Robert Schumann composed Von Fremdmen Ländern und Menschen (‘From Unknown Lands and People’) in 1838 while he was separated from his future wife, Clara, whose father refused permission for the couple to be together. It is a wonderfully poetic opening to a sequence of 13 miniatures called Kinderszenen (‘Scenes from Childhood’), a song-cycle without words.
In its tiny frame, the piece explores fascinating changes of mood and a unique approach to transition. Schumann floats a soaring phrase several times over a gentle triplet accompaniment, like a barcarolle, with the notes divided between the hands. Inside the texture, the musical notes BACH revolve mysteriously. Schumann loved ciphers - the musical letters in Clara’s name (CAA) also appear in the piece, to magical effect.
In a future video, Matthew King will discuss some of these things in more detail
Robert Schumann: Von Fremdmen Ländern und Menschen (1838)
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8 мар 2024
