schumann from class

Question 1

personalities

Answer 1

eusebius (master raro)

-Florestan (metha abegg)

Question 2

papillons

Answer 2

-each piece is inspired from a pasage from paul richter

Question 3

carnaval

Answer 3

-Carnaval, 40 days before easter, when they can sin

A, E-flat, C, B – signified in German as A-S-C-H
A-flat, C, B – signified in German as As-C-H
E-flat, C, B, A – signified in German as S-C-H-A.

The first two spell the German name for the town of Asch (now Aš in the Czech Republic), in which Schumann’s then fiancée, Ernestine von Fricken, was born. The sequence of letters also appears in the German word Fasching, meaning carnival. In addition, Asch is German for “Ash,” as in Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Lastly, it encodes a version of the composer’s name, Robert Alexander Schumann. The third series, S-C-H-A, encodes the composer’s name again with the musical letters appearing in Schumann, in their correct order.

Question 4

fantasy

Answer 4

• Fantasy, op. 17
• -can be harmonically ambiguous from time to time.
• -he quoted other music, 7th symphony in the third movmeent the bass line.
• -and a quote from “an die ferne gelibte” to the distant beloved.
• -clara associated with the descending figure.
• -avoids a strong cadence.

Question 5

important aspects of schumann

Answer 5

-Important aspects of schumann,
–literary, jean paul, hofmann
–editor, author, etc
–pianistic
–traditional values
–richly contrapuntal (but localized counterpoint)
–manic
–7invented the large cycle of character pieces, like song cycle but for the piano.
8. harmonically elusive
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Question 6

schumann

Answer 6

• later in life the nature of his piano music changed, not for the better.
• includes op. 111, forest scenes, op. 28 romance.