List of compositions by Clara Schumann#Arrangements

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|Overture

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|data-sort-value="1832a"|1830–32

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|lost

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|Scherzo

|orch

|data-sort-value="1833a"|1830–33

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|lost

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|Op. 7

|Piano Concerto in A minor

:3 mvts

|pf orch

|data-sort-value="1835a"|1833–35

|1836

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|Op. 18

|Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor

|pf orch

|1847

|1994

|intended as Op. 18 but unfinished;Koch, Paul-August. "Clara Wieck-Schumann: (1819-1896): Kompositionen: eine Zusammenstellung der Werke, Literatur und Schallplatten". Frankfurt am Main: Zimmermann, 1991, p. 24.

1st mvt only, publ. 1994 as Konzertsatz

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|Op. 17

|Piano Trio in G minor

:4 mvts

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|data-sort-value="1846c"|by 1846

|1846

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|Op. 22

|(3) Romanze für Clavier und Violine

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|data-sort-value="1853b"|1853

|1855

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|Variationen über ein Tyroler Lied

|pf

|data-sort-value="1830a"|1830

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|lost

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|Variationen über ein Original-Thema

|pf

|data-sort-value="1830b"|1830

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|lost

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|Op. 1

|4 Polonaises

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|E{{music|b}} major

|C major

|D major

|C major

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|pf

|data-sort-value="1830c"|1830

|1831

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|Phantasie-Variationen über ein Wieck Romanze

|pf

|1831

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|lost

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|Op. 2

|(9) Caprices en forme de valse

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|C major

|D major

|E{{music|b}} major

|A{{music|b}} major

|B{{music|b}} major

|C major

|A{{music|b}} major

|E{{music|b}} major

|D{{music|b}} major

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|pf

|data-sort-value="1832b"|1831–32

|1832

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|WoO 4

|Etude in A{{music|b}}

|pf

|data-sort-value="1832c"|1832

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|Op. 3

|Romance variée in C major

|pf

|data-sort-value="1833b"|1833

|1833

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|Rondo in B minor

|pf

|data-sort-value="1833d"|1833

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|lost

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|Op. 4

|Valses romantiques

|pf

|1835

|1835

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|Op. 5

|4 Pièces caractéristiques

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|Impromptu: Le Sabbat

|Caprices a la boleros

|Romance

|Scene fantastique: Le Ballet des revenants

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|pf

|data-sort-value="1835b"|1835

|1836

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|Op. 6

|(6) Soirées musicales

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|Toccatina in A minor

|Notturno in F major

|Mazurka in G minor

|Ballade in D minor

|Mazurka in G major

|Polonaise in A minor

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|pf

|1836

|1836

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|Op. 8

|Variations de concert sur la cavatine du Pirate de Bellini

|pf

|1837

|1837

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|Op. 9

|Souvenir de Vienne, Impromptu in G minor

|pf

|1838

|1838

|Variations on Haydn's "Emperor" hymn ("Deutschlandlied"){{cite book |last1=Reich |first1=Nancy |title=Clara Schumann: The Artist and the Woman |date=15 July 2013 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=978-0-8014-6829-2 |page=229 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Clara_Schumann/MlX75Dkt2w4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA229&printsec=frontcover |access-date=7 May 2025 |language=en}}

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|Op. 10

|Scherzo (No. 1) in D minor

|pf

|data-sort-value="1838a"|1838?

|1839

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|Op. 11

|3 Romances

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|E{{music|b}} minor

|G minor

|A{{music|b}} major

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|pf

|1839

|1840

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|Piano Sonata in G minor

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|Allegro (G minor)

|Adagio (E{{music|b}} major)

|Scherzo (G major)

|Rondo finale (G minor)

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|pf

|data-sort-value="1842"|1841–42

|1991

|mvts I & III originally written in Dec.1841 as Sonatine. Allegro und Scherzo, mvts II & IV added in Jan.1842;

mvt III publ. 1845 as Op. 15 No. 4

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|Impromptu in E major

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|data-sort-value="1844"|c.1844

|1885

|published as No. 17 in Album du Gaulois

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|Op. 14

|Scherzo No. 2 in C minor

|pf

|data-sort-value="1844a"|after 1840

|1845

|Uses themes from Lied Op. 12, No. 2, "Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen"

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|Op. 15

|4 Flüchtige Stücke ("4 Fleeting Pieces")

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|F major

|A minor

|D major

|G major

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|data-sort-value="1844b"|1840–44?

