Robert Schumann

Bunte Blätter, op. 99

1835–1849

Total duration: 35'

1. Drei Stücklein, no. 1
2. Drei Stücklein, no. 2
3. Drei Stücklein, no. 3
4. Albumblätter, no. 1
5. Albumblätter, no. 2
6. Albumblätter, no. 3
7. Albumblätter, no. 4
8. Albumblätter, no. 5
9. Novellette
10. Präludium
11. Marsch
12. Abendmusik
13. Scherzo
14. Geschwindmarsch

This is a collection of pieces written over multiple years.

year	piece
c. 1835	no. 6
1837	no. 5
1838	nos. 1–3, 8–9
1839	no. 10
c. 1839	no. 7
1841	nos. 4, 12–13
1843	no. 11
1849	no. 14

Recommended editions

Gesamtausgabe (Schott) · III/1/6 · RSA 1021-10 · ed. Michael Beiche/Timo Evers
Associated Board · Sixteen Albumleaves · ed. Howard Ferguson [nos. 4–8]
Henle · HN 930 · Sämtliche Klavierwerke / Band VI · ed. Ernst Herttrich/Robert Münster/Wolf-Dieter Seiffert
Henle · HN 931 · Sämtliche Klavierwerke / Band VI · ed. Ernst Herttrich/Robert Münster/Wolf-Dieter Seiffert
Henle · HN 81 · ed. Ernst Herttrich

1. Drei Stücklein, no. 1

Duration: 2'

Difficulty: 2.5

Bunte Blätter, op. 99; 1. Drei Stücklein, no. 1

2. Drei Stücklein, no. 2

Duration: 1'

Difficulty: 4

Bunte Blätter, op. 99; 2. Drei Stücklein, no. 2

3. Drei Stücklein, no. 3

Duration: 1'

Difficulty: 2.5

Bunte Blätter, op. 99; 3. Drei Stücklein, no. 3

4. Albumblätter, no. 1

Duration: 2'

Difficulty: 2

Bunte Blätter, op. 99; 4. Albumblätter, no. 1

5. Albumblätter, no. 2

This piece was possibly originally written for inclusion in Kinderszenen (op. 15).

Duration: 0' 30"

Difficulty: 3.5

Bunte Blätter, op. 99; 5. Albumblätter, no. 2

6. Albumblätter, no. 3

This piece was originally written for inclusion in Carnaval (op. 9).

Duration: 2'

Difficulty: 2

Bunte Blätter, op. 99; 6. Albumblätter, no. 3

7. Albumblätter, no. 4

Duration: 2'

Difficulty: 2.5

Bunte Blätter, op. 99; 7. Albumblätter, no. 4

8. Albumblätter, no. 5

Duration: 1' 30"

Difficulty: 2.5

Bunte Blätter, op. 99; 8. Albumblätter, no. 5

9. Novellette

Duration: 2' 30"

Difficulty: 3.5

10. Präludium

Schumann might have originally intended to pair the prelude with a fugue.

Duration: 1'

Difficulty: 4

11. Marsch

Duration: 8'

Difficulty: 2.5

12. Abendmusik

Duration: 4'

Difficulty: 2.5

13. Scherzo

This is an arrangment of the scherzo from the unfinished symphony in C minor (Anh. A6).

Duration: 4'

Difficulty: 3

14. Geschwindmarsch

This piece was originally written for inclusion in the vier Märsche (op. 76).

Duration: 3' 30"

Difficulty: 3

Bunte Blätter, op. 99; 14. Geschwindmarsch