Kinderszenen
Kinderszenen ("Scenes From Childhood"), Opus 15, by Robert Schumann, is a set of thirteen pieces of music for piano written in 1838. In this work, Schumann provides us with his adult reminiscences of childhood. Schumann had originally written 30 movements for this work, but chose 13 for the final version.[1] Robert Polansky has discussed the unused movements.[2]
Schumann had originally labeled this work Leichte Stücke. Likewise, the section titles were only added after the completion of the music, and Schumann described the titles as "nothing more than delicate hints for execution and interpretation".[3] Timothy Taylor has discussed Schumann's choice of titles for this work in the context of the changing situation of music in 19th century culture and economics.[4]
In 1974, Eric Sams noted that there was no known complete manuscript of Kinderszenen.[5]
Movements
- Von fremden Ländern und Menschen (Of Foreign Lands and Peoples), G major
- Kuriose Geschichte (A Curious Story), D major
- Hasche-Mann (Blind Man's Bluff), B minor
- Bittendes Kind (Pleading Child), D major
- Glückes genug (Happiness), D major
- Wichtige Begebenheit (An Important Event), A major
- Träumerei (Reverie), F major
- Am Kamin (At the Fireside), F major
- Ritter vom Steckenpferd (Knight of the Hobbyhorse), C major
- Fast zu ernst (Almost Too Serious), G-sharp minor
- Fürchtenmachen (Frightening), E minor
- Kind im Einschlummern (Child Falling Asleep), E minor
- Der Dichter spricht (The Poet Speaks), G major
Träumerei is one of Schumann's best known pieces. It was the title of a 1944 German biopic on Robert Schumann.[6] Träumerei is the love song for Robert and Clara Schumann in the 1947 Hollywood film Song of Love, starring Katherine Hepburn as Clara Wiek Schumann.
Media
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Notes & References
- ^ The unused movements were published years later in Bunte Blätter, Opus 99, and Albumblätter, Opus 124.
- ^ Polansky, Robert (Spring 1978). "The Rejected "Kinderscenen" of Robert Schumann's Opus 15". Journal of the American Musicological Society. 31 (1): 126–131. doi:10.1525/jams.1978.31.1.03a00070. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|year=/|date=mismatch (help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Thorpe, Day (1990). "Music Reviews: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 (Urtext)". Notes (2nd Ser.). 11 (4): 605–606. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Taylor, Timothy D. (1990). "Aesthetic and Cultural Issues in Schumann's "Kinderszenen"". International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music. 21 (2): 161–178. doi:10.2307/837021. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Sams, Eric (1974). "Schuman scenes". The Musical Times. 115 (1572): 146. doi:10.2307/955016. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037401/
External links
- Kinderszenen as interactive hypermedia at the BinAural Collaborative Hypertext
- Free scores by Kinderszenen at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Cellist Pablo Casals plays Schumann's Träumerei (vinyl recording 78 rpm)
- MSN Movies page on Robert Schumann