4. 1841

|1845

|No. 4 originally part of Sonatine/Sonata

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|Op. 16

|3 Praeludien und Fugen

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|G minor

|B{{music|b}} major

|D minor

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|data-sort-value="1845"|by 1845

|1845

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|Praeludium und Fuga a 4 voci in F{{music|#}} minor

|pf

|data-sort-value="1845a"|1845

|2015

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|Praeludium in F minor

|pf

|data-sort-value="1845b"|1845

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|listed erroneously in some catalogs as an unpublished introduction to the "easy" Praeludien für Schüler of 1895, but was actually written 50 years earlier

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|3 Fugen über Themen von J. S. Bach

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|Fuga a 4 voci in E{{music|b}} major

|Fuga a 4 voci in E major

|Fuga a 4 voci in G minor

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|pf

|data-sort-value="1845c"|1845

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|Op. 20

|Variationen über ein Thema von Robert Schumann in F{{music|#}} minor

|pf

|1853

|1854

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|Op. 21

|3 Romanzen

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|A minor

|F major

|G minor

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|pf

|data-sort-value="1853a"|1853

|1855

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|WoO 28

|Romanze in A minor

|pf

|data-sort-value="1853e"|1853

|unpubl.

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|Romanze in B minor

|pf

|1855?

|posth.

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|Geburstagmarsch ("Wedding Anniversary March") in E{{music|b}} major

|pf4h

|1879

|unpubl.

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|(6) Praeludien

|pf

|data-sort-value="1895a"|c.1895

|unpubl.

|notated piano improvisations;

listed in some catalogs as Vorspiele

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|Einfach Praeludien für Schüler ("Easy Preludes for Students")

|pf

|data-sort-value="1895c"|1895

|unpubl.

|notated piano improvisations

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|Cadenzas for Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major (Op. 58) Mvts 1 and 3

|pf

|1846

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|Cadenza for Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor (Op. 37) Mvt 1

|pf

|1868

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|Cadenzas for Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor (K. 466) Mvts 1 and 3

|pf

|data-sort-value="1891"|by 1891

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|William Sterndale Bennett: Andante cantabile, from Three Diversions (for four hands, Op. 17) (arr. C. Schumann)

|pf

|data-sort-value="1841a"|c.1841

|2012

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|Symphony No. 1 (Schumann) (arr. C. Schumann)

|pf4h

|data-sort-value="1842b"|c.1842–57

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|Robert Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri (oratorio, Op. 50) (piano reduction of orchestral score by C. Schumann)

|pf

|data-sort-value="1843c"|c.1843–57

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|Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C major (Op. 61) (arr. C. Schumann)

|pf4h

|data-sort-value="1846d"|c.1846–57

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|Robert Schumann: Genoveva (opera, Op. 81) (piano reduction of orchestral score by C. Schumann)

|pf

|data-sort-value="1848a"|c.1848–57

|1880

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|Piano Quintet (Schumann) (arr. C. Schumann)

|pf4h

|1857

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|a reworking of an arrangement abandoned by Brahms

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|Robert Schumann: Scenen aus Göthe's Faust (oratorio, WoO 3) (piano reduction of orchestral score by C. Schumann)

|pf

|1858

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|Johannes Brahms: Serenade No. 1 in D Major (for orchestra, Op. 11) Mvt 4 Menuetto I/II (arr. C. Schumann)

|pf

|1858 or later

|2012

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|Johannes Brahms: Serenade No. 2 in A Major (for orchestra, Op. 16) (arr. C. Schumann)

|pf

|1859 or later

|2012

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|30 mélodies de Robert Schumann (30 Lieder und Gesänge von Robert Schumann, für Clavier übertragen)

