Schumann - Selected Piano Pieces - Piano Collection

Volume / Series: BÄRENREITER URTEXT Instrumentation of the work: Piano solo Language(s) of text: German, English Product format: Performance score, Urtext edition Comments: Excerpt from BA09639, BA09640, BA09641 Robert Schumann's "Scenes of Childhood" op. 15 (1838), "Album for the Young" op. 68 (1848) and "Forest Scenes" op. 82 (1848/1849) play a major role when learning how to play the piano, as they occupy an important place in the transition from piano methods to the great piano literature. At the same time, they provide a wonderful introduction to the world of Romanticism.When Schumann composed the "Scenes of Childhood", he was not yet married to Clara and was fighting her father's disapproval. When he wrote the "Album for the Young", whose starting point was a small collection of his own pieces and arrangements of pieces by other composers for his eldest daughter's 7th birthday, Clara had already given birth to five children and lost one again. While in the "Scenes of Childhood"