Von fremden Ländern und Menschen (Of Foreign Lands and Peoples)
1:39
2
Curiose Geschichte (A Curious Story)
1:04
3
Hasche-Mann (Blind Man's Buff)
0:32
4
Bittendes Kind (Pleading Child)
0:54
5
Glückes genug (Quite Happy)
1:01
6
Wichtige Bebebenheit (An Important Event)
0:52
7
Träumerei (Dreaming)
2:52
8
Am Camin (At the Fireside)
0:59
9
Ritter vom Steckenpferd (Knight of the Hobby-Horse)
0:40
10
Fast zu ernst (Almost too Serious)
1:43
11
Fürchtenmachen (Frightening)
1:42
12
Kind im Einschlummern (Child Falling Asleep)
2:01
13
Der Dichter spricht (The Poet Speaks)
2:16
Kinderszenen ( [ˈkɪndɐˌst͡seːnən; original spelling Kinderscenen, "Scenes from Childhood"), Opus 15, by Robert Schumann, is a set of thirteen pieces of music for piano written in 1838. In this work, Schumann provides us with his adult reminiscences of childhood. Schumann had originally written 30 movements for this work, but chose 13 for the final version. Robert Polansky has discussed the unused movements. Nr. 7, Träumerei, is one of Schumann's best known pieces; it was the title of a 1944 German biographical film on Robert Schumann. Träumerei is also the opening and closing musical theme in the 1947 Hollywood film Song of Love, starring Katharine Hepburn as Clara Wieck Schumann. Schumann had originally labeled this work Leichte Stücke (Easy Pieces). Likewise, the section titles were only added after the completion of the music, and Schumann described the titles as "nothing more than delicate hints for execution and interpretation". Timothy Taylor has discussed Schumann's choice of titles for this work in the context of the changing situation of music in 19th century culture and economics. In 1974, Eric Sams noted that there was no known complete manuscript of Kinderszenen.
Movements
Movements
Title
Key
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01. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen 00. Of Foreign Lands and Peoples
G major
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02. Kuriose Geschichte 00. A Curious Story
D major
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03. Hasche-Mann 00. Blind Man's Bluff
B minor
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04. Bittendes Kind 00. Pleading Child
D major
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05. Glückes genug 00. Happy Enough
D major
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06. Wichtige Begebenheit 00. An Important Event
A major
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07. Träumerei 00. Dreaming
F major
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08. Am Kamin 00. At the Fireside
F major
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09. Ritter vom Steckenpferd 00. Knight of the Hobbyhorse
C major
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10. Fast zu ernst 00. Almost Too Serious
G-sharp minor
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11. Fürchtenmachen 00. Frightening
E minor
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12. Kind im Einschlummern 00. Child Falling Asleep
E minor
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13. Der Dichter spricht 00. The Poet Speaks
G major
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Notes and references
^ The unused movements were published years later in Bunte Blätter, Opus 99, and Albumblätter, Opus 124.
^ Polansky, Robert (Spring 1978). "The Rejected Kinderscenen of Robert Schumann's Opus 15". Journal of the American Musicological Society31 (1): 126–131. doi:10.1525/jams.1978.31.1.03a00070. JSTOR 831388.
^Träumerei at the Internet Movie Database
^ "Träumerei" played by Katharine Hepburn in the film Song of Love on YouTube
^ Thorpe, Day; Schumann, Robert; Von Irmer, Otto; Lampe, Walther (December 1990). "Music Reviews: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 (Urtext)". Notes (2nd Ser.)11 (4): 605–606. doi:10.2307/893060. JSTOR 837021.
^ Taylor, Timothy D. (December 1990). "Aesthetic and Cultural Issues in Schumann's "Kinderszenen"". International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music21 (2): 161–178. doi:10.2307/837021. JSTOR 837021.