{{ordered list

|Widmung (Op. 25 No. 1)

|Freisinn (Op. 25 No. 2)

|Schöne Fremde (Op. 39 No. 6)

|Dein Angesicht (Op. 127 No. 2)

|Ich wand're nicht (Op. 51 No. 3)

|Märzveilchen (Op. 40 No. 1)

|Burg' und Burgen (Op. 24 No. 7)

|Mondnacht (Op. 39 No. 5)

|Er ist's (Op. 79 No. 24)

|An den Sonnenschein (Op. 36 No. 4)

|Mit Myrthen und Rosen (Op. 24 No. 9)

|Die Stille (Op. 39 No. 4)

|Geständniss (Op. 74 No. 7)

|Der Nussbaum (Op. 25 No. 3)

|Rose, Meer und Sonne (Op. 37 No. 9)

|Philinen's Lied (Op. 98 No. 7)

|Volksliedchen (Op. 51 No. 2)

|Nichts Schöneres (Op. 36 No. 3)

|Du bist wie eine Blume (Op. 25 No. 24)

|Er, der Herrlichste von Allen (Op. 42 No. 2)

|Intermezzo: Dein Bildniss (Op. 39 No. 2)

|Dem rothen Röslein gleicht mein Lieb' (Op. 27 No. 2)

|Der Knabe mit dem Wunderhorn (Op. 30 No. 1)

|Die Lotosblume (Op. 25 No. 7)

|Sehnsucht (Op. 51 No. 1)

|Sonntags am Rhein (Op. 36 No. 1)

|In der Fremde (Op. 39 No. 1)

|Frühlingsnacht (Op. 39 No. 12)

|Helft mir, ihr Schwestern (Op. 42 No. 5)

|Ständchen (Op. 36 No. 2)

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|pf

|1872–74

|c.1874

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|(11) Lieder by Robert Schumann

{{ordered list

|Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden (Op. 24, No. 5)

|Lied der Braut (Op. 25, No. 11)

|Lust der Sturmnacht (Op. 35, No. 1)

|Wanderlied (Op. 35, No. 3)

|Sehnsucht nach der Waldgegend (Op. 35, No. 5)

|Stille Tränen (Op. 35, No. 10)

|Frühlingsfahrt (Op. 45, No. 2)

|Loreley (Op. 53, No. 2)

|Die Soldatenbraut (Op. 64, No. 1)

|Frühlingslust (Op. 125, No. 2)

|Mädchen-Schwermut (Op. 142, No. 3)

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|pf

|data-sort-value="1874"|1872–74

|2012

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|Robert Schumann: Etuden in kanonischer Form für Orgel oder Pedalklavier (Op. 56) (arr. C. Schumann)

|pf

|data-sort-value="1887"|c.1887?

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|Robert Schumann: Skizzen für Orgel oder Pedalklavier (Op. 58) (arr. C. Schumann)

|pf

|data-sort-value="1887a"|c.1887?

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|Schwäne kommen gezogen (partsong)

|ch

|1830

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|lost"[https://www.schumann-portal.de/verlorene-oder-vermisste-werke.html Verlorene oder vermisste Werke]" (in German). Schumann Portal. Retrieved 15-09-2024.

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|Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär (3-part canon)

|3v

|data-sort-value="1840c"|1840

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|Op. 19

|3 Gemischte Chöre (partsongs)

:text: Geibel

{{ordered list

|Abendfeyer in Venedig

|Vorwärts

|Gondoliera

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|ch

|1848

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|composed for Robert Schumann's 38th birthday;

intended as Op. 19 but withheld

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|Alte Heimat

:text: Kerner

|v pf

|data-sort-value="1831a"|1831

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|lost

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|Der Traum von Tiedge

|v pf

|data-sort-value="1831b"|1831

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|lost

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|Der Wanderer

:text: Kerner

|v pf

|data-sort-value="1831c"|1831

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|authenticity doubtful

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|Der Wanderer in der Sägemühle

:text: Kerner

|v pf

|1832?

