Album pour la jeunesse - 5.Petite pièce
in C major · Op. 68, No. 5
Robert Schumann 1810–1856
C major
Key
Op. 68, No. 5
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Themes & character
A little piece·Melody divided between hands·Deliberate simplicity·Composed 1848
At a glance
- Catalogue
- Op. 68, No. 5
- Key
- C major
About the piece
Little Piece, fifth in the Album for the Young, and among the plainest things Schumann ever published. Its melody is passed in fragments between the hands over a simple accompaniment.
The apparent modesty is the point: a student at this level is being taught to shape a phrase across a handover between hands, a skill that will matter in far more difficult music later.
The composer
Robert Schumann
1810–1856
Robert Schumann was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic era. He composed in all the main musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber groups, orchestra, choir and the opera. His works typify the spirit of the Romantic era in German music.
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