Robert Schumann Livres

All solo music not in other volumes, including Symphonic Etudes, Phantasie, 13 other choice works. Definitive Breitkopf & Härtel edition.

An original in one volume, a study-size score of a major musical work, and a comprehensive body of tools for the study of that work. Music examples and charts illustrate the analyses, and each essay is fully annotated by the editor. In some cases, the results of the original research by the editor or by others working in the field are published here for the first time. Much of the material has never before appeared in English. A score embodying the best available musical text. historical background―what is known of the circumstances surrounding the origin of the work, including (where relevant) original source material. A detailed analysis of the music, by the editor of the volume or another well-known scholar. Other significant analytic essays and critical comments, exposing the student to a variety of opinions about the music.

Dover Publications continues its series of playing editions of musical masterpieces with this selection of Robert Schumann's later compositions for solo piano, edited by Clara Schumann. This second volume contains the major compositions from the period 1838 53: "Humoreske," "Novelletten," "Sonate No. 2," Nachtstucke," "Faschingsschwank aus Wien," "42 Clavierstucke fur die Jugend," "4 Fugen," "Waldscenen," "Bunte Blatter," and "3 Clavier-Sonaten fur die Jugend." This book has been especially designed as a playing edition the noteheads are large and easily readable at the piano, and the margins and spaces between staves are adequate for written notes, fingerings, and turnovers. It is also most useful for analysis or as accompaniment to recordings. "

Major compositions from period 1830-39; Papillons, Toccata, Grosse Sonate No. 1, Phantasiestücke, Arabeske, Blümenstuck, and 9 other works. Reprinted from Breitkopf and Härtel edition.

First performed under the baton of the composer himself in February of 1851, Robert Schumann's (1810-1856) Symphony No. 3, often referred to as Rhenish," was the last symphony he composed. The piece draws its inspiration from the trip the Schumanns took to the Rhineland in September of 1850. Robert Schumann was so enamored with the Cologne Cathedral there that he revisited it in November of that year and commemorated the "solemn splendor" of the place in the fourth movement. During the premier performance, members of the audience applauded between each movement. It has maintained a broad appeal ever since. Instrumentation: 2.2.2.2: 4.2.3.0: Timp: Str (9-8-7-6-5 in set)."