Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) was a famous German
composer of the romantic period. In 1849 he composed
“Fünf Stücke im Volkston” (Five Pieces in Popular
Style) for Violoncello and piano, published in 1851 as
opus 102. The series was devoted to Andreas Grabau
(1808 – 1884), a cellist of the Gewandhaus Orchestra
Leipzig. Despite the fact that Schumann in his youth
himself played cello, these pieces are the only
original compositions for cello and piano by him. In
his later period after 1...(+)
Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) was a famous German
composer of the romantic period. In 1849 he composed
“Fünf Stücke im Volkston” (Five Pieces in Popular
Style) for Violoncello and piano, published in 1851 as
opus 102. The series was devoted to Andreas Grabau
(1808 – 1884), a cellist of the Gewandhaus Orchestra
Leipzig. Despite the fact that Schumann in his youth
himself played cello, these pieces are the only
original compositions for cello and piano by him. In
his later period after 1949 Schumann devoted himself to
the composition of smaller pieces like romances,
fantasy pieces or character pieces. Volkston in these
pieces means reminiscences to Hungarian, Nordic and
other folk music. Already during Schumann’s lifetime
certain arrangements (e. g. for violin and piano) of
the pieces appeared. Here we present arrangements for
clarinet in A or basset horn and piano. Because the
piano part remains unchanged, parts of actual editions
(e. g. Breitkopf & Härtel, IMC New York 1520, or the
edition in free-scores for cello and piano) can be
used.
