Robert Schumann
Notable works by Robert Schumann.
Adagio and Allegro for Horn and Piano
The Adagio and Allegro () in A major, Op. 70, is a chamber work for piano and horn (optionally cello, double bass, viola or violin) by Robert Schumann, written in February 1849. Schumann planned
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Album for the Young (), Op. 68, was composed by Robert Schumann in 1848 for his three daughters. The album consists of a collection of 43 short works. Unlike the , they are suitable to be played by
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Albumblätter (German for Album Leaves), Op. 124, is a collection of piano pieces by Robert Schumann assembled from earlier unpublished pieces after the success of the Album for the Young (Album für
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Arabeske in C major, Op. 18 is a composition by Robert Schumann, written in 1839 when he was 29 years old. He dedicated it to Frau Majorin Friederike Serre auf Maxen, to whom he also dedicated his
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Blumenstück (Flower Piece) in D, Op. 19, is a piano work by Robert Schumann, written in 1839. Blumenstück is a series of short, connected and thematically related episodes, of which the second forms
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Bunte Blätter (English: Colorful Leaves), Op. 99, is a collection of piano pieces by Robert Schumann assembled from earlier unpublished pieces after the success of the Album for the Young (Album für
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Carnaval (Russian: Карнавал) is a ballet based on the music of Robert Schumann's piano suite Carnaval, Op. 9, as orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Anatoly Lyadov and
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Carnaval, Op. 9, is a work by Robert Schumann for piano solo, written in 1834–1835 and subtitled Scènes mignonnes sur quatre notes (Little Scenes on Four Notes). It consists of 21 short pieces
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The Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129, by Robert Schumann was completed in a period of only two weeks, between 10 October and 24 October 1850, shortly after Schumann became the music director at
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Davidsbündlertänze (Dances of the League of David), Op. 6, is a group of eighteen pieces for piano composed in 1837 by Robert Schumann, who named them after his music society Davidsbündler. The low
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Dichterliebe, A Poet's Love (composed 1840), is the best-known song cycle by Robert Schumann (Op. 48). The texts for its 16 songs come from the Lyrisches Intermezzo by Heinrich Heine, written in
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Die Lotosblume ("The Lotus Flower") is a poem written by Heinrich Heine, and published in his Buch der Lieder (The Book of Songs, 1827). Set to music by Robert Schumann in 1840, this Lied is part of
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The Fantasie in C, Op. 17, was written by Robert Schumann in 1836. It was revised prior to publication in 1839, when it was dedicated to Franz Liszt. It is generally described as one of Schumann's
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Robert Schumann's Fantasiestücke, Op. 12, is a set of eight pieces for piano, written in 1837. The title was inspired by the 1814–15 collection of novellas, essays, treatises, letters, and writings
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Fantasiestücke for clarinet and piano, Op. 73, were written in 1849 by Robert Schumann. Though they were originally intended for clarinet and piano, Schumann indicated that the clarinet part could be
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Faschingsschwank aus Wien (Carnival Scenes from Vienna or Carnival Jest from Vienna), Op. 26, is a solo piano work by Robert Schumann. He began composition of the work in 1839 in Vienna. He wrote the
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Robert Schumann's Five Pieces in Folk Style (German: ), Op. 102 is a set of five short pieces for cello and piano, composed in 1849 and published in 1851 with a dedication to cellist . It was
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Frauen-Liebe und Leben (Woman's Love and Life) is a cycle of poems by Adelbert von Chamisso, written in late 1829 and early 1830. They describe the course of a woman's love for a man, from their
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The (Ghost Variations), or Theme and Variations in E major for piano, WoO 24, composed in 1854, is the last completed work of Robert Schumann. The variations were composed in the time leading up to
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Genoveva, Op. 81, is an opera in four acts by Robert Schumann in the genre of German Romanticism with a libretto by Robert Reinick and the composer. The only opera Schumann ever wrote, it received
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(Songs of the Morning), Op. 133, is a composition in five movements by Robert Schumann for solo piano. A performance takes about 13 minutes. Composed in October 1853, it is one of Schumann's last
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Hermann and Dorothea is an epic poem, an idyll, written by German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe between 1796 and 1797, and was to some extent suggested by Johann Heinrich Voss's Luise, an idyll
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in B major, Op. 20, is a piano piece by Robert Schumann, composed in 1839 and dedicated to Julie von Webenau. Schumann cited Jean Paul's style of humour as source of inspiration, although there are
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"In Kümmernis und Dunkelheit" or "Schwarz-Rot-Gold" was a revolutionary poem by Ferdinand Freiligrath written on 17 March 1848 in London and later set to music by Robert
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The Julius Caesar overture, Op. 128, is a concert overture written in 1851 by Robert Schumann, inspired by Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar and influenced by the Egmont and Coriolan overtures of
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(, "Scenes from Childhood"), Op. 15, by Robert Schumann, is a set of thirteen pieces of music for piano written in
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The Konzertstück for Four Horns and large orchestra in F major, Op. 86, was composed by Robert Schumann in 1849 and premiered at the Leipzig Gewandhaus in 1850. The duration of the performance is
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Kreisleriana, Op. 16, is a composition in eight movements by Robert Schumann for solo piano, subtitled . Schumann claimed to have written it in only four days in April 1838 and a revised version
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Liederkreis, Op. 24, is a song cycle for voice and piano composed by Robert Schumann on nine poems by Heinrich Heine. The cycle was composed and published in 1840 and dedicated to Pauline Garcia.
