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 70 of 136
Untitled Work
Three Songs, Op. 83, No. 2: Die Blume der Ergebung
Manfred, Op. 115, No. 05 - Zwischenactmusik , violin part
Versteckens, No. 10 from "12 Klavierstücke für kleine und grosse Kinder"
Kinderszehen, Op. 15, No. 08, "Am Camin" , piano/violin
Schumann Salutes Chopin
Beim Kränzewinden, No. 4 from "12 Klavierstücke für kleine und grosse Kinder"
Ballszenen, No. 3: Walzer
Ballszenen, No. 9: Promenade
Impromptu No. 6 in B-flat Minor/Major
"Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden", Op. 24, No. 5
"Dem rothen Röslein gleicht mein Lieb'", Op. 27, No. 2
Sonntags am Rhein, Op. 36, No. 1
Romanze, Op. 138, No. 5
Walzer, Op. 124, No. 15
Mass in C Minor, Op. 147: No. 1, Kyrie
Scenes from Goethe's Faust, Ouvertüre
Scenes from Goethe's Faust, Part 3, No. 7g: "Faust's Verklärung": "Alles Vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichnis"
Genoveva, Op. 81, Act 1, No. 2: "Könnt ich mit... Frieden zieh' in meine"
Genoveva, Op. 81, Act 2, No. 8: "O weh des Scheidens das er that"
Genoveva, Op. 81, Act 3, No. 15: "Ich sah"
Genoveva, Op. 81, Act 4, No. 21: "Seid mir gegrüsst nach schwerer Prüfung"
Abends am Strand, Op. 45, No. 3
Loreley, Op. 53, No. 2
Novellette No. 4 in D Major, from "Novelletten", Op. 21
String Quartet No. 3 in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3 - Cello
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6, 1st & 2nd Editions
Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50: Part 2
Sonata No. 1, Movement 2
Bunte Blätter, Op. 99, No. 02, Stücklein II
Six Songs, Op. 89, No. 6: Röselein, Röselein!
Minnespiel, Op. 101: No. 7, Duett "Die tausend Grüsse, die wir dir senden"
Lieder und Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister, Op. 98a, No. 6 - Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt - No. 6 from "Lieder and Songs from Wilhelm Meister" op. 98a
Glückes Genug, Op. 15, No. 5
String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 41, No. 2 - Viola
12 Klavierstücke für kleine und grosse Kinder, Op. 85, No. 9 - Am Springbrunnen\By the Fountain, arr.
Studies on Caprices by Paganini, Op. 3
No. 9: Papillons
String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 41, No. 1 - Violin 2
"Die Stunde ist gekommen!", No. 2 from "Des Sängers Fluch", Op. 139
"Nicht diese wilden", No. 8 from "Des Sängers Fluch", Op. 139
"Alte hat's gerufen", No. 14 from "Des Sängers Fluch", Op. 139
4 doppelchörige Gesänge, Op. 141: No. 1, An die Sterne
Der arme Peter, Op. 53, No. 3a, b, c
"Die Lotosblume" , No. 7 from "Myrthen" , Op. 25, No. 7
Liederkreis, Op. 39: No. 7, Auf einer Burg
Kreisleriana, Op. 16: Sehr Rasch
Kreisleriana, Op. 16: Ausserst Bewegt
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