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 99 of 136
Impromptus on a Theme by Clara Wieck, Op. 5, No. 12
Impromptus on a Theme by Clara Wieck, Op. 5, No. 09
Impromptus on a Theme by Clara Wieck, Op. 5, No. 07
Impromptus on a Theme by Clara Wieck, Op. 5, No. 10
Six Concert Etudes on Caprices by Paganini, Op. 10, No. 1
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 11, Movt. 2
a) Impromptus on a Theme by Clara Wieck, Op. 5, Thema
Impromptus on a Theme by Clara Wieck, Op. 5, No. 11
Carnaval, Op. 9, No. 15: Pantalon et Colombine
Carnaval, Op. 9, No. 16 & 17: Valse allemande /Paganini
Carnaval, Op. 9, No. 02: Pierrot
Carnaval, Op. 9, No. 14: Reconnaissance
Carnaval, Op. 9, No. 19: Promenade
Carnaval, Op. 9, No. 20: Pause
Carnaval, Op. 9, No. 04: Valse noble
Carnaval, Op. 9, No. 03: Arlequin
Carnaval, Op. 9, No. 06: Florestan
Carnaval, Op. 9, No. 10: A.S.C.H. - S.C.H.A.
12 Gedichte, Op. 35, No. 11: Wer machte dich so krank?
Carnaval, Op. 9, No. 05: Eusebius
Carnaval, Op. 9, No. 07: Coquette
Carnaval, Op. 9, No. 09: Papillons
Carnaval, Op. 9, No. 11: Chiarina
Carnaval, Op. 9, No. 12: Chopin
Albumleaves, Op. 124, No. 06, "Wiegenliedchen", piano/violin
Kinderszehen, Op. 15, No. 08, "Am Camin", piano/violin
Kinderszehen, Op. 15, No. 13, "Der Dichter Spricht", piano/violin
Arabeske in C major, Op. 18, Piano part
Manfred, Op. 115, No. 05 - Zwischenactmusik, violin part
Manfred, Op. 115, No. 05 - Zwischenactmusik, piano/violin
Variations on the Name "Abegg", Op. 1
String Quartet No. 3, Movement 1 - Score
String Quartet No. 3, Movement 3 - Score
Three Songs, Op. 83, No. 1: Resignation
Three Songs, Op. 83, No. 3: Der Einsiedler
Six Songs, Op. 89, No. 4: Abschied vom Walde
Six Songs, Op. 89, No. 5: In's Freie
Three Songs, Op. 83, No. 2: Die Blume der Ergebung
Six Songs, Op. 89, No. 2: Heimliches Verchwinden
Six Songs, Op. 89, No. 3: Herbstlied
Six Songs, Op. 90, No. 1 - Lied eines Schmiedes - No. 1 from "Six Poems" op. 90
Six Songs, Op. 90, No. 6 - Schwere Abend - No. 6 from "Six Poems" op. 90
Carnaval, Op. 9, No. 13: Estrella
Six Songs, Op. 90, No. 3 - Kommen und Schneiden - No. 3 from "Six Poems" op. 90
Six Songs, Op. 90, No. 4 - Die Sennerin - No. 4 from "Six Poems" op. 90
Six Songs, Op. 90, No. 7 - Requiem - From "Six Poems" op. 90
Three Songs, Op. 95, No. 2: An den Mond
Three Songs, Op. 95, No. 1: Die Tochter Jephtha's
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