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, Op. 39, is a song cycle composed by Robert Schumann. Its poetry is taken from Joseph von Eichendorff's collection entitled Intermezzo. Schumann wrote two cycles of this name – the other being his
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Märchenbilder or Fairy Tale Pictures, for piano and viola, Op. 113, was written by Robert Schumann in March 1851. The work is dedicated to the German violinist and conductor Wilhelm Joseph von
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Märchenerzählungen (Fairy tale narrations), Op. 132, is a trio composition by Robert Schumann in four movements for clarinet (violin ad libitum), viola and piano. He composed the clarinet-viola-piano
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Missa sacra, also called Mass in C minor, Op. 147 is a six movement work by Robert Schumann for choir and orchestra. The work was originally composed in 1852 and 1853 and fully published in 1862, six
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Myrthen (Myrtles), Op. 25, is a song cycle composed in the spring of 1840 by Robert Schumann. Its 26 Lieder were written as a wedding gift for his fiancée, Clara Wieck, and presented to her on the
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Nachtlied, Op. 108, is a tone poem by Robert Schumann for choir and orchestra with text from a poem of the same name by Friedrich Hebbel. The work was composed in 1849 and published in 1852. A
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The Nachtstücke (Night Pieces), Op. 23 are a set of four character pieces for piano by the German composer and pianist Robert
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The Novelletten, Op. 21, is a set of eight pieces for solo piano, written by Robert Schumann in 1838. This composition is dedicated to Adolf von
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The Overture, Scherzo and Finale in E major (), Op. 52, is a work for symphony orchestra by Robert Schumann, written in 1841. Schumann originally considered it his second symphony. The Overture,
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Papillons (French for "butterflies"), Op. 2, is a suite of piano pieces written in 1831 by Robert Schumann when he was 21 years old. The work is meant to represent a masked ball and was inspired by
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Paradise and the Peri, in German Das Paradies und die Peri, is a secular oratorio for soloists, choir, and orchestra by Robert Schumann. Completed in 1843, the work was published as Schumann's Op.
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The Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54, by the German Romantic composer Robert Schumann was completed in 1845 and is the composer's only piano concerto. The complete work premiered in Dresden on 4
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The Piano Quartet in E major, Op. 47, was composed by Robert Schumann in 1842 for piano, violin, viola and cello. Written during a productive period in which he produced several large-scale chamber
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The Piano Quintet in E major, Op. 44, by Robert Schumann was composed in 1842 and received its first public performance the following year. Noted for its "extroverted, exuberant" character,
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The Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 was composed by Robert Schumann from 1830 to 1834. The piano sonata is dedicated to Schumann's friend the pianist Henriette Voigt and was published in
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Robert Schumann's Piano Trio No. 3, Op. 110, in G minor was written in 1851. It has four movements: The work was written in Düsseldorf, and first rehearsed there in mid-November 1851. It was first
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Requiem Op. 148 is a nine movement work by Robert Schumann for choir and orchestra. The work was originally composed in 1852 and published in 1865, eight years after the composer's death. The work
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Requiem for Mignon (German: ) is a six movement work by Robert Schumann for choir and orchestra. The work was originally composed in 1849, premiered in 1851, and runs approximately 13
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Scenes from Goethe's Faust (Szenen aus Goethes Faust) is a musical-theatrical work by composer Robert Schumann. The work has been described as the height of his accomplishments in the realm of
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Sechs Gedichte und Requiem, Op. 90, (English: Six Poems and Requiem) also called the Lenau-Lieder, is a song cycle by Robert Schumann. It was composed in 1850, shortly before the Schumanns moved to
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The Symphonic Études (), Op. 13, is a set of études for solo piano by Robert Schumann. It began in 1834 as a theme and sixteen variations on a theme by Baron von Fricken, plus a further variation on
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Symphony in G minor ("Zwickau"), WoO29 is an unfinished symphony by Robert Schumann, written between October 1832 and May
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The Symphony No. 1 in B major, Op. 38, also known as the Spring Symphony, is Robert Schumann's first completed symphonic
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The Symphony in C major by German composer Robert Schumann was published in 1847 as his Symphony No. 2, Op. 61, although it was the third symphony he had completed, counting the B major symphony
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The Symphony No. 3 in E major, Op. 97, also known as the Rhenish, is the last symphony composed by Robert Schumann, although not the last published. It was composed from 2 November to 9 December 1850
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The Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120, composed by Robert Schumann, was first completed in 1841. Schumann heavily revised the symphony in 1851, and it was this version that reached publication.
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Three Fantasiestücke for piano, Op. 111, were written in 1851 by Robert
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The Three Romances for Oboe and Piano, Op. 94 () is a composition by Robert Schumann, his only composition for oboe. It was composed in December 1849. The work consists of three short pieces in A-B-A
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The Variations on the name "Abegg" in F major is a piece (theme with variations) for piano by Robert Schumann, composed between 1829 and 1830, while as a student in Heidelberg, and published as his
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Robert Schumann's Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO 23, written in 1853, was his only violin concerto and one of his last significant compositions. It remained unknown to all but a very small circle
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The Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 of Robert Schumann was written the week of 12–16 September 1851. Schumann was reported to have expressed displeasure with the work ("I did not like the
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Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, WoO 2, is a four-movement work by Robert Schumann for violin and piano. The sonata was composed in 1853 but not fully published until 1956. The work runs for about 20
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Waldszenen (Forest Scenes), Op. 82, is a set of nine short solo piano pieces composed by Robert Schumann in 1848–1849, first published in 1850–1851 in Leipzig by Bartholf Senff. On the set, Schumann
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