Works for organ or pedal piano op. 56, op. 58, op. 60
It all started with a pedal-board which the Schumanns rented for their grand piano. Enthused by the new tonal qualities and performing opportunities offered by the new instrument, Schumann composed his three cycles op. 56, 58, and 60, which are the result of combining a strict contrapuntal style with a Romantic character piece. The new Carus Urtext edition contains a detailed foreword with important suggestions on interpretation, enabling performers to do justice to these works on the organ. The editor Martin Schmeding, professor of organ at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Leipzig, is a specialist in the history of the pedal piano and has recorded the three Schumann cycles for the first time on an original pedal piano.
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Composer
Robert Schumann
| 1810-1856Robert Schumann is still primarily known as a composer of piano and lieder and as a symphonic composer. In his later creative years, however, he saw the composition of choral music as an important focus of his work. Even today, it is important to discover a largely unknown Schumann, whose choral music masterfully combines popular appeal and artistic ambition. Carus offers Schumann's complete works for mixed choir and for female choir a cappella and with piano. They demonstrate his love of experimentation, his sensitivity in the selection and musical realisation of the texts and, last but not least, his independent choral style, which places particular emphasis on refined details in the composition. Personal details
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Editor
Martin Schmeding
| 1975
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