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 63 of 136
Liederkreis, Op. 39: No. 11, Im Walde
Intermezzo No. 2
Studies for the Pedal Piano: No. 1 in C Major
Sketches for the Pedal Piano, No. 3 in F Minor
Impromptu No. 9
Impromptu No. 7
Six Songs, Op. 90, No. 3 - Kommen und Schneiden - No. 3 from "Six Poems" op. 90
Sehnsucht, Op. 51, No. 1
Novelette, Op. 99, No. 9
Hasche - Mann!, Op. 15, No. 3
Ritter vom Steckenpferd, Op. 15, No. 9
Plus and Minus, Op. 68, No. 14
Mass in C Minor, Op. 147: No. 5, Sanctus
Scenes from Goethe's Faust, Part 2, No. 6: "Faust's Tod"
Scenes from Goethe's Faust, Part 3, No. 7e: "Faust's Verklärung": "Hier ist die Aussicht frei"
Genoveva, Op. 81, Ouvertüre
Genoveva, Op. 81, Act 1, No. 6: "Der rauhe"
Genoveva, Op. 81, Act 3, No. 13: "Nichts hält mich mehr"
Genoveva, Op. 81, Act 4, No. 19: "O lass es ruh'n dein Aug'auf"
Frühe: "Früh steht der Jäger auf", No. 4 from "Jagdlieder", Op. 137
String Quartet No. 3, Movement 3 - Score
Six Songs, Op. 89, No. 5: In's Freie
Manfred, Op. 115, No. 06 - Rufung der Alpenfee
Postludes: Nordic Song
Bärentanz, No. 2 from "12 Klavierstücke für kleine und grosse Kinder"
Reigen, No. 8 from "12 Klavierstücke für kleine und grosse Kinder"
Ballszenen, No. 7: Ecossaise
Impromptu No. 4 in B-flat Minor
Fantastic Dance, Op. 124, No. 5
Spring Symphony
Concert Allegro with Introduction, Op. 134
"Was will die einsame Thräne", from cycle "Myrthen", Op. 25, No. 21
12 Gedichte, Op. 35, No. 4: Erstes Grün
Frühlingsfahrt, Op. 45, No. 2
Auf dem Rhein, Op. 51, No. 4
"Kennst du das Land?", Op. 98a, No. 1
No. 1: Préambule
No. 6: Florestan
No. 7: Coquette
Lieder und Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister, Op. 98a, No. 2 - Ballade des Harfners - No. 2 from "Lieder and Songs from Wilhelm Meister" op. 98a
Liederkreis, Op. 39: No. 4, Die Stille
Kinderball, No. 5: Française
No. 15: Pantalon et Colombine
Study No. 2
"Genug des Frühlings und der Lust!", No. 6 from "Des Sängers Fluch", Op. 139
"Und wie vom Sturm zerstoben", No. 12 from "Des Sängers Fluch", Op. 139
Ballszenen, No. 1: Préambule
Minnespiel, Op. 101: No. 3, Duett "Ich bin dein Baum, o Gärtner"
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