Description
for Piano
Editor: Valerie Woodring Goertzen
As a pianist and composer, Clara Schumann played her own improvised exercises prior to playing scales, and improvised preludes as introductions to pieces she was performing. This is a collection of seven exercises, eleven introductory preludes and several short progressions.
Contents:
Einfach Praeludien für Schüler (Simple Preludes for Students)
No. 1 Andante
No. 1 Fuga a 4 voci
No. 1 in C Major
No. 10 Vorspiel zu “Schlummerlied”
No. 11 Allegretto
No. 2 Andante
No. 2 Fuga a 4 voci
No. 2 in A Minor
No. 3 Allegro
No. 3 Fuga a 4 voci
No. 3 in G Major
No. 4 Andante
No. 4 in E Minor
No. 5 in D Major
No. 5 Maestoso
No. 6 in B Minor
No. 6 Vorspiel zu “des Abends”
No. 7 Frei
No. 7 in A Major
No. 8 Allegro
No. 9 Vorspiel zu “Aufschwung”
Praeludien (Preludes)
Praeludien (Exercises)
Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp Minor (1845)
Three Fugues on Themes of Sebastian Bach (1845)