Robert Schumann : an introduction to the composer and his music / edited by Joseph Banowetz.

Author/creator Schumann, Robert
Other author Banowetz, Joseph, editor.
Format Musical Score
Publication InfoPark Ridge, IL : General Words & Music Co. : Neil A. Kjos, Jr., ©1975.
Description1 score (96 pages) : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 31 cm
Subjects

Uniform titleAlbum für die Jugend
Variant title Album for the young = Album für die Jugend, op. 68 ; Scenes from childhood = Kinderscenen, op. 15
SeriesKjos urtext-masterclass editions
Robert Morris collection
Kjos urtext-masterclass editions.
Robert Morris collection.
Contents Contents of preface. Robert Schumann's life -- Schumann's approach to music -- About Schumann's "Scenes from childhood" -- About Schumann's "Album for the young" -- Sources for this edition -- About the Clara Schumann edition -- Schumann's notation -- Schumann's controversial metronome marks -- Tempo table: recorded performances -- Tempo table: editors -- Schumann's pedaling -- Ornamentation. The apoggiatura ; The trill ; The Schneller ; The turn -- Editorial markings -- Cassette recording -- Recommended reading for further study.
Contents Album for the young (Album für die Jugend). Melody (Melodie) -- Soldiers' march (Soldatenmarsch) -- Humming song (Trällerliedchen) -- Chorale: Rejoice, O my soul (Ein choral: Freue dich, o meine Seele) -- Little piece (Stückchen) -- The poor orphan (Armes Waisenkind) -- Little hunting song (Jägerliedchen) -- Wild horseman (Wilder Reiter) -- Little folk song (Volksliedchen) -- The happy farmer, returning from work (Fröhlicher Landmann, von der Arbeit zurückkehrend) -- Sicilian (Sicilianisch) -- Knecht Ruprecht -- Little study (Kleine Studie) -- Spring song (Frühlingsgesang) -- First loss (Erster Verlust) -- The little morning wanderer (Kleiner Morgenwanderer) -- Little song of the reaper (Schnitterliedchen) -- Little romance (Kleine Romanze) -- Horseman's song (Reiterstück) -- Echoes from the theater (Nachklänge aus dem Theater) -- Remembrance (Erinnerung) -- The stranger (Fremder Mann) -- Italian mariners' song (Lied italienischer Marinari) -- Northern song (Nordisches Lied) -- Scenes from childhood (Kinderscenen). About strange lands and people (Von fremden Ländern und Menschen) -- Curious stories (Kuriose Geschichte) -- Catch me! (Hasche-Mann!) -- Pleading child (Bittendes Kind) -- Perfect happiness (Glückes genug) -- Important event (Wichtige Begebenheit) -- Dreaming (Träumerie) -- By the fireside (Am Kamin) -- By the fireside (Am Kamin): Suggested alternate version -- Knight of the rocking-horse (Ritter vom Steckenpferd) -- Almost too serious (Fast zu ernst) -- Frightening (Fürchtenmachen) -- Child falling asleep (Kind im Einschlummern) -- The poet speaks (Der Dichter spricht).
General noteIncludes Album for the young, op. 68 and Scenes from childhood, op. 15.
General noteScores contain pedal markings, fingerings, and English translations of tempo/expressive markings in red.
LCCN 75765737

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