Clara Schumann Piano Music

by Clara Schumann

Overview

Original compilation of the composer's most popular, most mature piano works, including Witches Dance, Op. 5, No. 1; Four Fleeting Pieces, Op. 15; Three Preludes and Fugues, Op. 16; Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20; Romance, Op. 11, No. 2; and Three Romances, Op. 21. Selected and with an Introduction by Dr. Nancy B. Reich.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486413815
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	01/15/2001
Series:	Dover Classical Piano Music
Pages:	64
Sales rank:	794,259
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 12.00(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Married to Robert Schumann and a close friend of Johannes Brahms, Clara Schumann (1819–1896) was a German musician and composer as well as one of the most noted pianists of the Romantic era.

Table of Contents

Witches Dance
"First published as Impromptu. Le Sabbat: No. 1 of Quatre Pièces caractéristiques, Op. 5. "
"Four Fleeting Pieces, Op. 15"
First published as Quatre Pièces fugitives. Reissued as Vier flüchtige Stücke.
1. Larghetto
2. Un poco agitato
3. Andante espressivo
4. Scherzo
"Three Preludes and Fugues, Op. 16"
First published as Drei Praeludien und fugen.
No. 1 in G minor
No. 2 in B-flat major
No. 3 in D minor
"Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20"
First published as Variationen über ein Thema von Robert Schumann.
"Romance, Op. 11, No. 2"
"First published as Andante und Allegro. Reissued as No. 2 of Trois Romances, Op. 11."
"Three Romances, Op. 21"
First published as Drei Romanzen
1. Andante
2. Allegretto
3. Agitato