4

The Injured Hand

No. 7: Traumes-Wirren

No. 5: In der Nacht

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, "Rhenish" - Piano Score

Marienwürmchen, No. 13, Op. 79

Lieder und Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister, Op. 98a, No. 5 - Hei

Bunte Blätter, Op. 99, No. 12, Abendmusik

Violin Sonata No. 1 - Piano Score - Piano Score

Sonata No. 1, Movement 1

Sieben Klavierstücke, No. 4

Ballszenen, No. 5: Française

Lieder und Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister, Op. 98a, No. 9 - So la

Study No. 3

Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 96, No. 4: Gesungen!

No. 4: Valse noble

No. 12: Chopin

Twelve Klavierstücke für kleine und grosse Kinder, Op. 85 No. 12, "Abendlied" , piano/violin

Kinderszehen, Op. 15, No. 05, "Glückes genug" , piano/violin

Volksliedchen, Op. 51, No. 2

Waldszenen, Op. 82, No. 7 Vogel als Prophet

Der Nussbaum, from cycle "Myrthen", Op. 25, No. 3