Ruth Becker wrote:

>After consulting Schumann Calssical Music Pages on the web, I discover
>that the Maerchenerzaehlungen were catalogued as being written for piano,
>clarinet, viola and alto.  We are using a Breitkopf edition and it gives no
>allusion to a vocalist.  Still no hints as to which fairy tales, etc.  They
>were written just 3 years before Schumann died.

I never heard of a text for these tales, and sure would be interested in
finding out, and by whom it was written.  By the way, wasn't this work
originally scored for bass viol rather than viola?

John Dalmas
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