Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. Les hauts et les bas d’un amour déçu. . . Qui pourrait ne pas ressentir ce que Schumann a mis en musique de façon si convaincante dans son cycle, sur des vers de Heine? De l’attente pleine d’espoir («Im wunderschönen Monat Mai») en passant par la douleur solitaire («Und wüßten’s die Blumen, die kleinen»), ce cycle va jusqu’à l’amertume sarcastique («Die alten bösen Lieder»). S…

for 2 Violins, Viola and Violoncello. Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. 'The next I'll do is 3 violin quartets' wrote Schumann to Clara Wieck in 1838, stating his reasons in a letter dated 17 March 1838: 'The thought of the quartets gives me pleasure. The piano is getting too narrow for me. In composing now I often hear a lot of things that I can barely suggest. For instance, it is remarkable how I invent almo…

Arranged For Clarinet, Flûte, Harp And Two Violas. Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. Dans la période précédant l'année de Schumann 2010, Reimann maintenant présente une des oeuvres de la littérature de la clarinette dans un arrangement tonalement sublime pour clarinette, flûte, harpe et deux altos dans laquelle Reimann standards a laissé inchangé complètement la partie solo originale. Reimann a écrit l'arrange…

Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. Celui qui a tenté de composer un Latin masse dans le milieu du XIXe siècle avait rivaliser avec les grands modèles et techniques de composition traditionnelle. La messe en si mineur Bach et la Missa solemnis de Beethoven, mais même sa antérieure Messe en ut majeur (interprétée par Schumann) est parmi les oeuvres clés d'une grande tradition de masse à la réception du romantisme…

Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. «Vous, qui êtes un homme, avez bien ressenti ces lieder comme n’aurait guère su le faire le coeur féminin le plus sensible! » a écrit un admirateur à Schumann, à propos de son cycle Frauenliebe und Leben. Cette sensibilité à l’égard de l’expression profondément romantique des poèmes d’Adelbert von Chamisso s’ex-plique sans doute également à travers le contexte de la compositio…

Motet after Friedrich Rückert for Double Male Choir (Organ ad lib.). Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. At first described as a 'religious song' by Schumann, the motet 'Verzweifle nicht' could be heard with organ accompaniment for the first time on 4 July 1850 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the University's St. Pauli choral society in Leipzig. He wrote the organ version specifically for this perform…

Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. Very intimate in their musical character are the Mädchenlieder op. 103 [in which the piano accompaniment is necessary], to poems by a German-Russian girl, Elisabeth Kulmann, who died at the age of 17, and whose fate moved Schumann deeply./ Répertoire / Choeur Mixte

Par HOLLIGER HEINZ. Heinz Holliger has dealt intensively with Friedrich Hölderlin and Robert Schumann. The third movement of his Partita, a Barcarole, is preceded by the motto: ‘We should let ourselves be cradled | As if on a boat rocking on the sea.’ These lines have been taken from the poem ‘Mnemosyne’ (Memory) by Hölderlin. The piece starts in the rhythm of old gondola songs. But sometimes it l…

The 'Essential Composer Series' published for Piano by Minstrel Press and distributed by Santorella Publications features the original works from some of the greatest composers that ever lived. The selections have been carefully chosen to give the user a source of essential core literature from that specific composer. This transcribed series by Avis Fedge Romm has only had minor editing when seen …

Edited by Clara Schumann. Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. Superb collection of eight works, including the celebrated 'Piano Quintet Op. 44', four 'Quartets' (Op. 41 Nos. 1-3 Op. 47), three 'Trios' (Opp. 63, 80, 110). Breitkopf & Härtel edition. Superb collection of eight works, including the celebrated 'Piano Quintet Op. 44', four 'Quartets' (Op. 41 Nos. 1-3 Op. 47), three 'Trios' (Opp. 63, 80, 110). Breitko…

Dedication. Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. Given renewed interest in the violin arrangements and transcriptions by the great Leopold Auer, Universal Edition reprints two of its early publications. Both are taken from Schumann's song cycle, Myrthen, a series of poem settings expressing his feelings of love, companionship, and devotion to Clara./ Répertoire / Violon et Piano

Over 160 of the best-loved piano pieces together in one comprehensive volume! This is a celebration of easy and rewarding solos for the American pianist. Nowhere else will you find gathered together in one piano treasury so many of America's favorite folk songs, patriotic solos, ragtime gems, blues instrumentals, and jazz standards - along with the beloved classical masterpieces of Bach, Beethoven…