Schumann Carnaval, Op. 9
Schumann, Robert / Hinson, Maurice![Schumann Carnaval, Op. 9](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/113/11354054/CHSBZCOP0311354054.jpg)
Carnaval is characteristic of Schumann's highly individual youthful romanticism and requires musical maturity for performance. Written for advanced pianists, it is a series of glimpses enveloped in the atmosphere of a masked ball with titles such as Arlequin, " "Papillons, " "Sphinxes, " "Coquette" and so on. Most of the 23 pieces are based on the notes A-S-C-H, arranged in a succession of melodic and rhythm patterns ("s" is German for E-flat,...