Kinderszenen

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Kinderszenen (German pronunciation: [ˈkɪndɐˌst͡seːnən]; original spelling Kinderscenen, "Scenes from Childhood"), Opus 15, by Robert Schumann, is a set of thirteen pieces of music for piano written in 1838. In this work, Schumann provides us with his adult reminiscences of childhood. Schumann had originally written 30 movements for this work, but chose 13 for the final version.[1] Robert Polansky has discussed the unused movements.[2]

Nr. 7, Träumerei, is one of Schumann's best known pieces; it was the title of a 1944 German biographical film on Robert Schumann.[3] Träumerei is also the opening and closing musical theme in the 1947 Hollywood film Song of Love, starring Katharine Hepburn as Clara Wieck Schumann.[4]

Schumann had originally labeled this work Leichte Stücke (Easy Pieces). Likewise, the section titles were only added after the completion of the music, and Schumann described the titles as "nothing more than delicate hints for execution and interpretation".[5] Timothy Taylor has discussed Schumann's choice of titles for this work in the context of the changing situation of music in 19th century culture and economics.[6]

In 1974, Eric Sams noted that there was no known complete manuscript of Kinderszenen.[7]

Movements

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Movements
Title Key Play
01. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen
00. Of Foreign Lands and Peoples 		G major
02. Kuriose Geschichte
00. A Curious Story[8] 		D major
03. Hasche-Mann
00. Blind Man's Bluff 		B minor
04. Bittendes Kind
00. Pleading Child 		D major
05. Glückes genug
00. Happy Enough 		D major
06. Wichtige Begebenheit
00. An Important Event 		A major
07. Träumerei
00. Dreaming 		F major
08. Am Kamin
00. At the Fireside[9] 		F major
09. Ritter vom Steckenpferd
00. Knight of the Hobbyhorse 		C major
10. Fast zu ernst
00. Almost Too Serious 		G-sharp minor
11. Fürchtenmachen
00. Frightening 		E minor
12. Kind im Einschlummern
00. Child Falling Asleep 		E minor
13. Der Dichter spricht
00. The Poet Speaks 		G major

Notes and references

  1. ^ The unused movements were published years later in Bunte Blätter, Opus 99, and Albumblätter, Opus 124.
  2. ^ Polansky, Robert (Spring 1978). "The Rejected "Kinderscenen" of Robert Schumann's Opus 15". Journal of the American Musicological Society. 31 (1): 126–131. doi:10.1525/jams.1978.31.1.03a00070. JSTOR 831388. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Träumerei at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ Träumerei played by Katharine Hepburn in the film Song of Love on YouTube
  5. ^ Thorpe, Day; Schumann, Robert; Von Irmer, Otto; Lampe, Walther (December 1990). "Music Reviews: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 (Urtext)". Notes (2nd Ser.). 11 (4): 605–606. doi:10.2307/893060. JSTOR 837021.
  6. ^ Taylor, Timothy D. (December 1990). "Aesthetic and Cultural Issues in Schumann's "Kinderszenen"". International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music. 21 (2): 161–178. doi:10.2307/837021. JSTOR 837021.
  7. ^ Sams, Eric; Schumann; Goebels, Franzpeter (1974). "Schuman scenes". The Musical Times. 115 (1572): 146. doi:10.2307/955016. JSTOR 955016.
  8. ^ Original spelling: Curiose Geschichte
  9. ^ Original spelling: Am Camin

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