Carnaval Op.9 was completed in 1835 and is one of Schumann's most popular and frequently played works for piano. The ?Carnaval? is a masked ball, at which the characters from the commedia dell'arte - Harlequin and Columbine - dance alongside Schumann's friends - Chiarina and Estrella - and more famous names such as Chopin and Paganini. Like so many of Schumann's works its inspiration has a literary source, in this case his favourite writer Jean Paul.
These pieces are virtuosic and brilliant, much more than simply a set of character pieces and musical portraits, they also form a work of ingenious orthographies, with skilled variations upon a symbolic and melodic A-S-C-H pattern. This is the Piano Solo Urtext edition, providing an authoritative and accurate version of this work with editorial comments and a detailed background to Schumann?s intentions.
These pieces are virtuosic and brilliant, much more than simply a set of character pieces and musical portraits, they also form a work of ingenious orthographies, with skilled variations upon a symbolic and melodic A-S-C-H pattern. This is the Piano Solo Urtext edition, providing an authoritative and accurate version of this work with editorial comments and a detailed background to Schumann?s intentions.
| Arrangement | Piano, Piano Solo |
| Genres | Romantic |
| Format | Instrumental Work |
| Level | 4 |
| NumberOfPages | 46 |
| Media | Sheet Music |
| Publisher | G. Henle Verlag, Henle Verlag |
| Contributors | Schumann, Robert (Composer) Herttrich, Ernst (Editor) |
| Language | English, French, German |
| ISMN | M201801872 |