Carnival of Vienna op. 26

Fingering: Hans-Martin Theopold

Urtext Edition, paperbound

Pages: 43 (VII, 36), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm
Order no. HN 186 · ISMN M-2018-0186-5

Level of difficulty (Piano): difficult (Level 7)

Like many other nineteenth-century musicians, Robert Schumann wanted to settle down in the musical capital of Vienna. Though these plans came to naught, his stay in Vienna in 1839 gave rise to an entire series of valuable works for the piano, including the famous Faschingsschwank aus Wien (“Carnival of Vienna”). Schumann himself called the opus a “romantic spectacle”, and it met with a decidedly warm response from the critics: “Flashes of humor appear at every turn; skyrockets of wit and unbridled merriment soar upwards into the skies from all sides.”
The first public performance had to wait until 1860, after Schumann’s death, when his widow Clara presented Faschingsschwank to a Viennese audience. It was not least through this performance that Schumann's music found a home on the River Danube. The brilliant work has rightly remained in the standard repertoire to the present day.


19세기의 많은 음악가들과 마찬가지로 슈만 역시 음악의 중심인 비엔나에 정착하기 원했습니다.
비록 그 바람은 이루어지지 않았지만 1839년 비엔나에서 보낸 시간은 Carnival of Vienna를 포함한 그의 중요한 피아노 작품들에 큰 영감을 주었습니다. 비평가들에게 호평을 받았던 이 작품 Carnival of Vienna는 슈만이 죽은 후인 1860년에야 처음으로 비엔나 관객들 앞에서 할 수 있었습니다. 지금까지도 피아노 스탠다드 레파토리로 인정받고 있는 작품입니다.