Manuscript Scores

The Music Division holds manuscript scores by and connected with Clara Schumann. This page outlines those holdings and includes holograph scores, manuscript scores with annotations by Schumann, manuscripts with inscriptions to Schumann, and facsimiles.

Clara Schumann Holograph Scores

Most of Clara Schumann's music manuscripts are held at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Berlin State Library) and the Robert-Schumann-Haus, Zwickau. While most of her manuscripts are found in Germany, the Music Division holds several holograph manuscripts by Schumann (manuscripts in her hand). For a complete listing of Clara Schumann's manuscripts and their locations, see her Catalogue of Works in Nancy Reich's Clara Schumann: The Artist and the Woman.

The following titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog and/or on the Library of Congress website, where some music scores are digitized and available for download. Links to additional online content are included when available.

An einem lichten Morgen : op. 23 / Clara Schumann ; Text von Hermann Rollet. by Clara Schumann, composer (1819-1896)
Call Number: ML96.S4148 no. 1
Published/Created: 1872
- Holograph, signed.
- For voice and piano.
- Schumann composed her op. 23 settings of lesser-known Austrian poet Rollett in 1853.
Cadenzas for the first and last movements of the D minor piano concerto by Mozart Köchel 466 by Clara Schumann, composer (1819-1896)
Call Number: ML30.8b.S37 C32
- Rough copy, with numerous revisions, of two cadenzas, one for each movement. The cadenza for the initial movement is a variant of the cadenza in the fair copy (ML30.8b.S37C3) and is related, though less closely, to Brahms's cadenza. The cadenza for the Finale is almost entirely different from the fair copy.
Cadenzas for the first and last movements of the D minor piano concerto by Mozart Köchel 466 by Clara Schumann, composer (1819-1896)
Call Number: ML30.8b.S37 C3
- Holograph (fair copies), without signature or date.
- In the cadenza for the first movement, the composer has used material from the cadenza by Brahms for the same concerto.
Bradbury album by William B. Bradbury, owner (1816-1868)
Call Number: William B. Bradbury Collection clamshell Box 1
Bradbury's autograph album includes an excerpt from Clara Schumann's Fugue in G minor, op. 16, handwritten by the composer on April 16, 1849. Schumann’s Op. 16 preludes and fugues were composed as counterpoint studies that Robert and Clara pursued collaboratively early in 1845. [Image 14 of 165 in the digital item record.]

Manuscript Scores with Annotations by Clara Schumann

Several manuscripts in the Music Division's collections feature annotations in Clara Schumann's hand, though the score is by another composer. The following titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog and/or on the Library of Congress website, where some music scores are digitized and available for download. Links to additional online content are included when available.

Symphonies no. 1, op. 38, B♭ major by Robert Schumann, composer (1810-1856)
Call Number: ML96.S415
- Holograph.
- In ink and pencil sketches, and the full score (Jan. 2-Feb. 20 1841) in the composer's handwriting.
- On second fly-leaf dedication from Clara Schumann to Hermann Levi.
- Henrici & Liepmannssohn auction of the Nachlass of Wilhelm Heyer. Heyer was custodian of the ms. since 1906; prior to that the score was in custody of Hermann Levi--a gift from Clara Schuman. (ownership)
Lieder op. 104 Viel Glück zur Reise, Schwalben! by Robert Schumann, composer (1810-1856)
Call Number: ML31.H43a no. 104
Published/Created: 1851
- Holograph.
- Songs for medium voice and piano.
- German words by Elizabeth Kulmann.
- Note at end, in hand of Clara Schumann: [1st work] Herrn Dr. Wolffson zur Erinnerung, d. 30/5 51, Clara Schumann März 1878 ; [2nd work] Handschrift von Robert Schumann beglaubigt durch Frau Clara Schumann, Berlin, Mai 1876.
Mein Garten ; Geisternähe by Robert Schumann, composer (1810-1856)
Call Number: ML96.S415
Published/Created: 1850
- Holograph.
- Inscribed by Clara Schumann at end: Handschrift Robert Schumanns. An Frau Adele Preyer.
Intermezzi, op. 119, Nr. 2 & 3 by Johannes Brahms, composer (1833-1897)
Call Number: ML96.B68
Published/Created: 1893
- Holograph.
- With annotations believed to be in the hand of Clara Schumann.
Lieder für Frauenchor by Johannes Brahms, composer (1833-1897)
Call Number: ML31.H43a no. 102
Published/Created: 1858
- Ms. in the hand of Clara Schumann, of the 1st soprano part.
- Contains no. 1-3, 7-9 of Lieder und Romanzen, op. 44 (published: Leipzig, J. Rieter-Biedermann, 1866); no. 6, 16, 29, 31, 42 of Deutsche Volkslieder (published: Berlin, N. Simrock, 1894); and Ich stand auf hohem Berge (published: Kassel, Bärenreiter, 1965).

Brahms Manuscript with Note to Clara Schumann

Prelude and fugue in A minor ; Prelude and fugue in G minor by Johannes Brahms, composer (1833-1897)
Call Number: ML30.8b.B7 P7
Published/Created: 1856-1857
- Holograph.
- In caption of 1st work: Meiner lieben Clara zum 7te Mai 1856; note written by the composer to Clara Schumann at end of 1st work; at end of 2nd work: Febr. 57.

Facsimile

In 2020, Laaber-Verlag published a facsimile (or reproduction) of Clara Schumann's manuscript for her Vier Gedichte von Rückert. The autograph manuscript is held at the Robert-Schumann-Haus, Zwickau.

Vier Gedichte von Rückert : Opus 12 und WoO 17 by Clara Schumann ; mit einem Geleitwort von Manfred Jung ; herausgegeben und mit einer Einführung von Thomas Synofzik.
Call Number: ML96.4.S29 no. 1
ISBN: 9783890079028
Published/Created: 2020
Songs for voice and piano on texts by Rückert:
- Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen
- Liebst du um Schönheit
- Warum willst du and're fragen
- Die gute Nacht, die ich dir sage

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Manuscript Scores

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