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 66 of 136
Albumleaves, Op. 124, No. 06, "Wiegenliedchen" , piano/violin
Blondel's Lied, Op. 53, No. 1
Toccata in C Major, Op. 7
12 Gedichte, Op. 35, No. 10: Stille Thränen
Novellette No. 3 in D Major, from "Novelletten", Op. 21
Command Performance
Schoolboys Marching
Piano Sonata No. 2, Movement 4
"Lieb' Liebchen, leg's Händchen", Op. 24, No. 4
Six Songs, Op. 90, No. 1 - Lied eines Schmiedes - No. 1 from "Six Poems" op. 90
Kinderball, No. 6: Ringelreihe
Gartenmelodie, No. 3 from "12 Klavierstücke für kleine und grosse Kinder"
Am Springbrunnen, No. 9 from "12 Klavierstücke für kleine und grosse Kinder"
Ballszenen, No. 2: Polonaise
Ballszenen, No. 8: Walzer
Impromptu No. 5 in F Minor
Piano Sonata No. 2, Movement 2
Six Poems, Op. 36, No. 1, "Sonntags am Rhein" , piano/violin
Dichterliebe , Op. 48, No. 07 "Ich grolle nicht" , piano/violin
Studies for the Pedal Piano: No. 2 in A Minor
Sketches for the Pedal Piano, No. 4 in D-flat Major
Six Songs, Op. 90, No. 4 - Die Sennerin - No. 4 from "Six Poems" op. 90
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6, No. 04
Lieder und Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister, Op. 98a, No. 4 - Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen a
Twelve Klavierstücke für kleine und grosse Kinder, Op. 85 No. 12, "Abendlied" , violin part
Minnespiel, Op. 101, No. 1: Lied - Meine Töne still und heiter
Three Fantasiestücke, No. 2 in A-flat Major
Sieben Klavierstücke, No. 1
Sieben Klavierstücke, No. 6
Etude No. 2
No. 4: Grillen
Study No. 1
Study No. 6
Intermezzo No. 6
Nos. 16 & 17: Valse allemande /Paganini
No. 14: Reconnaissance
No. 10: A.S.C.H. - S.C.H.A.
No. 8: Réplique
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
Etude No. 1
Eine Berühmte Melodie von L. van Beethoven
Myrthen , Op. 25, No. 07, "Die Lotosblume" , violin part
Arabeske in C major, Op. 18, Piano part
Allegro in B Minor, Op. 8
"Du bist wie eine Blume", from cycle "Myrthen", Op. 25, No. 24
Liederkreis, Op. 39, No. 03, "Waldesgespräch" , violin part
Myrthen , Op. 25, No. 03, "Der Nussbaum" , piano/violin
The Happy Farmer and His Family
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