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|authenticity doubtful

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|An Alexis

|v pf

|data-sort-value="1833c"|1833

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|formerly thought to be a lost piano piece written in 1832, discovered c.1990

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|Walzer

:text: Lyser

|v pf

|1834?

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|Der Abendstern

|v pf

|data-sort-value="1834a"|1834?

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|Am Strande

:text: Burns

|v pf

|1840

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|Ihr Bildnis

:text: Heine

|v pf

|data-sort-value="1840a"|1840

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|revised 1843 as Ich stand in dunklen Träumen Op. 13 No. 1

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|Volkslied

:text: Heine

|v pf

|data-sort-value="1840b"|1840

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|Op. 12

|(3) Gedichte aus Rückerts Liebesfrühling (songs)

:text: Rückert

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|Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen (R. Schumann's Op. 37 No. 2)

|Liebst du um Schönheit (R. Schumann's Op. 37 No. 4)

|Warum willst du and're fragen (R. Schumann's Op. 37 No. 11)

}}

|v pf

|data-sort-value="1840d"|1840

|1841

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|Die gute Nacht, die ich dir sage

:text: Rückert

|v pf

|1841

|1992

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|Sie liebten sich beide

:text: Heine

|v pf

|data-sort-value="1842a"|1842

|unpubl.

|revised as Op. 13 No. 6

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|Op. 13

|6 Lieder

{{ordered list

|Ich stand in dunklen Träumen

:text: Heine

|Sie liebten sich beide

:text: Heine

|Liebeszauber

:text: Geibel

|Der Mond kommt still gegangen

:text: Geibel

|Ich hab' in deinem Auge

:text: Rückert

|Die stille Lotosblume

:text: Geibel

}}

|v pf

|data-sort-value="1843"|1842–43

1,5. 1843
2. 1843?
3-4,6. 1842

|1843

|1. 2nd version of Ihr Bildnis
2. 2nd version

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|Lorelei

:text: Heine

|v pf

|data-sort-value="1843a"|1843

|1990

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|Oh weh des Scheidens, das er tat

:text: Rückert

|v pf

|data-sort-value="1843b"|1843

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|Mein Stern

:text: Serre

|v pf

|data-sort-value="1846a"|1846

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|Beim Abschied

:text: Serre

|v pf

|data-sort-value="1846b"|1846

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|Op. 23

|6 Lieder aus "Jucunde" von Hermann Rollet

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|Was weinst du, Blümlein

|An einem lichten Morgen

|Geheimes Flüstern hier und dort

|Auf einem grünen Hügel

|Das ist ein Tag, der klingen mag

|O Lust, o Lust

}}

|v pf

|data-sort-value="1853c"|1853

|1855

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|Das Veilchen

:text: Goethe

|v pf

|data-sort-value="1853d"|1853

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{{Reflist}}

• Reich, Nancy B. [https://books.google.com/books?id=MlX75Dkt2w4C Clara Schumann: The Artist and the Woman, Revised edition, 2001]. pp. 289-337 (Catalogue of Works). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. {{ISBN|0801468302}}. {{OCLC|856430972}}

• New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 7th edition, 2001. S.v. "Schumann, Clara," by Nancy B. Reich.

• Koch, Paul-August. Clara Wieck-Schumann: (1819-1896): Kompositionen: eine Zusammenstellung der Werke, Literatur und Schallplatten. Frankfurt am Main: Zimmermann; Hofheim am Taunus: F. Hofmeister, 1991, 48 p., ML134.S339 A35. Thematic catalog and discography.

• Schumann, Clara. Sämtliche Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier: Complete Songs for Voice and Piano. Ed. by Joachim Draheim and Brigitte Höft. 2 vols. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1990.

• Reich, Nancy B.: "Clara Schumann: The Artist and the Woman". Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1985. Original edition.

• New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 6th edition, 1980. S.v. "Schumann, Clara," by Pamela Süsskind.

• [https://imslp.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Clara_Schumann List of works at IMSLP]. Free downloadable scores.

• [https://www.geneva.edu/~dksmith/clara/ Clara Schumann website at Geneva College]

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