By Franz Schuberted. Maurice Hinson and Allison Nelson
Franz Schubert was one of the most prolific composers of ensemble piano music, and the Rondo in A Major, Op. 107, demonstrates his mastery at writing for one piano, four hands. The Rondo was composed
By Franz Schubert / ed. Maurice Hinson
Franz Schubert was equally at home writing piano, vocal and chamber music. His unique style is characterized by great lyric beauty coupled with a bold harmonic vocabulary. This sonata was written for the young pianis
By Franz Schubert
Replacing the previous Vienna Urtext volume Impromptus, Moments Musicaux, Drei Klavierstucke (UT050001) are two separate volumes of Schubert piano works, which benefit from the latest research. In this volume, Levin, who completed the tw
By Franz Schuberted. Maurice Hinson and Allison Nelson
Franz Schubert was one of the most prolific composers of ensemble piano music, and these two marches demonstrate his mastery at writing for one piano, four hands. The Two Characteristic Marches, Op.
Composer: Franz SchubertEditor: Sylvia Hewig-Tröscher
Contents: Scherzo in B-flat Major, D. 593, No. 1 • Ländler in B-flat Major, D. 378, No. 6 • Ländler in B-flat Major, D. 378, No. 7 • Ländler in B-flat Major, D. 378, No. 8 • Eight Ecossaises, D. 977
Composer: Robert SchumannEditor: Wolfgang Boetticher
Following Schumann's move to the Rhine, where he had become the musical director of the Düsseldorf Music Society, times became hard for him. Despite several initial successes, he increasingly encounte
Following the resounding success of his “Album for the Young” op. 68, it seemed natural for Schumann to compose further works with an educational aim. This was part of a contemporary trend and his own chi
Composer: Robert SchumannEditor: Wolfgang Boetticher
“...as your bride, you must indeed dedicate something further to me, and I know of nothing more tender than these 3 Romances, in particular the middle one, which is the most beautiful love duet.” It w
Bach's music played an important role in the Schumann house and Robert occasionally turned to baroque forms. However, he wanted these fugues to be understood as “character pieces, just in a stricter form.
Who was “Pauline, Countess of Abegg,” the dedicatee of the first edition? Nowadays it is known that the matter revolves around a romantic mystification of the name of Meta Abegg, a friend from Schumann's
By Robert Schumann
Schumann's important and beloved opus includes two sets of pieces - for beginners and for more advanced, originally structured in purely progressive manner. The Album for the Young is the perfect step into performance playing, after tec
Combining these two Schumann bestsellers seemed very natural: both of the titles not only reflect their inner association but the technical demands on the pianist are for once not so great (see the level
By Robert Schumann / ed. Willard A. Palmer
Numerous selections from Schumann's Album for the Young have long been favorites of intermediate students, and few collections fail to include the "Soldier's March," the "Happy Farmer" or the "Wild Horseman." Th
Initially only conceived as a birthday album for his daughter Marie, Schumann's Pieces for Piano op. 68 received tremendous acclaim throughout the world. Is there a piano student who has not played part
The high opus number suggests that it is a late work, yet in reality the work comprises twenty single movements which were composed 10 to 15 years before publication. This means that they were written aro
“Everywhere only confused combinations of figures, dissonances, passages – in short, for us torture.” – Schumann certainly did not deserve this contemporary slating. He only published the opening movement
Composed in Vienna in 1838 along with several other shorter pieces, Schumann's Arabesque has found a permanent place in the general piano repertoire. It may owe its lightness and grace to Schumann's urge
Schumann's turbulent love-affair with the barely eighteen-year-old Ernestine von Fricken, though strong enough to lead to a secret engagement, lasted only a few months. Nevertheless, it managed to give ri
Carnaval is characteristic of Schumann's highly individual youthful romanticism and requires musical maturity for performance. Written for advanced pianists, it is a series of glimpses enveloped in the atmosphere of
By Robert Schumann / ed. Maurice Hinson
Carnaval is characteristic of Schumann's highly individual youthful romanticism and requires musical maturity for performance. Written for advanced pianists, it is a series of glimpses enveloped in the atmosphere of
