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Schumann, Robert : Album für die Jugend "Fruhlingsgesang" E-Dur Op.68-15

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Music ID : 21624
Instrumentation:Piano Solo 
Genre:pieces
Total Playing Time:2 min 30 sec
Copyright:Public Domain

Commentary (1)

Author : Chong, Riyo

Last Updated: October 6, 2019
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

In E major, 6/8 time. At the beginning, there is the instruction "to be played from the heart," and in the last two measures, "a little slower." Furthermore, una corda indications are found in measures 21-24 and 37-40. It also serves as an important illustration filling one of the four corners of the frontispiece, depicting a spring image of girls and children playing and picking flowers. Along with No. 13, "May, Dear May," it is a spring piece, and both are written in E major. Furthermore, commonalities can be observed in the main theme at the beginning. Both pieces include an ascending sixth (No. 13: measure 1, B-G#; No. 15: measure 2, G#-E) and a descending second "sigh motif" (No. 13: measure 2, B-A; No. 15: measure 2, D#-C#).

Writer: Chong, Riyo