Category Archives: Schumann Kinderszenen

Piano Practicing: Re-doing and Refining

Posted on May 29, 2011 by

Studying piano, playing through the great piano literature, requires revisiting, re-doing and refining our work. This undertaking should not carry a value judgment that what preceded was poor or inadequate. Those adjectives do not belong to the process of learning. … Continue reading →

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Piano Instruction: Practicing the Middle Section B/ Robert Schumann’s “Of Foreign Lands and Peoples” (Kinderszenen) TWO Videos

Posted on May 18, 2011 by

PART B, “Of Foreign Lands and Peoples” (Kinderszenen by Robert Schumann) The middle section introduces a counter-melody in the Bass that deserves attention. It’s in the rich range of the cello and it has the same RHYTMIC OUTLINE as the … Continue reading →

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Schumann’s Scenes of Childhood: Layered learning, No. 1 “Of Foreign Lands and Peoples” (5 videos/5 parts)

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

Just as I parceled out voices in the opening of Schubert’s Impromptu in Gb Major, Op. 90, I’ve done the same with Robert Schumann’s “Of Foreign Lands and Peoples” from his Kinderszenen (Scenes of Childhood) In both these works Romantic … Continue reading →

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