'Clara Schumanns writing contains a number of original traits. She is far removed from merely copying Chopin Mendelssohn or Robert Schumann. At the most these masters sometimes shine through the particular coloring characteristic of all of Clara Schumanns pieces. The Quatre pièces fugitives all differ jn character and style. Especially the Andante (No. 3) contains some charming effects. No. 4 Scherzo a simple and innocent piece recalls Beethovens shorter sonatas.' (from the review printed in the 'Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung' of 1 October 1845)

Selected and with an Introduction by Nancy B. Reichs-Among the leading pianists of the 19th century Clara Schumann was a respected published composer in her lifetime regarded by her contemporaries as a member of the avant-garde 'new romantic' school. Praised by such greats as Chopin Brahms Mendelssohn and Liszt her music is being heard again today in recitals and new recordings. This rare collection reproduced mainly from the classic Breitkopf and Hartel edition of 1879 is introduced by Dr.Nancy B. Reich.

Clara Schumann's Piano Notebook. This book presents seven piano solos that represent the wonderful variety of compositions by Clara Schumann. The brilliant ?Polonaise? was composed and performed by Clara as a child prodigy. The enchanting ?Prelude, Op. 16, No. 2?, and ?Romance, Op. 21. No.2? are both beautiful and suitable for many occasions. The joyful ?Mazurka? makes a great recital piece as well as ?Scherzo? in C minor. ?Nocturne in F, Op. 6, No. 2" is one of the most beautifully written nocturnes. Chopin once told Clara that she was the only woman in Germany that could play his music. She may have been inspired to compose this piece after performing many of Chopin's works in her concerts. The final piece in this collection of Clara Schumann?s Piano Notebook is her ?Theme and Variations?, which she dedicated to Robert Schumann. Robert composed and published many variations of his own on Clara's theme. Her own variations remained unknown until recently. These variations are very interesting, and the theme is easily recognizable throughout. ?Theme and Variations? truly showcases Clara?s unique sense of creativity. These piano selections are presented as examples of Clara Schumann's legacy?a great composer of the 19th century. Her music is timeless and must be preserved for future generations of pianists. This collection will be valuable for recitals, programs and your own enjoyment.

Pour la présente édition, l'éditeur s'est servi des manuscrits autographes pour les pièces 1, 6 et 7, de la première édition et, en cas de doute d'interprétation, de la deuxième édition. Les Scènes d'enfants, composées en 1838, font partie de cette période où Schumann écrit exclusivement pour le piano solo. Avant ces pièces pour enfants, certaines grandes couvres ont vu le jour: Le Carnaval (opus 9), Les Davidsbündlertânze, Fantaisie (opus 17), etc. Les Scènes d'enfants sont des regards jetés en arrière par un adulte sur sa propre enfance, des souvenirs pour les personnes qui ont grandi, écrit Schumann à Clara. OEuvre pleine de poésie, de tendresse, de candeur, d'intimité exquise, de grâce juvénile, de virile tendresse, pages apparemment simples mais chargées de tous ces rêves dont veut se délivrer un adulte à la recherche du temps perdu de son enfance. Robert écrit à Clara: Les qualités qui donnent leur prix à cette musique ne dépendent que d'une grâce toute simple, naturelle et sans apprêt. Le 17 mars 1838, Schumann écrit encore à Clara: Est-ce une réponse à ce que tu m'écrivis un jour, tu me fais parfois l'impression d'un enfant, s'il en est ainsi, tu verras que des ailes ont poussé à cet enfant car j'ai écrit plus de trente petites pièces et j'en ai choisi une douzaine que je réunirai sous le nom de Scènes Enfantines. Tu prendras sans doute plaisir à les jouer, mais il te faudra oublier que tu es une virtuose. Treize pièces ont été retenues parmi les trente pour l'opus 15 - les autres pièces trouvèrent place dans l'albumblätter ou dans Bunte Blätter. Schumann donne, pour la plupart de ses oeuvres, les indications de tempo en allemand. Dans l'opus 15, les indications sont données en tempos métronomiques, sauf dans la pièce n° 11. Les tempos indiqués en tête de chaque pièce sont de Robert Schumann et ceux indiqués en fin sont de Clara Schumann. Ils figurent dans la deuxième édition. L'interprète choisira parmi ces différentes indications métronomiques le tempo qu'il jugera le mieux adapté au caractère de ces pièces.Contenu : Compositeur/Auteur : SCHUMANN RobertDiscipline/Instrument : pianoCollection : UrtextSupport : PartitionStyle/Genre : classiqueDate de parution : août-97Nombre de pages : 15

