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For a complete listing of Clara Schumann's publications, including original compositions, arrangements, and critical editions, see her Catalogue of Works in Nancy Reich's Clara Schumann: The Artist and the Woman.
The Music Division's collections feature substantial holdings of first edition scores by 19th-century European composers. The following titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content are included when available.
Trio für pianoforte, violine u. violoncello componirt von Clara Schumann geb. Wieck. Op. 17. by Pianoforte-Werke zu 2 Händen by Zwölf Gedichte aus F. Rückerts Liebesfrühling : für Gesang und Pianoforte, op. 37 by Modern editions can include performance editions (edited scores that include phrasing, fingering, and other markings to help the performer), critical editions (scholarly editions that include analytical commentary and/or footnotes), or Urtext editions (scores that strictly align with an original manuscript or first edition and provide clean, easily readable scores to performers and scholars).
Search the Library of Congress online catalog to locate scores by Clara Schumann. The following titles, listed as examples, link to fuller bibliographic information for published scores in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content are included when available.
Konzertsatz : für Klavier und Orchester f-Moll = Concerto movement for piano and orchestra in F minor by Ausgewählte Klavierwerke / Clara Wieck-Schumann ; nach Autographen, Abschriften und den Erstausgaben herausgegeben von Janina Klassen ; Fingersatz von Hans-Martin Theopold. by Modern editions can include performance editions (edited scores that include phrasing, fingering, and other markings to help the performer), critical editions (scholarly editions that include analytical commentary and/or footnotes), or Urtext editions (scores that strictly align with an original manuscript or first edition and provide clean, easily readable scores to performers and scholars).
Search the Library of Congress online catalog to locate scores by Clara Schumann. The following titles, listed as examples, link to fuller bibliographic information for published scores in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content are included when available.
Sämtliche Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier = Complete songs for voice and piano by Drei gemischte Chöre; nach Gedichten von Emanuel Geibel für vier Stimmen a cappella by Jubiläums-Liederalbum : 14 Lieder für hohe Singstimme und Klavier = Anniversary songbook : 14 songs for high voice and piano by Jubiläums-Liederalbum : 14 Lieder für mittlere-tiefe Singstimme und Klavier = Anniversary songbook : 14 songs for medium-low voice and piano by At her husband's request, Clara Schumann created piano arrangements for several of Robert Schumann's major works. There are multiple online catalog records for Robert Schumann scores arranged by Clara Schumann, though the catalog record does not make those details clear. If you are looking for a specific arrangement by Clara Schumann and cannot find it in our online catalog, please contact a reference librarian for assistance via Ask a Librarian.
The following titles link to fuller bibliographic information, if available, in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content are included when available.
Three sketches for pedal pianoforte (Op. 58, No. 1, 3, and 4) by Four studies for the pedal pianoforte (Op. 56, nos. 2, 4, 5, & 6) by Quintett by Genoveva. Op. 81. by After Robert's death in 1856, Clara assumed responsibility for editing his collected works. She signed a contract to publish a critical edition of Schumann's complete works with Breitkopf & Härtel and drew heavily upon Brahms's expertise and familiarity with Schumann's music in the process. She particularly relied on Brahms to edit the orchestral, choral, and ensemble works, and asked him to take over the supplementary volume (on which his name appears). At Brahms's suggestion, Clara sought input from other friends and admirers of Robert's music including Joseph Joachim, Hermann Levi, Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Philipp Spitta, and others. Despite the collaborative nature of the work, only Clara Schumann's name is listed on the published edition, an intentional decision meant to signal authenticity and authority. Robert Schumann's Werke consists of 35 volumes, organized into the following 14 series:
Ser. 1: Symphonien
Ser. 2: Ouverturen
Ser. 3: Concerte u. Concertstücke
Ser. 4: Für Streichinstrumente
Ser. 5: Für Pianoforte und andere Instrumente
Ser. 6: Für 1 oder 2 Pianoforte, zu 4 Händen
Ser. 7: Für Pianoforte zu 2 Händen
Ser. 8: Fugen über den Namen Bach für Orgel
Ser. 9: Grössere Gesangwerke mit Orchester oder mehreren Instrumenten
Ser. 10: Mehrstimmige Gesangwerke mit Pianoforte
Ser. 11: Für Männerchor
Ser. 12: Für Sopran, Alt, Tenor, u. Bass
Ser. 13: Für eine Singstimme, mit Begleitung des Pianoforte
Ser. 14: Supplement
Werke by 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 
