| Robert Schumann: Fantasy In C Major Op. 17: Piano: Instrumental WorkFormat : Sheet music Schumann s great C-major Fantasy op. 17 was originally intended to be published as a Sonata for Beethoven entitled Ruins Trophies Palms. Grand Sonata. Although he eventually abandoned this plan he maintainedthe Fantasy s mighty design.Writing to his fiancée Clara Wieck in March 1838 he called the first movement perhaps the most impassioned music I have ever written. Accordingly it marks a point of culmination in his Pianomusic forming an exemplary combination of passion delicacy and virtuosity a demanding highly romantic work for ambitious pianists!This volume presents a thorough revision of the musical text as well as an informativepreface and text-critical commentary. Instrumentation : Publisher : |