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Robert Schumann: Album Fur Die Jugend Op. 68

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More pieces have been identified from various manuscripts; these are not formally numbered and are denoted as pieces from the appendix German: Robert Schumann — Robert Schumann was a German composer and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era, Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. He had been assured by his teacher Friedrich Wieck that he could become the finest pianist in Europe, Schumann then focused his musical energies on composing. In , Schumann married Friedrich Wiecks daughter Clara, against the wishes of her father, following a long and acrimonious legal battle, which found in favor of Clara and Robert.

Clara also composed music and had a concert career as a pianist. After a suicide attempt in , Schumann was admitted to an asylum, at his own request. Diagnosed with psychotic melancholia, Schumann died two years later in without having recovered from his mental illness, Schumann was born in Zwickau, in the Kingdom of Saxony, the fifth and last child of Johanna Christiane and August Schumann.

Schumann began receiving general musical and piano instruction at the age of seven from Johann Gottfried Kuntzsch, the boy immediately developed a love of music and worked at creating musical compositions himself, without the aid of Kuntzsch. Even though he often disregarded the principles of composition, he created works regarded as admirable for his age.

At age 14, Schumann wrote an essay on the aesthetics of music and also contributed to a volume, edited by his father, titled Portraits of Famous Men. While still at school in Zwickau, he read the works of the German poet-philosophers Schiller and Goethe, as well as Byron and the Greek tragedians.

His most powerful and permanent literary inspiration was Jean Paul, a German writer whose influence is seen in Schumanns youthful novels Juniusabende, completed in , and Selene. Schumanns interest in music was sparked by seeing a performance of Ignaz Moscheles playing at Karlsbad and his father, who had encouraged the boys musical aspirations, died in when Schumann was Neither his mother nor his guardian thereafter encouraged a career in music, in Schumann left school, and after a tour during which he met Heinrich Heine in Munich, he went to Leipzig to study law.

In his law studies continued in Heidelberg, where he became a member of Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg. During Eastertide he heard the Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, in July he wrote to his mother, My whole life has been a struggle between Poetry and Prose, or call it Music and Law. During his studies with Wieck, it has claimed that Schumann permanently injured a finger on his right hand.

Three years earlier, on the first Sunday after Trinity in , Bach had taken office as Thomaskantor and started his first cycle of cantatas for Sundays, on the first Sunday after Trinity in , he began his second cycle, consisting of chorale cantatas.

The cantata Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot is regarded as part of Bachs third cantata cycle which was written sporadically between and , the librettos have been attributed to his employer Duke Ernst Ludwig von Sachsen-Meiningen. The theme of BWV39 is an invocation to be grateful for Gods gifts, Bach set the opening Old Testament passage as a large scale complex movement for four-part chorus and full orchestra in three sections, one for each sentence in the biblical quotation.

By contrast he set the New Testament passage beginning the second part as a bass solo accompanied by an obbligato violoncello. The cantata is scored for three groups of recorders, oboes and strings—from which the four obbligato soloists are drawn that accompany the two arias, for alto and soprano. Bach composed the cantata for the first Sunday after Trinity on 23 June , the circumstances surrounding the composition were clarified by other Bach scholars, notably William H. The first Sunday after Trinity marks the beginning of the half of the liturgical year, in which core issues of faith.

It had particular significance for Bach since it was on day in that he assumed office as Thomaskantor in Leipzig. His duties included the education of the Thomanerchor and performances in the services of the main churches in Leipzig, the Thomaskirche. The other instrumentalists were either professional string players, members of the Leipzig Stadtpfeifer, remaining gaps in the orchestra were filled by pupils from the Thomasschule and university students.

Bachs orchestra would have had players in addition to himself, the soloists, choir and orchestra performed from two galleries above and around the principal organ loft in the centre of the Thomaskirche. Sometimes two cantatas would be performed during a service, and when a cantata was written in two parts, a sermon would be preached between the two parts or the part would accompany communion. With BWV20, Bach entered on a new scheme for the second cycle, after completing his second cycle, Bachs third cycle was composed sporadically between and Moreover, Bach does not seem to have marked the anniversary of his appointment in , during this period Bach not only had access to his cousins compositions, but also to religious texts from the court at Meiningen.

In contrast the libretto of Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot took as its theme gratitude for Gods gifts, all the Meiningen cantatas of Johann Ludwig Bach, performed in Leipzig between February and September , had librettos from this collection. The Old Testament and New Testament passages usually have a common theme, Bach departed from his cousins model in two ways. Ludwig van Beethoven — Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist.

A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he one of the most famous. His best-known compositions include 9 symphonies,5 piano concertos,1 violin concerto,32 piano sonatas,16 string quartets, his great Mass the Missa solemnis, and one opera, Fidelio. At the age of 21 he moved to Vienna, where he began studying composition with Joseph Haydn and he lived in Vienna until his death. By his late 20s his hearing began to deteriorate, and by the last decade of his life he was almost completely deaf. In he gave up conducting and performing in public but continued to compose, many of his most admired works come from these last 15 years of his life.

