Schumann, Robert

Following the 1848 European revolutions, Robert Schumann began a period of prolific composition. Among the pieces he composed for domestic spaces at this time are five opus numbers—Schön Hedwig, op. 106, Zwei Balladen, op. 122, Spanisches Liederspiel, op. 74, Minnespiel, op. 101…

The Humoreske op. 20 by Robert Schumann has not achieved the fame of his other major piano works like Carnaval op. 9 or Kreisleriana op. 16. This may be due to the inherent difficulty of interpretation in its lack of evocative titles, identifiable literary references, or even th…