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Carnaval (Schumann)


 

Robert Schumann's Carnaval, op. 9 consists of 21 pieces for piano. It was written in 1834-1835.

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Robert Schumann - 1834 - 1835

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Schumann commenced nearly all the sections of the Carnaval with the musical notes signified in German by the letters that spell Asch (A, E-flat, C, and B, or alternatively A-flat, C, and B), the town in which his fiancée Ernestine von Fricken was born, which also are the musical letters in Schumann's own name.

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In the Carnaval Schumann went farther than in Papillons, for in it he himself conceived the story of which it was the musical illustration.

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  • Préambule in A-flat major
  • Pierrot in E-flat major
  • Arlequin in B-flat major
  • Valse noble in B-flat major
  • Eusebius in E-flat major (depicting the composer)
  • Florestan in G minor (depicting the composer)
  • Coquette in B-flat major
  • Réplique in G minor
  • Papillons in B-flat major
  • A.S.C.H. - S.C.H.A. (Lettres dansantes)
  • Chiarina in C minor (depicting Clara Wieck)
  • Chopin in A-flat major
  • Estrella in F minor (depicting Ernestine von Fricken)
  • Reconnaissance in A-flat major
  • Pantalon et colombine in F minor
  • Valse allemande in A-flat major
  • Paganini in F minor
  • Aveu in F minor
  • Promenade in D-flat major
  • Pause in A-flat major
  • Marche des Davidsbündler in A-flat major