Schumann | Album for the Young, Op. 68, Part I

Schumann composed his Album for the Young, in 1848 in less than a month. He wrote at the time: ‘I don’t remember ever having been in such good musical form … The pieces simply poured out one after another.’ When the work was first published, it was divided into two parts: ‘für Kleinere’ (for younger people) and ‘für Erwachsenere’ (for older people). This edition, part of ABRSM’s Easier Piano Pieces series, contains the first part (easy to moderately difficult) only.

Contents:

• A Chorale (Ein Choral), Op. 68 No. 4
• A Little Study (Kleine Studie), Op. 68 No. 14
• First Loss (Erster Verlust), Op. 68 No. 16
• Folksong (Volksliedchen), Op. 68 No. 9
• Humming Song (Trailerliedchen), Op. 68 No. 3
• Huntsman’s Song (Jagerliedchen), Op.68 No. 7
• Knight Rupert (Knecht Ruprecht), Op. 68 No. 12
• Little Dawn-Wanderer (Kleiner Morgenwanderer), Op. 68 No. 17
• Little Piece (Stuckchen), Op. 68 No. 5
• May, lovely May (Mai, lieber Mai), Op. 68 No. 13
• Melody (Melodie), Op. 68 No. 1
• Reaper’s Song (Schnitterliedchen), Op. 68 No. 18
• Siciliano (Sicilianisch), Op. 68 No. 11
• Soldiers’ March (Soldatenmarsch), Op. 68 No. 2
• Spring Song (Fruhlingsgesang), Op. 68 No. 15
• The Merry Peasant (Frohlicher Landmann), Op. 68 No. 10
• The Poor Orphan (Armes Waisenkind), Op. 68 No. 6
• The Wild Horseman (Wilder Reiter), Op. 68 No. 8