Schumanns turbulent love-affair with the barely eighteen-year-old Ernestine von Fricken, though strong enough to lead to a secret engagement, lasted only a few months. Nevertheless, it managed to give rise to one ofhis most frequently played compositions: Carnaval. Some of these twenty -one character pieces are named after figures from the commedia dellarte, others after such fictitious creations as Florestan and Eusebius, in which Schumann acknowledges his own split personality. The mysterious way that these figures relate to specific people in Schumanns surroundings and the deeper significance of the recurring motifs Ab-C-B and A-Eb-C-B are explained in the editors detailed commentary in this revised new edition.?

Publisher

G. Henle Verlag

Composer

Robert Schumann

Instrument

Piano

Format

Piano Solo

Binding

Paperback

Pages

48

ISBN

9790201801872

Stock code

HN187

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