Album für die Jugend, Op.68 (Schumann, Robert)

Beethoven was the grandson of Ludwig van Beethoven, a musician from the town of Mechelen in the Duchy of Brabant in the Flemish region of what is now Belgium, who at the age of twenty moved to Bonn. Ludwig was employed as a singer at the court of the Elector of Cologne, eventually rising to become, in The portrait he commissioned of himself towards the end of his life remained proudly displayed in his grandsons rooms as a talisman of his musical heritage.

Ludwig had one son, Johann, who worked as a tenor in the musical establishment and gave keyboard. There is no record of the date of his birth, however. Of the seven children born to Johann van Beethoven, only Ludwig, the second-born, caspar Anton Carl was born on 8 April , and Nikolaus Johann, the youngest, was born on 2 October Beethovens first music teacher was his father and he later had other local teachers, the court organist Gilles van den Eeden, Tobias Friedrich Pfeiffer, and Franz Rovantini. Beethovens musical talent was obvious at a young age, some time after , Beethoven began his studies with his most important teacher in Bonn, Christian Gottlob Neefe, who was appointed the Courts Organist in that year.

Neefe taught Beethoven composition, and by March had helped him write his first published composition, Beethoven soon began working with Neefe as assistant organist, at first unpaid, and then as a paid employee of the court chapel conducted by the Kapellmeister Andrea Luchesi. Maximilian Fredericks successor as the Elector of Bonn was Maximilian Francis, the youngest son of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, echoing changes made in Vienna by his brother Joseph, he introduced reforms based on Enlightenment philosophy, with increased support for education and the arts. Fidelio — Fidelio, Op.

By convention, both of the first two versions are referred to as Leonore, the opera tells how Leonore, disguised as a prison guard named Fidelio, rescues her husband Florestan from death in a political prison. Bouillys scenario fits Beethovens aesthetic and political outlook, a story of sacrifice, heroism.

With its underlying struggle for liberty and justice mirroring contemporary political movements in Europe, the finale celebrates Leonores bravery with alternating contributions of soloists and chorus. The distant origin of Fidelio dates from , when the librettist, the contract included free housing for Beethoven in the apartment complex that was part of Schikaneders large suburban theater, the Theater an der Wien. Beethoven was to set a new libretto by Schikaneder, entitled Vestas Feuer, however and he spent about a month composing music for it, then abandoned it when the libretto for Fidelio came to his attention.

The success of these performances was hindered by the fact that Vienna was under French military occupation, after this premiere, Beethoven was pressured by friends to revise and shorten the opera into just two acts, and he did so with the help of Stephan von Breuning. The composer also wrote a new overture, in this form the opera was first performed on 29 March and 10 April , with greater success.

Further performances were prevented by a dispute between Beethoven and the theatre management, in Beethoven revised his opera yet again, with additional work on the libretto by Georg Friedrich Treitschke. The increasingly deaf Beethoven led the performance, assisted by Michael Umlauf, the role of Pizarro was taken by Johann Michael Vogl, who later became known for his collaborations with Schubert. This version of the opera was a success, and Fidelio has been part of the operatic repertory ever since.

Beethoven cannot be said to have enjoyed the difficulties posed by writing and producing an opera, in a letter to Treitschke he said, I assure you, dear Treitschke, that this opera will win me a martyrs crown.

You have by your co-operation saved what is best from the shipwreck, for all this I shall be eternally grateful to you. The full score was not published until , and all three versions are known as Beethovens Opus 72, the first performance outside Vienna took place in Prague on 21 November , with a revival in Vienna on 3 November Felix Mendelssohn — Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. A grandson of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn was born into a prominent Jewish family and he was brought up without religion until the age of seven, when he was baptised as a Reformed Christian.

Mendelssohn was recognised early as a prodigy, but his parents were cautious. Mendelssohn enjoyed early success in Germany, where he revived interest in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. The Leipzig Conservatoire, which he founded, became a bastion of this anti-radical outlook, Mendelssohn wrote symphonies, concerti, oratorios, piano music and chamber music.

His Songs Without Words are his most famous solo piano compositions and he is now among the most popular composers of the Romantic era. Mendelssohn was the second of four children, his older sister Fanny also displayed exceptional, the family moved to Berlin in , leaving Hamburg in disguise fearing French revenge for the Mendelssohn banks role in breaking Napoleons Continental System blockade. Abraham and Lea Mendelssohn sought to give their children — Fanny, Felix, Paul, Fanny became a well-known pianist and amateur composer, originally Abraham had thought that she, rather than Felix, would be the more musical.

However, at time, it was not considered proper, by either Abraham or Felix, for a woman to have a career in music, so Fanny remained an active. Abraham was also disinclined to allow Felix to follow a career until it became clear that he seriously intended to dedicate himself to it. Mendelssohn grew up in an intellectual environment, Sarah Rothenburg wrote of the household that Europe came to their living room.

Abraham Mendelssohn renounced the Jewish religion, he and his wife decided not to have Felix circumcised.

