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Easy Schumann piano pieces
The most approachable Schumann on the shelf, free to read, hear and print. Easiest first.
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Schumann wrote his Album for the Young in 1848 for his daughters, and it is still one of the best books of first pieces ever written: the Wild Horseman, the Soldier's March, the Happy Farmer, each a little scene in under a minute.
These are his easiest pieces on the shelf, easiest first, with the Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood, where Träumerei lives) not far beyond them.
Kinderszenen, Op. 15 No. 7: Träumerei
F major · 2 min
Soldier's March Op. 68 No. 2
G major · <1 min
Album for the Young, Op. 68 No. 36: Italian Mariners' Song
G minor · 1 min
Album for the Young, Op. 68 No. 1: Melody
C major · 1 min
Album for the Young, Op. 68 No. 5: Little Piece (Stückchen)
C major · 1 min
Curious Story, Op. 15 No. 2
D major · 2 min
The Wild Horseman Op. 68 No. 8
C major · <1 min
Op. 12 No. 1 Des Abends
D♭ major · 3 min
Album for the Young, Op. 68 No. 12: Knecht Ruprecht
A minor · 1 min
Kinderszenen, Op. 15 No. 6: Wichtige Begebenheit
A major · 1 min
Album for the Young, Op. 68 No. 3: Humming Song (Trällerliedchen)
C major · 1 min
Album for the Young Op. 68 No. 16 First Grief
E minor · <1 min
Album for the Young, Op. 68 No. 26
F major · 1 min