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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 66 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
The Rhine, That Holiest River — —— —Classical 0
Rasch und mit Feuer A-Dur op. 73; 3 -fur Klarinette und Klavier- (3 Fantasiestucke - Nr. 3) — op. 73— PianoClassical 0
Fantasiestucket — —— Piano, CelloClassical 1
Ein J?ngling liebt ein M?dchen (A youth loves a maiden) from Dichterliebe — —— Piano— 0
Traumerei 1838Wikidata —— —— 0
Fruhe: Fruh steht der Jager auf — —— Choir, HornClassical 0
Bei der Flasche: Wo giebt es wohl noch Jagerei — —— Choir, HornClassical 0
Der Eidgenossen Nachtwache: In stiller Bucht — —— ChoirClassical 0
Freiheitslied: Zittr', o Erde, dunkle Macht — —— ChoirClassical 0
Schlachtgesang: Mit unserm Arm ist nichts gethan — —— ChoirClassical 0
Romanze vom Gansebuben, Op. 145 no. 5 - G-Dur/G major — Op. 145 no. 5— ChoirClassical 0
Arabesque — —— —— 0
The Happy Farmer Returning From Work, Op. 68, No. 10 — Op. 68, No. 10— —— 1
Waldesgesprach, Mondnacht, Fruhlingsnacht (after Eichendorff) — —— —— 0
Scenes from Childhood, op. 15 (Piano solo) — op. 15— —— 0
Phantasiestucke (Fantasy Pieces), Op. 12 - 1. Des Abends (In the Evening) — Op. 12— —— 0
Phantasiestucke (Fantasy Pieces), Op. 12 - 3. Warum? (Why?) — Op. 12— —— 0
Scenes from Childhood (Kinderscenen), Op. 15 - 7. Reverie (Traumerei) — Op. 15— —— 0
Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17 — Op. 17C major —— 1
Album for the Young (Clavierstucke fur die Jugend), Op. 68 - 6. The Poor Orphan (Volksliedchen) — Op. 68— —— 0
Album for the Young (Clavierstucke fur die Jugend), Op. 68 - 10. The Happy Farmer (Frohlicher Landmann) — Op. 68— —— 0
Waldscenen (Forest Scenes), Op. 82 - 7. Vogel als Prophet (Bird as Prophet) — Op. 82— —— 0
Waldscenen (Forest Scenes), Op. 82 - 9. Abschied (Farewell) — Op. 82— —— 0
Preface — —— Piano, harpsichordClassical 2
Traumerei, Op. 15, No. 7 — Op. 15, No. 7— —— 0
Abegg variations, op. 1 (Piano solo) — op. 1— —— 0
Novelletts, op. 21 (Piano solo) — op. 21— PianoClassical 0
Forest Scenes, op. 82 (Piano solo) — op. 82— —— 0
Schumann: Abegg Variations op. 1 — op. 1— —— 0
Schumann: Arabesque op. 18 — op. 18— —— 0
Schumann: Toccata C major op. 7 — op. 7— PianoClassical 0
The Happy Farmer — —— —— 0
A Dream Of Hope, Op.15, No.7 — Op.15, No.7— PianoClassical 1
Liebeslied: Widmung (easier version) — —— —— 0
The Prophetic Bird (Vogel als Prophet) — —— —— 0
The Departure (Abschied) — —— —— 0
Traumerei from Scenes from Childhood — —— —— 0
Des Abends (In the Evening) — —— —— 0
Fabel (Fable) — —— PianoClassical 1
10. The Jovial Peasant — —— Piano, harpsichordClassical 1
25. Exhoes of the Theatre — —— Piano, harpsichordClassical 1
Genoveva Overture, Op. 81 — Op. 81— Piano, Cello, violin, Double Bass, percussionClassical 0
Polyphonic Music - "Two Melodies at Once" — —— Piano— 0
Traumerei op. 15 Nr. 7 (Ausgabe fur Klavier zu 4 Handen) — op. 15 Nr. 7— —— 0
Schumann: XI. Ein J!ngling liebt ein M-dchen op. 48 — op. 48— PianoClassical 0
Schumann: IX. Das ist ein Fl!ten und Geigen op. 48 — op. 48— PianoClassical 0
Schumann: VIII. Und w!ssten's die Blumen op. 48 — op. 48— PianoClassical 0
Schumann: II. Aus meinen Tr-nen sprieen op. 48 — op. 48— PianoClassical 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.