Album for the Young (43 Piano Pieces) Op.68 - Piano

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to Young Musicians”(in German, English and a French translation by Liszt), other pieces related to this work but left unpublished during Schumann’s lifetime can be found in the appendix.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 this edition 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)

Table of Contents:

• 25. Souvenirs from the Theater
• 26. ***
• 27. Little Canonic Song
• 28. In Rememberance (November 4, 1847)
• 29. A Stranger
• 30. ***
• 31. War Song
• 32. Scheherezade
• 33. "Vintage time - Cheerful time!"
• 34. Theme
• 35. Mignon
• 36. Italiaian Mariner's Song
• 37. Sailor's Song
• 38. Wintertime I
• 39. Wintertime II
• 40. Little Fugue
• 41. Nordic Song (A greeting to G.)
• 42. Figured Chorale
• 43. A Song for New Year's Eve
• 44. For the Smallest
• 45. Doll's Lullaby
• 46. A Drinking Song by C. M. v. Weber
• 47. [A Little Piece by Beethoven]
• 48. On the Gondola
• 49. [A Little Piece by Gluck]
• 50. Cuckoo in Hiding
• 51. Blind Man's Bluff
• 52. A Little Piece by Mozart
• 53. Bear Dance
• 54. A Little Piece by J. S. Bach
• 55. A Theme by G. F. Handel
• 56. A Famous Melody by L. van Beethoven
• 57. A Landler by Franz Schubert
• 24. Little Harvest Song
• 23. A Horseman's Piece
• 22. Roundelay
• 21. ***
• 20. Rustic Song
• 19. Little Romance
• 18. Reaper's Song
• 17. Little Morning Wanderer
• 16. First Loss
• 15. Spring Song
• 14. Little Study
• 13. May, sweet may, soon you will be back
• 12. Farmhand Rupert
• 11. Sicilienne
• 10. The happy farmer, returning from work
• 9. Little Folk Song
• 8. The Wild Horseman
• 7. Hunters' Song
• 6. The Poor Orphan
• 5. Little Piece
• 4. A Chorale
• 3. Humming Song
• 2. Soldiers' March
• 1. Melody
• 58. Rebus
• 59. [without title]
• 60. Venetian Lagoon
• 61. [without title]

Publisher:	Bärenreiter
Composer/Author:	Schumann, Robert
Arranger/Editor:	Stuwe, Holger M.
Catalog Number:	BA9641
Pages:	93