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Robert Schumann

Märchenbilder

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

Movements#

The work has four movements: The fourth of these movements is based on a theme that resembles one introduced in the third movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (Op. 125). Whether this is coincidental is unconfirmed.

Sources#

  • Margit L. McCorkle, Robert Schumann. Thematisch-Bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis, München-Mainz 2003, p. 160
  • Klaus Martin Kopitz & Torsten Oltrogge, Ein Dichter namens Louis du Rieux und Schumanns „Märchenbilder“ op. 113. Annäherungen an einen geheimnisvollen Verehrer des Komponisten, in: Denkströme. Journal der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, no. 11 (2013), p. 112–140 PDF
  • Märchenbilder: Schumann’s autograph manuscript in the Library of Congress
  • Performance of Märchenbilder by Paul Neubauer (viola) and Anne-Marie McDermott (piano) from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format
  • Background and Ideas for Interpretations by Zsuzsanna Lipták-Pikó, Masters Thesis
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Robert Schumann