Felix and his siblings were first brought up without religious education, Abraham and his wife Lea were themselves baptised in , formally adopting the surname Mendelssohn Bartholdy for themselves and their children. The name Bartholdy was added at the suggestion of Leas brother, Jakob Salomon Bartholdy, in , his sister Fanny wrote to him of Bartholdy this name that we all dislike.

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Like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart before him, Mendelssohn was regarded as a child prodigy and he began taking piano lessons from his mother when he was six, and at seven was tutored by Marie Bigot in Paris. After the family moved to Berlin, all four Mendelssohn children studied piano with Ludwig Berger, from at least May Felix studied counterpoint and composition with Carl Friedrich Zelter in Berlin.

This was an important influence on his future career, Zelter had almost certainly been recommended as a teacher by his aunt Sarah Levy, who had been a pupil of W. Bach and a patron of C. Schubert died before his 32nd birthday, but was prolific during his lifetime.

His output consists of six hundred secular vocal works, seven complete symphonies, sacred music, operas, incidental music. Appreciation of his music while he was alive was limited to a small circle of admirers in Vienna. Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, today, Schubert is ranked among the greatest composers of the late Classical and early Romantic eras and is one of the most frequently performed composers of the early nineteenth century.

Schubert was born in Himmelpfortgrund, Vienna, Archduchy of Austria on 31 January , of Franz Theodors fourteen children, nine died in infancy.

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Their father was a teacher, and his school in Lichtental had numerous students in attendance. Though he was not recognised or even trained as a musician. At age six, Franz began to receive instruction from his father. His formal musical education started around the same time and his father taught him basic violin technique, and his brother Ignaz gave him piano lessons.

The boy seemed to more from an acquaintance with a friendly joiners apprentice who took him to a neighbouring pianoforte warehouse where Franz could practice on better instruments. He also played viola in the string quartet, with brothers Ferdinand and Ignaz on first and second violin. Franz wrote his earliest string quartets for this ensemble, young Schubert first came to the attention of Antonio Salieri, then Viennas leading musical authority, in , when his vocal talent was recognized.

In October , he became a pupil at the Stadtkonvikt through a choir scholarship, at the Stadtkonvikt, he was introduced to the overtures and symphonies of Mozart, and the symphonies of Joseph Haydn and his younger brother Michael. His exposure to these and lesser works, combined with occasional visits to the opera, one important musical influence came from the songs by Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, an important Lieder composer of the time. The precocious young student wanted to modernize them, as reported by Joseph von Spaun, Schuberts friendship with Spaun began at the Stadtkonvikt and lasted throughout his short life.

In those early days, the financially well-off Spaun furnished the impoverished Schubert with much of his manuscript paper, in the meantime, his genius began to show in his compositions.

Schubert was occasionally permitted to lead the Stadtkonvikts orchestra, and Salieri decided to start training him privately in music theory, for male voices and orchestra, and his first symphony. George Frideric Handel — George Frideric Handel was a German, later British baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos. Handel received important training in Halle and worked as a composer in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in and he was strongly influenced both by the great composers of the Italian Baroque and by the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition.

Within fifteen years, Handel had started three commercial opera companies to supply the English nobility with Italian opera, musicologist Winton Dean writes that his operas show that Handel was not only a great composer, he was a dramatic genius of the first order. As Alexanders Feast was well received, Handel made a transition to English choral works, after his success with Messiah he never composed an Italian opera again.

Almost blind, and having lived in England for nearly fifty years, he died in and his funeral was given full state honours, and he was buried in Westminster Abbey in London. Halle was a prosperous city, home of a salt-mining industry. Even the smaller churches all had able organists and fair choirs, and humanities, the Thirty Years War brought extensive destruction to Halle, and by the s it was impoverished.

But since the middle of the war the city was under the administration of the Duke of Saxony, the arts and music, however, flourished only among the higher strata, which did not describe Handels family. Handel was the child of this marriage, the first son died still born. Early in his life Handel is reported to have attended the gymnasium in Halle, Mainwaring is the source for almost all information of Handels childhood, and much of that information came from J.

Handels confidant and copyist. Whether they came from Smith or elsewhere, Mainwaring frequently relates misinformation and it is from Mainwaring that the portrait of Handels father as implacably opposed to any musical education comes. This did nothing to dampen young Handels inclination, in fact, Mainwaring tells the story of Handels secret attic spinnet, Handel found means to get a little clavichord privately conveyd to a room at the top of the house. To this room he constantly stole when the family was asleep, but Handel had to have had some experience with the keyboard to have made the impression in Weissenfels that resulted in his receiving formal musical training.

All first position in both parts. No tricky counting, no extensions. I get the impression he is whistling a cheerful tune, perhaps in contemplation of a loaf of bread washed down with a jug of hearty wine. For four beginner cellos cello quartet. A super easy piece! Includes a surprise familiar traditional melody at the end.

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All parts are in first position with no extensions. For piano C Major. Sheet music file Free Uploader Library. For bassoon and piano. For cello and piano. For piano high quality sheet music. Version for easy piano. For guitar with tab. Log in to post a comment. For piano Arranged by West G.

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