43 Klavierstücke Op. 68-In 1848 after finishing an album of little Piano pieces for his daughter Marie Schumann devised the plan of compiling a ‘children’s album’. Since then the resultant collection of 43 pieces has enjoyed unparalleled success. Schumann’s Album For The Young is now presented in an Urtext edition which meets the needs of performers. In addition to the famous ‘Advice to Young Musicians’ (in German English and a French translation by Liszt) other pieces related to this work but left unpublished during Schumann’s lifetime can be found in the appendix. For the first time thisedition also includes Clara Schumann’s original pedal markings. Clara’s fingering served Ragna Schirmer as an important point of departure for her own thoughts on fingering. Urtext edition at the cutting edge of scholarship. Many additional pieces and ‘Advice to Young Musicians’ in the appendix. Original pedal markings by Clara Schumann and fingering by Ragna Schirmer. Detailed Foreword (Ger/Eng) and detailed Critical Commentary (Eng)

Robert Schumann's Kreisleriana for piano is a cycle of eight contrasting pieces composed in 1838. The work belongs to one of Schumann's most creative periods. It was influenced by the writings of author E. T. A. Hoffmann and was inspired by Schumann's love for his wife, Clara. The current edition has been thoroughly researched, with comparisons made between all early sources. The 1850 second edition has been used as the primary source, which includes revisions made by Schumann and reflects his final intentions. Discrepancies with the first edition (1838), third edition (1858), and various Clara Schumann editions have been discussed in critical notes. Prefatory matter discusses the genesis of Kreisleriana, the relationship between Hoffmann's writings and Schumann's journalism and compositions, and the early champions and performers of this masterwork. Also included are discussions of the form of each piece and helpful performance suggestions. Editorial pedaling and fingering suggestions have been provided to facilitate learning and performance.Charles Timbrell is Professor of Music and Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at Howard University in Washington, D.C., where he teaches piano, piano literature, and piano pedagogy. He also maintains an active career as a performer, author, lecturer, and adjudicator. / Piano

The composition cost him his sleep. In October 1842 when Schumann had finished his Piano quintet in a short period of time he was physically and emotionally drained. The work in no way reflects this quite thecontrary. ?Full of strength and freshness? said Clara Schumann of the new composition as well as ?extremely brilliant and effective?. Even Richard Wagner added his voice to the great wave of admiration. Thus Op.44 soon became one of Schumann?s most successful compositions which today is still a jewel in chamber music literature. If the quartet reminds one of a Piano concerto with Orchestra in String quartet format attimes this is explained by the fact that it was intended for Clara?s repertoire. The work was also dedicated to this brilliant pianist.

Edited by Clara Schumann-This selection of Schumann's solo piano compositions edited by Clara Schumann contains all of his major works from the period 1830-39; Papillons Toccata Grosse Sonate No. 1 Phantasiestucke Arabeske Blumenstuck and nine other works. Reprinted from Breitkopf and Härtel edition.

für Violine und Klavier. The Romances op. 22 are today among Clara Schumann?s most popular chamber music works. For violinists and pianists, they?re also of particular importance due to the wealth of information by Schumann, Joseph Joachim, and Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski on fingering, bowing, and phrasing in these three pieces. While working on the composition and publication of the Romances op. 22, Schumann was in close contact with these two great violinists of the nineteenth century. She consulted Wasielewski while completing an early version of Romance no. 1, while Joachim was involved in a later, complete version and the preparation of the first edition. Jacqueline Ross? scholarly-critical edition is the first to include, in addition to the first edition, the numerous manuscript sources that survive today, such as: Schumann?s draft manuscript, presentation autographs for Wasielewski and Joachim, as well as copyists? parts once owned by the two violinists. This edition has two separate parts for the violin, allowing its use in two ways: first, as a straightforward Urtext edition: and second, as an edition informed by historical performing practice, supported by the detailed Performing Practice Commentary on nineteenth-century violin and piano technique.

An extensive volume filled with fugues from the last 350 years! Beginning with works by Frescobaldi Scarlatti Giambattista and Handel this collection features several compositions by the fugue's most famous expositor Johann Sebastian Bach including many pieces from the Well-Tempered Clavier. Contributions from latter-day composers include works by Mozart Beethoven Mendelssohn Robert and Clara Schumann Brahms and Saint-Saëns.

Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. À l’occasion du 200é anniversaire de la naissance de Robert Schumann en 2010, un projet dédition ambitieux a été conlcu: pour la première fois après l’édition par Clara Schumann des oeuvres complètes de Schumann en 1879–93, toutes les oeuvres pourpiano solo sont publiées dans le cadre dune même édition. Pendant près de dix ans de travail minutieux, tous les titres de Schumann déjà publiés aux Éditions G. Henle ont été soumis à une révision détaillée. Ernst Herttrich, spécialiste de Schumann, avait passé chaque édition au banc d’essai, se consacrant aussi aux oeuvres jusqu’ici absentes de notre catalogue. La présente collection comprenant six volumes est disponible en version brochéeou reliée et dans la série «Studien-Edition» en coffret. Classée de façon explicite selon les numéros d’opus, cette publication regroupe non seulement toutes les oeuvres pour piano de Schumann conformes à l’état actuel de la recherche, mais elle renferme aussi des textes d’accompagnement informatifs, desversions alternatives et bien d’autres choses. Contenu: Exercises - Etüden in Form freier Variationen über ein Thema von Beethoven- Variationen über ein eigenes Thema in Es [Geistervariationen] Es-dur - Drei Fantasiestücke op. 111- DreiKlaviersonaten für die Jugend op. 118- Albumblätter op. 124- Sieben Klavierstücke in Fughettenform op. 126- Gesänge der Frühe op. 133 - 'Einsame Blume' aus Waldszenen op. 82- Bunte Blätter op. 99 / Partition reliée / Date parution : 2010-10-15/ Répertoire / Piano

Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. À l’occasion du 200é anniversaire de la naissance de Robert Schumann en 2010, un projet dédition ambitieux a été conlcu: pour la première fois après l’édition par Clara Schumann des oeuvres complètes de Schumann en 1879–93, toutes les oeuvres pourpiano solo sont publiées dans le cadre dune même édition. Pendant près de dix ans de travail minutieux, tous les titres de Schumann déjà publiés aux Éditions G. Henle ont été soumis à une révision détaillée. Ernst Herttrich, spécialiste de Schumann, avait passé chaque édition au banc d’essai, se consacrant aussi aux oeuvres jusqu’ici absentes de notre catalogue. La présente collection comprenant six volumes est disponible en version brochéeou reliée et dans la série «Studien-Edition» en coffret. Classée de façon explicite selon les numéros d’opus, cette publication regroupe non seulement toutes les oeuvres pour piano de Schumann conformes à l’état actuel de la recherche, mais elle renferme aussi des textes d’accompagnement informatifs, desversions alternatives et bien d’autres choses. Contents: Faschingsschwank aus Wien op. 26- 3 Romanzen op. 28- Scherzo, Gigue, Romanze und Fughette op. 32- Album für die Jugend op. 68 - Vier Fugen op. 72- Vier Märsche op. 76- Waldszenen op. 82 / Partition reliée / Date parution : 2010-10-15/ Répertoire / Piano

On the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann's birth an ambitious project is coming to a close: For the first time since Clara Schumann's Complete Edition of 1879-93 all of the works for Piano solo are appearing as oneeditorial project.Spanning almost ten years of painstaking work all of the Schumann titles published by G. Henle Publishers have undergone a careful revision. The Schumann expert Ernst Herttrich has closely examined eachedition and also dedicated himself to those works that were previously missing from the catalogue.The result is being published in this new collection comprising six volumes as well as study editions in a slipcase. Theyreplace the former four volumes (HN108-HN115). Arranged clearly according to opus numbers it includes not only all of Schumann's Piano works revised to reflect the latest scholarly findings but also informative accompanyingtexts alternative versions and much more besides.Being a complete works collection a general difficulty level cannot be applied to these volumes. As a result we have assigned them a difficulty of 'advanced' as a guide tothe general proficiency required to play all the pieces.Contents:Exercises [Beethoven Studies] Variations on a Theme in E flat major ['Ghost' Variations] E flat major Drei Fantasiestücke op. 111 Three Piano Sonatas for the Young op. 118 Album Leaves op. 124 Seven Piano Pieces in Fughetta Form op. 126 Gesänge der Frühe op. 133 'Einsame Blume' from Forest Scenes op. 82 Coloured Leaves (BunteBlätter) op. 99

On the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann's birth an ambitious project is coming to a close: For the first time since Clara Schumann's Complete Edition of 1879-93 all of the works for Piano solo are appearing as oneeditorial project.Spanning almost ten years of painstaking work all of the Schumann titles published by G. Henle Publishers have undergone a careful revision. The Schumann expert Ernst Herttrich has closely examined eachedition and also dedicated himself to those works that were previously missing from the catalogue.The result is being published in this new collection comprising six volumes as well as study editions in a slipcase. Theyreplace the former four volumes (HN108-HN115). Arranged clearly according to opus numbers it includes not only all of Schumann's Piano works revised to reflect the latest scholarly findings but also informative accompanyingtexts alternative versions and much more besides.Being a complete works collection a general difficulty level cannot be applied to these volumes. As a result we have assigned a difficulty of 'advanced' as a guide to thegeneral proficiency required to play all the pieces.Contents:Symphonic Etudes op. 13 Piano Sonata with Early Version: Concert sans Orchestre f minor op. 14 Scenes from Childhood op. 15Kreisleriana op. 16