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