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  (Melody), C major
  2. Soldatenmarsch (Soldiers' march), G major
  3. Trällerliedchen (Humming song), C major
  4. Ein Choral (Chorale), G major
  5. Stückchen (A little piece), C major
  6. Armes Waisenkind (The poor orphan), A minor
  7. Jägerliedchen (Hunting song), F major
  8. Wilder Reiter (The wild rider), A minor (This piece is more commonly known in English as The Wild Horseman)
  9. Volksliedchen (Folk song), D minor
  10.  Fröhlicher Landmann, von der Arbeit zurückkehrend  ('The merry peasant', returning from work or 'The Happy Farmer'), F major (the 1907 song "Red Wing" is based on this melody)
  11. Sizilianisch (Sicilienne), A minor
  12. Knecht Ruprecht (Servant Ruprecht), A minor
  13. Mai, lieber Mai (May, sweet May), E major
  14. Kleine Studie (Little etude), G major
  15. Frühlingsgesang (Spring song), E major
  16. Erster Verlust (First loss), E minor
  17. Kleiner Morgenwanderer (Little morning wanderer), A major
  18. Schnitterliedchen (The reaper's song), C major
  1. Kleine Romanze (Little romance), A minor
  2. Ländliches Lied (Rustic song), A major
  3. * * * (untitled), C major (based on Prison-Terzetto ("Euch werde Lohn in bessern Welten") from Beethoven's Fidelio)
  4. Rundgesang (Roundelay), A major
  5. Reiterstück (The horseman), D minor
  6. Ernteliedchen (Harvest song), A major
  7. Nachklänge aus dem Theater (Echoes from the theatre), A minor
  8. * * * (untitled), F major
  9. Kanonisches Liedchen (A little canon), A minor
  10. Erinnerung (4 November 1847) (Remembrance), A major (the date of Felix Mendelssohn's death)
  11. Fremder Mann (The stranger), D minor
  12. * * * (untitled), F major
  13. Kriegslied (Song of war), D major
  14. Sheherazade, A minor
  15. Weinlesezeit – fröhliche Zeit! (Gathering of the grapes – happy time!), E major
  16. Thema (Theme), C major
  17. Mignon, E-flat major
  18. Lied italienischer Marinari (Italian mariners' song), G minor
  19. Matrosenlied (Sailors' Song), G minor
  20. Winterzeit I (Wintertime I), C minor (sometimes considered one piece with Wintertime II)
  21. Winterzeit II (Wintertime II), C minor/C major
  22. Kleine Fuge (Little fugue), A major
  23. Nordisches Lied (Northern Song – Salute to G.), F major (dedicated to Niels Gade; it is based on the cryptogram G-A-D-E)
  24. Figurierter Choral (Figured chorale), F major
  25. Sylvesterlied (New Year's Eve), A major

Appendix (selection)

More pieces have been identified from various manuscripts; these are not formally numbered and are denoted as pieces from the appendix (German: Anhang).[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ List of pieces as performed by Marco Tezza
  2. ↑ List of pieces as performed by Juan Carlos Rodriguez
  3. ↑ Album für die Jugend, Op. 68, editor: Ernst Herttrich, G. Henle Verlag 2007
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