Robert Schumann Archive

The three Romances for Oboe and piano were originally composed while Robert Schumann was in Dresden from the 7th through the 12th of December, 1849. The first known public performance took place on January 24th …

After a brief introduction, the sustained theme of Schumann’s piano quartet becomes the principal idea of a faster, main body of the first movement. This main idea is elaborated and developed until the slow introduction …

The Symphony #1 by Schumann, sketched in a four day burst and completed within a month, originally bore movement titles: “The Beginning of Spring,” “Evening,” “Merry Playmates,” and “Spring in Full Bloom.” The titles were …

Robert Schumann’s “Marchenbilder” is a group of four “Fairytale Pictures” for viola and piano forms a tonally coherent suite of character pieces in the style of Schumann’s earlier piano pieces. There is no indication in …

Robert Schumann’s song “Widmung” means “dedication”. That is why on occasion pianists will play this as an encore to honor their audience. Marked by its technical bravura, Widmung has remained one of the most popular …