Schumann I

Read: Todd: 255-315
Listen to: Schumann: Papillons, op. 2, and Kinderszenen, op. 15.
Write: Notes on reading and listening to turn in.

In class: Introduction to Schumann's life, Papillons, op. 2 (1829-1831) and the invention of the piano cycle; literary concerns (Jean Paul Richter and Flegeljahre), cyclic relations, self-quotation, recycling, etc.  If time: Kinderszenen, op. 15 (1838): motivic relations, self-quotation.

For next class:
Listen to:
Carnaval, Davidsbündlertänze, Symphonic Etudes
Read: Todd 258-315 (continued)
Write: Notes on reading and listening to turn in.