Schumann, ed. Hewig-Troscher - At the Piano: 17 Well-known Original Pieces - Piano

Editor: Sylvia Hewig-Tröscher
Fingering: Sylvia Hewig-Tröscher

Urtext Edition, paperbound
with practical comments

Schumann was a poet at the piano, and the best known of his piano pieces bear programmatic titles such as “Träumerei” (“Reverie”), “Von fremden Ländern und Menschen” (“Of foreign lands and people”) or “Vogel als Prophet” (“The bird as prophet”). His whole oeuvre exudes a sense of poetic freedom, making him the Romantic composer par excellence. Whether in his easiest pieces for children from his Album for the Young or in the more demanding Papillons, we can hear Schumann’s own distinctive voice everywhere – a voice whose many registers can be experienced in this selection, which ranges from the easy to the moderately difficult.

The Perfect Music Series for Piano Students and for Those Returning to the Piano.

Each volume in the “At the Piano” series includes original pieces by one composer. The works are arranged in progressive order of difficulty and complement one another conceptually. Each piece ranges from one to eight pages. All volumes contain fingering and practical tips on technique and interpretation. The “At the Piano” series is an ideal introduction to the world of classical piano music and is particularly suitable for piano students and for all those who are returning to the piano after a long break. The series is edited by Sylvia Hewig-Tröscher, a piano professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich. She has decades of experience teaching young people and adults, gives concerts and masterclasses around the world, and is a much sought-after educator.

Contents: Little Lullaby from Album Leaves, Op. 124, No. 6 • Little Folksong from Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 9 • Echoes of the Theatre from Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 25 • A Tale of Distant Lands from Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15, No. 1 • Curious Story from Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15, No. 2 • Reverie from Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15, No. 7 . Albumleaf 1 from Colored Leaves, Op. 99, No. 4 • Intermezzo in A minor, Op. 4, No. 3 • Intermezzo in C Major, Op. 4, No. 4 • Romance in G minor from Carnival of Vienna Op. 26, No. 2 • Romance in F-sharp Major, Op. 28, No. 2 • Pierrot from Carnaval, Op. 9, No. 2 • Valse noble from Carnaval, Op. 9, No. 4 • In the Evening from Fantasy Pieces, Op. 12, No. 1 • Why? from Fantasy Pieces, Op. 12, No. 3 • Bird as Prophet from Forest Scenes, Op. 82, No. 7 • Arabesque in C Major, Op. 18 . Selections from Papillons, Op. 2: No. 5, No. 6, No. 12

60 pages.