Robert Schumann: Sheet music to download and print Piano music by Robert Schumann to download and print: Fantasiestücke, Album for the Young, Kinderszenen, Night Visions, Four Fugues, Waldszenen, Bunte Blätter, Sonatas for the Young, Three Romances, Four Pieces, Four Marches, Three Fantasies, Album Leaves, Seven Pieces in Fughetta Form, Morning Songs, Studies after Caprices by Paganini, Concert-Etudes after Caprices by Paganini, Total pieces by Schumann: 178
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He's my favourite romantic composer. His early output for piano was just ridiculous: op.1 Abegg variations (maybe the greatest opening opus of any composer) op.2 papillons, op.6 Davidsbundlertaenze, op.7 Toccata, op.9 Carnaval, op.11 1st sonata, op.12 fantasiestücke, op.13 symphonic etudes, op.14 3rd sonata, op.15 Kinderszenen, op.16 kreisleriana, op.17 fantasy, op.18 arabeske. Then there are the songs, the symphonies, the piano concerto, all brilliant and unique.
His later stuff is much patchier, but some of it is still excellent. Even his late violin concerto, which people love to criticize, is a great work.
In short, i think he's the bee's knees. |
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Try the Romances op. 28 or the Blumenstucke op. 19, then perhaps the Faschingsschwank aus Wien or something from the Phantasiestucke op. 12 like "Aufschwung". Finally, Papillons op. 1 (?) is a good introduction to how Schumann structured "mini" character pieces into a single work. Carnaval also featured some themes from this work.
I personally wouldn't start off Carnaval without having learned other works by Schumann - the interpretive possibilities are extremely enormous in this work. A successful performance of Carnaval, IMO, has to make sense both as individual pieces and a whole work. For this, I think you need to have developed a certain way of approaching Schumann. |
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