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Schumann, Robert : Kreisleriana Op.16

Work Overview

Music ID : 66
Composition Year：1838　
Publication Year：1838
First Publisher：Haslinger
Dedicated to：F.Chopin
Instrumentation：Piano Solo　
Genre：pieces
Total Playing Time：31 min 30 sec
Copyright：Public Domain
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Author : PTNA Piano Encyclopedia Editorial Department

Last Updated: January 1, 2010
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

(8 movements in total)

"Kreisleriana" is a title taken from "Kapellmeister Kreisler," a character appearing in E.T.A. Hoffmann's novel. Schumann, who admired E.T.A. Hoffmann, a writer a generation older than himself, superimposed his own romance with Clara onto this novel, which depicted an unfulfilled love. This work was conceived during a period when Schumann was suffering from opposition to his marriage with Clara. Musical creation became his sole salvation, and many masterpieces for piano were composed during this time.

While the style of compiling short pieces under a single overarching theme was a form Schumann excelled at, "Kreisleriana" is neither a set of variations nor a collection of short pieces. Instead, it is one of the works where the individual expressions of each movement are masterfully unified in a natural progression.

Relatively simple harmonic progressions expand boldly through changes in rhythm and unexpected developments. Though passionate, it is never sentimental, and its literary poeticism is dynamically expressed in sound.

Writer: PTNA Piano Encyclopedia Editorial Department

Movements (8)

Ausserst bewegt Op.16-1

Key: d-moll  Total Performance Time: 2 min 30 sec 

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Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch Op.16-2

Key: B-Dur  Total Performance Time: 8 min 00 sec 

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Sehr aufgeregt Op.16-3

Key: g-moll  Total Performance Time: 3 min 30 sec 

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Sehr langsam Op.16-4

Key: B-Dur  Total Performance Time: 4 min 00 sec 

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Sehr lebhaft Op.16-5

Key: g-moll  Total Performance Time: 3 min 00 sec 

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Sehr langsam Op.16-6

Key: B-Dur  Total Performance Time: 4 min 00 sec 

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Sehr rasch Op.16-7

Key: c-moll  Total Performance Time: 2 min 30 sec 

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Schnell und spielend Op.16-8

Key: g-moll  Total Performance Time: 4 min 00 sec 

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林川崇さんのお勧め, ホフマン・ヨゼフ

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