Schumann - Arabeske op.18 + Blumenstück op.19 - piano

Description

Robert Schumann's “Arabeske” and “Blumenstück” for solo piano were both composed while he was living in Vienna from October 1838 to April 1839. For this 2021 Bärenreiter Urtext edition of these popular pieces the editor Holger M. Stüwe has re-evaluated the surviving sources, devoting special attention to the placement of slurs & incorporating the latest findings in Schumann scholarship. With clear, uncluttered engraving, practical page turns & informative notes on historical performance practice by Sezi Seskir, a fortepiano specialist from Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA) with a special interest in Schumann's pianism & 18th/19th-century performance practice