Flower Piece D-Flat Major Op. 19: By Schumann

Flower Piece D-Flat Major Op. 19 (Piano Solo) ** By Robert Schumann ** Edited by Ernst Herttrich. For piano solo. Piano (Harpsichord), 2-hands. Henle Music Folios. Pages: IV and 10. SMP Level 10 (Advanced). Softcover. 14 pages. G. Henle Verlag #HN90. Published by G. Henle Verlag.

Our series of revised Schumann editions continues with this delicately wrought set of variations. “Opus 18 and 19 are frail things for ladies”: thus, with a wink of the eye, Schumann alluded to his wish to become “the favourite composer of every woman in Vienna.” In fact, at this time he was having trouble making headway in Vienna at all, and his dream of settling there with Clara was fading fast. The work takes its distinctive lyrical flavor from the fact that he may have wanted to accommodate the lighter Viennese taste.

About SMP Level 10 (Advanced) 

Very advanced level, very difficult note reading, frequent time signature changes, virtuosic level technical facility needed.