Piano - Vladimir Horowitz / A 1962 studio recording from New York City
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Movement 1: Von Fremden Ländern Und Menschen (Of Foreign Lands and Peoples)
Movement 2: Kuriose Geschichte (A Curious Story); starts at 1:33 /
Movement 3: Hasche, Mann (Blind Man's Bluff); starts at 2:42
Movement 4: Bittendes Kind (Pleading Child); starts at 3:18
Movement 5: Glückes Genug (Happiness); starts at 4:13
Movement 6: Wichtige Begebenheit (An Important Event); starts at 5:02
Movement 7: Träumerei (Reverie); starts at 5:49
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Movement 8: Am Kamin (At the Fireside)
Movement 9: Ritter Vom Steckenpferd (Knight of the Hobbyhorse); starts at 1:07
Movement 10: Fast Zu Ernst (Almost Too Serious); starts at 1:46
Movement 11: Fürchtenmachen (Frightening); starts at 3:30
Movement 12: Kind Im Einschlummern (Child Falling Asleep); starts at 5:13
Movement 13: Der Dichter Spricht (The Poet Speaks); starts at 7:00
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Kinderszenen
Kinderszenen (original spelling Kinderscenen, "Scenes from Childhood"), Opus 15, by Robert Schumann, is a set of thirteen pieces of music for piano written in 1838. In this work, Schumann provides us with his adult reminiscences of childhood. Schumann had originally written 30 movements for this work, but chose 13 for the final version. Robert Polansky has discussed the unused movements.
Schumann had originally labeled this work Leichte Stücke (Easy Pieces). Likewise, the section titles were only added after the completion of the music, and Schumann described the titles as "nothing more than delicate hints for execution and interpretation"Timothy Taylor has discussed Schumann's choice of titles for this work in the context of the changing situation of music in 19th century culture and economics.
In 1974, Eric Sams noted that there was no known complete manuscript of Kinderszenen.
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