List of compositions by Robert Schumann

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Robert Schumann

This list of compositions by Robert Schumann is classified into piano, vocal, orchestral and chamber works. All works are also listed separately, by opus number. Schumann wrote almost exclusively for the piano until 1840, when he burst into song composition around the time of his marriage to Clara Wieck. Partly due to Clara Schumann's encouragement, he then expanded his oeuvre to orchestral works, composing 1st, 4th symphony, and Overture, Scherzo, and Finale Op. 52 in the year of 1841. The next year, 1842, is known as 'the year of chamber works,' where he notably composed 3 String Quartets, a Piano Quintet, and a Piano Quartet. Robert Schumann is known as one of the most prolific composers in the romantic era, producing multiple works for multiple instruments, forms, and genres (both absolute and program music). The list is based on lists of his works, such as in the 2001 biography by Eric Frederick Jensen. [1]

Contents

Piano works

Lieder

For Solo Voice and Piano

For Multiple Voices and Piano

Declamations

Choral Works

Lieder for Unaccompanied Chorus

Lieder for Chorus and Orchestra

Large-Scale Choral Works

Sacred Choral Works

Dramatic Works


Orchestral works

Symphonies

NumberKeyOpusYearIncipit
"Zwickau" G minor WoO 291832/33 (incomplete)
1
"Spring"
B major Op. 38 1841 Schumann Sy1 Incipit.gif
2 C major Op. 61 1846 Schumann Sy2 Incipit.gif
3
"Rhenish"
E major Op. 97 1850 Schumann Sy3 Incipit.gif
4 D minor Op. 120 1841 (revised in 1851) Schumann Sy4 Incipit.gif

Overtures

Works for solo instrument(s) with orchestra

Chamber works

By opus number

Note that Opp. 1–23 are all written for piano solo.

By WoO

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Jensen, Eric Frederick (2001). "List of Works". Schumann. Oxford University Press. pp. 351–363. ISBN   978-0-19-534606-0.

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