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 96 of 136
Impromptus on a Theme by Clara Wieck, Op. 5, No. 05
Impromptus on a Theme by Clara Wieck, Op. 5, No. 02
Manfred, Op. 115, No. 05 - Zwischenactmusik
Scenes of Childhood, Op. 15, No. 10: Almost Too Serious
Scenes of Childhood, Op. 15, No. 3: Catch Me
Scenes of Childhood, Op. 15, No. 4: Entreating Child
Scenes of Childhood, Op. 15, No. 9: Knight of the Rocking Horse
Waldszenen, Op. 82, No. 6 Herberge
String Quartet No. 1, Movement 4 - Score
String Quartet No. 1, Movement 2 - Score
String Quartet No. 3, Movement 2 - Score
String Quartet No. 3, Movement 4 - Score
String Quartet No. 1, Movement 1 - Score
String Quartet No. 1, Movement 3 - Score
Ich Grolle Nicht , No. 7 from "Dichterliebe", Op. 48, No. 7
Studies for the Pedal Piano, 6 pieces in canon form, Op. 56 - No. 5 in B Minor
Novellette No. 1 in F Major, from "Novelletten", Op. 21
Dichterliebe, Op. 48, No. 04: Wenn ich in deine Augen seh' - No. 4 from "Dichterliebe" Op. 48
Dichterliebe , Op. 48, No. 03: Die Rose, die Lilie
Dichterliebe, Op. 48, No. 05: Ich will meine Seele tauchen - No. 5 from "Dichterliebe" Op. 48
Dichterliebe, Op. 48, No. 06: Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome - No. 6 from "Dichterliebe" Op. 48
Dichterliebe, Op. 48, No. 12: Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen - No. 12 from "Dichterliebe" Op. 48
Dichterliebe, Op. 48, No. 13: Ich hab im Traum geweinet - No. 13 from "Dichterliebe" Op. 48
Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42, No. 7 - An meinem Herzen, and meiner Brust - No. 7 from "Frauenliebe und -leben" op. 42
Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42, No. 8 - Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz gethan - No. 8 from "Frauenliebe und -leben" op. 42
Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42, No. 2 - Er, der Herrlichste von Allen - No. 2 from "Frauenliebe und -leben" op. 42
Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42, No. 3 - Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben - No. 3 from "Frauenliebe und -leben" op. 42
Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42, No. 4 - Du Ring am meinem Finger - No. 4 from "Frauenliebe und -leben" op. 42
Scenes of Childhood, Op. 15, No. 1: From Foreign Lands and People
Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42, No. 5 - Helft mir, ihr Schwestern - No. 5 from "Frauenliebe und -leben" op. 42
Romance in F-sharp Major, Op. 28, No. 2
Frauenliebe und -leben, no. 1: Seit ich ihn gesehen
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