Album für die Jugend

The "Album for the young" ("Album für die Jugend"), op. 68, was composed by Robert Schumann in 1848 for his three daughters. The album consists of a collection of 43 easy-to-play pieces of high artistic value. Each piece is about 1 minute long and has a characteristic title.

List of pieces

# Melody ("Melodie"), C major
# Soldiers' March ("Soldatenmarsch"), G major
# Humming Song ("Trällerliedchen"), C major
# Chorale ("Ein Choral"), G major
# A Little Piece ("Stückchen"), C major
# The Poor Orphan ("Armes Waisenkind"), A minor
# Hunting Song ("Jägerliedchen"), F major
# The Wild Rider ("Wilder Reiter"), A minor
# Folk Song ("Volksliedchen")
# The Happy Farmer, Returning from Work ("Fröhlicher Landmann, von der Arbeit Zurückkehrend"), F major
# Sicilienne ("Sizilianisch"), A minor
# Knecht Ruprecht, A minor
# May, Sweet May ("Mai, lieber Mai"), E major
# Little Etude ("Kleine Studie"), G major
# Spring Song ("Frühlingsgesang"), E major
# First Sorrow ("Erster Verlust"), E minor
# The Little Morning Wanderer ("Kleiner Morgenwanderer"), A major
# The Reaper's Song ("Schnitterliedchen"), C major
# Little Romance ("Kleine Romanze"), A minor
# Rustic Song ("Ländliches Lied"), A major
# * * * ("untitled"), C major (based on "Prizon-Terzetto" from Beethoven's "Fidelio")
# Roundelay ("Rundgesang"), A major
# The Horseman ("Reiterstück"), D minor
# Harvest Song ("Ernteliedchen"), A major
# Echoes from the Theatre ("Nachklänge aus dem Theater"), A minor
# * * * ("untitled"), F major
# A Little Canon ("Kanonisches Liedchen"), A minor
# Remembrance (4 November 1847) ("Erinnerung"), A major (the date of Felix Mendelssohn's death)
# The Stranger ("Fremder Mann"), D minor
# * * * ("untitled"), F major
# Song of War ("Kriegslied"), D major
# Sheherazade, A minor
# Gathering of the Grapes – Happy Time! ("Weinlesezeit - fröhliche Zeit!"), E major
# Theme ("Thema"), C major
# Mignon, E-flat major
# Italian Mariners' Song ("Lied italienischer Marinari"), G minor
# Sailors' Song ("Matrosenlied"), G minor
# Wintertime I ("Winterzeit I"), C minor (sometimes considered one piece with Wintertime II)
# Wintertime II ("Winterzeit II"), C minor/C major
# Little Fugue ("Kleine [Prelude and] Fuge"), A major
# Northern Song (Salute to G.) ("Nordisches Lied"), F major (dedicated to Niels Gade)
# Figured Chorale ("Figurierter Choral"), F major
# New Year's Eve ("Sylvesterlied"), A major

Main recordings

* Angela Brownridge, Helios, 55039
* Angela Brownridge, Hyperion Records (1989)
* Jorg Demus, Nuova Era CD.B.154.8
* Rico Gulda, Naxos Records, 8.555711
* Luba Edlina, Chandos Records, 9731
* Gernot Oertel, W.O.C. (double compact disc)
* Marco Tezza, OnClassical (it consists of 70 pieces!)
* Carlo Zecchi, Aura CD.A.722 (selection)

Other record labels that publish the Album für die Jugend, fully or in part, are: Antes (Germany), Arion (France), Callo (France), Lands (?), W.O.C.

External links

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