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Folks at the Choralist suggested I query you regarding an answer to my
question. Or perhaps you can direct me to the appropriate list.
I belong to a Trio - piano, clarinet, viola. We are performing Robert
Schumann's Maerchenerzaehlungen (Fairy Tales), op. 132.
1. We would like to identify the fairy tale(s) after which he composed
these 4 movements.
2. Specifically the last movement - we are discussing the thrust -
regal versus marchial, what texture is really present. It seems very
Beethovenesque in character.
3. 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.
We would appreciate any and all advise and comments on the
music/phrasing/message within. Thank you
Ruth Becker
The Heidelberg Trio
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