1. Melody (Für Kleinere/For the Very Young)
2. Soldiers’ March (Für Kleinere/For the Very Young)
3. Humming Song (Für Kleinere/For the Very Young)
4. A Chorale (Für Kleinere/For the Very Young)
5. Little Piece (Für Kleinere/For the Very Young)
6. Poor Orphan (Für Kleinere/For the Very Young)
7. Little Hunting Song (Für Kleinere/For the Very Young)
8. The Wild Rider (Für Kleinere/For the Very Young)
9. Little Folk-Song (Für Kleinere/For the Very Young)
10. Merry Peasant, Returning from Work (Für Kleinere/For the Very Young)
11. Sicilian (Für Kleinere/For the Very Young)
12. Knecht Ruprecht (Für Kleinere/For the Very Young)
13. May, dear May, Soon You Will Be Here (Für Kleinere/For the Very Young)
14. Little Study (Für Kleinere/For the Very Young)
15. Spring Song (Für Kleinere/For the Very Young)
16. First Loss (Für Kleinere/For the Very Young)
17. Little Morning Wanderer (Für Kleinere/For the Very Young)
18. Reaper’s Song (Für Kleinere/For the Very Young)
19. Little Romance (Für Erwachsenere/For the More Grown up)
20. Rustic Song (Für Erwachsenere/For the More Grown up)
21. Untitled (Für Erwachsenere/For the More Grown up)
22. Roundelay (Für Erwachsenere/For the More Grown up)
23. The Horseman (Für Erwachsenere/For the More Grown up)
24. Harvest Song (Für Erwachsenere/For the More Grown up)
25. Reminiscenes from the Theatre (Für Erwachsenere/For the More Grown up)
26. Untitled (Für Erwachsenere/For the More Grown up)
27. Little Song in Canon (Für Erwachsenere/For the More Grown up)
28. Remembrance (November 4, 1847) (Für Erwachsenere/For the More Grown up)
29. The Stranger (Für Erwachsenere/For the More Grown up)
30. Untitled (Für Erwachsenere/For the More Grown up)
31. War Song (Für Erwachsenere/For the More Grown up)
32. Sheherazade (Für Erwachsenere/For the More Grown up)
33. Vintage Time – Happy Time! (Für Erwachsenere/For the More Grown up)
34. Theme (Für Erwachsenere/For the More Grown up)
35. Mignon (Für Erwachsenere/For the More Grown up)
36. Italian Marinari’s Song (Für Erwachsenere/For the More Grown up)
37. Sailor’s Song (Für Erwachsenere/For the More Grown up)
38. Winter Time I (Für Erwachsenere/For the More Grown up)
39. Winter Time II (Für Erwachsenere/For the More Grown up)
40. Little Fugue (Für Erwachsenere/For the More Grown up)
41. Nordic Song (Salute to G.) (Für Erwachsenere/For the More Grown up)
42. Figured Chorale (Für Erwachsenere/For the More Grown up)
43. New Year’s Eve Song (Für Erwachsenere/For the More Grown up)
Robert Schumann was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic of the Romantic era, born on June 8, 1810, in Zwickau, Saxony, Germany. He passed away on July 29, 1856, in Endenich, near Bonn, Prussia, Germany. Schumann is renowned particularly for his piano music, songs (lieder), and orchestral music. Many of his best-known piano pieces were written for his wife, the pianist Clara Schumann.
Schumann’s early years were marked by his father’s influence, who was a bookseller and publisher. He began his musical education at the age of six, studying the piano. In 1827, he came under the musical influence of Austrian composer Franz Schubert and the literary influence of German poet Jean Paul Richter. In the same year, he composed some songs.
Despite initially studying law at the University of Leipzig, Schumann’s passion for music prevailed. He studied the piano seriously with Friedrich Wieck, Clara’s father, and eventually married Clara despite Wieck’s opposition2. Schumann’s early works were mainly piano pieces, including the large-scale “Carnaval” (1834–1835). He co-founded the “Neue Zeitschrift für Musik” (New Musical Journal) in 1834 and edited it for ten years, contributing significantly to music criticism.
His compositions include the “Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54,” “Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major,” and song cycles such as “Frauenliebe und -leben” and “Dichterliebe.” Schumann turned to orchestral music in 1841, chamber music and choral works in the following years, and his wife Clara premiered many of his works, including the Piano Concerto.
Schumann’s life was troubled by mental health issues, which led to his attempted suicide in 1854 and subsequent confinement in a sanatorium, where he died two years later. His legacy remains significant, as he was one of the most important Romantic composers and a highly regarded music critic, whose deeply personal music reflects the nature of Romanticism.
The Album for the Young (Album für die Jugend), Op. 68, is a collection of 43 piano pieces composed by Robert Schumann in 1848. While primarily authored by Robert, the…
The Album for the Young (Album für die Jugend), Op. 68, is a collection of 43 piano pieces composed by Robert Schumann in 1848. While primarily authored by Robert, the work is inextricably linked to Clara Schumann through its inspiration, performance history, and editorial legacy
The pieces which children usually learn when taking piano lessons are of such poor quality that Robert had the idea of composing and publishing a volume (a kind of album) full of childrens pieces. He has already written a number of charming little pieces. (Clara Schumann in her diary, 1 September 1848)
The present edition is based on the music text of the Gesamtausgabe of Robert Schumanns works, edited by Clara Schumann together with Johannes Brahms and others between 1879 und 1893. This publication is almost entirely free from arbitrary alterations in the text. A few obvious errors and unjustifiable alterations of the musical text were eliminated after a thorough comparison with the first editions.
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