Kinderszenen facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Kinderszenen |
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| by Robert Schumann | |
First edition title page
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| English | Scenes from Childhood |
| Opus | Op. 15 |
| Period | Romantic period |
| Composed | 1838 |
| Movements | 13 pieces |
| Scoring | Solo piano |
Kinderszenen, "Scenes from Childhood", Op. 15, by Robert Schumann, is a set of thirteen pieces of music for piano written in 1838. Schumann wrote 30 movements for this work but chose 13 for the final version.
Movement No. 7 of the work is one of Schumann's best known pieces; it is the opening and closing musical theme of the 1947 Hollywood film Song of Love, and is the title of a 1944 German biographical film on Schumann.
In Russia, the piece became known as mourning music, being played annually during the Minute of Silence on Victory Day .
See also
In Spanish: Escenas infantiles para niños
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