Album for the Young

Album for the Young (Album für die Jugend), Op. 68, was composed by Robert Schumann in 1848 for his three daughters. The album consists of a collection of 43 short works. Unlike the Kinderszenen, they are suitable to be played by children or beginners. The second part, starting at Nr. 19 (Kleine Romanze), is marked Für Erwachsenere (For adults; For more grown-up ones) and contains more demanding pieces.

List of pieces

  1. (Melodie), C major
  2. Soldiers' March (Soldatenmarsch), G major
  3. Humming Song (Trällerliedchen), C major
  4. Chorale (Ein Choral), G major
  5. A Little Piece (Stückchen), C major
  6. The Poor Orphan (Armes Waisenkind), A minor
  7. Hunting Song (Jägerliedchen), F major
  8. The Wild Rider (Wilder Reiter), A minor (This piece is more commonly known in English as The Wild Horseman)
  9. Folk Song (Volksliedchen), D minor
  10. (Fröhlicher Landmann, von der Arbeit zurückkehrend), F major
  11. Sicilienne (Sizilianisch), A minor
  12. Knecht Ruprecht, A minor
  13. May, Sweet May (Mai, lieber Mai), E major
  14. Little Etude (Kleine Studie), G major
  15. Spring Song (Frühlingsgesang), E major
  16. First Sorrow (Erster Verlust), E minor
  17. The Little Morning Wanderer (Kleiner Morgenwanderer), A major
  18. The Reaper's Song (Schnitterliedchen), C major
  1. Little Romance (Kleine Romanze), A minor
  2. Rustic Song (Ländliches Lied), A major
  3. * * * (untitled), C major (based on Prison-Terzetto ("Euch werde Lohn in bessern Welten") from Beethoven's Fidelio)
  4. Roundelay (Rundgesang), A major
  5. The Horseman (Reiterstück), D minor
  6. Harvest Song (Ernteliedchen), A major
  7. Echoes from the Theatre (Nachklänge aus dem Theater), A minor
  8. * * * (untitled), F major
  9. A Little Canon (Kanonisches Liedchen), A minor
  10. Remembrance (4 November 1847) (Erinnerung), A major (the date of Felix Mendelssohn's death)
  11. The Stranger (Fremder Mann), D minor
  12. * * * (untitled), F major
  13. Song of War (Kriegslied), D major
  14. Sheherazade, A minor
  15. Gathering of the Grapes – Happy Time! (Weinlesezeit – fröhliche Zeit!), E major
  16. Theme (Thema), C major
  17. Mignon, E-flat major
  18. Italian Mariners' Song (Lied italienischer Marinari), G minor
  19. Sailors' Song (Matrosenlied), G minor
  20. Wintertime I (Winterzeit I), C minor (sometimes considered one piece with Wintertime II)
  21. Wintertime II (Winterzeit II), C minor/C major
  22. Little Fugue (Kleine Fuge), A major
  23. Northern Song (Salute to G.) (Nordisches Lied), F major (dedicated to Niels Gade; it is based on the cryptogram‎ G-A-D-E)
  24. Figured Chorale (Figurierter Choral), F major
  25. New Year's Eve (Sylvesterlied), A major

There are also more fragments and pieces part of Schumann's Op. 68 that he never published; they have been recorded by Marco Tezza.

Selected recordings

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