In 1849 Schumann endowed three wind instruments with chamber music works: the clarinet with the ”Three Fantasy Pieces” op. 73, the horn with the ”Adagio and Allegro” op. 70 and the oboe with the present ”Three Romances” op. 94. However, the ”Three Romances” for oboe also appeared on the market at that time with a solo part for violin or clarinet. Violinists are certainly very happy that G. Henle Publishers have followed this idea of an alternative scoring. The manuscript, which Robert presented to his wife Clara as a Christmas gift in 1849, has not been preserved. However, it was possible to consult autograph drafts for our Urtext edition, which helped rectify many of the incongruities of the 1851 first edition.

Following Schumann’s first, evidently unsuccessful attempt at composing a “Sonata” – he only had the opening movement published under the title “Allegro in b Minor” – he tried once again in 1833. It is a well-known fact that this sonata was composed while he was in close contact with Clara Wieck, who was thirteen at the time. Individual motifs from it can be found later in Clara’s work; but by the same token, individual figures can be found in the sonata which point to Clara’s “Pièces caractéristiques”, Op. 5. in addition Schumann used an almost literal adaptation of his song “To Anna” for the second movement. We have included this in the appendix of our edition and in so doing show the roots of this composition.

Gubaidulina Dancer On a Tightrope for violin and piano.

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