Schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129
Composer: Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Editors: Heinrich Schiff, Joachim Draheim (1950-) Instrumentation (this edition): Cello, Piano Reduction Originally for: Cello, Orchestra Work: Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129 Binding: ISMN: 9790004179918 Size: 9.1 x 12.0 inches Pages: 54 Urtext / Critical Edition Look Inside! PDF Preview Description A key work of the romantic concerto repertoire. The piano reduction by Robert Schumann contains the unsigned solo part as well as the solo part arranged and annotated by Heinrich Schiff. Robert Schumann's Cello Concerto, Op. 129 can be regarded as the first great concerto for this instrument's repertoire. It is thus somewhat surprising that this work had an extremely problematic reception history at the outset.Schumann wrote the score in 1850, during his Düsseldorf years, but there was neither a concrete occasion nor a soloist for a world premiere. After its publication, more years elapsed before the world premiere. It