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MUSIC The next piece we will learn originally for the piano is the Happy Farmer from the Album for the Young by Robert Schumann. This piece is important because the student learns how to play the hooked bowing. The dotted quarter note connected to the eighth note on the same bow. Another very important bow stroke learned in this piece is the travel bow.

To help with the memorization of the piece, the student should be aware of the form A a prime,B b prime. The student will isolate and practice the hooked bow stroke on the open a before playing the piece. Makes sure to bite, or catch the eighth note for articulation.

Okay, so let's practice our hooked bowing. On the open A. So let's put our hand up here we'll set the bow in the middle or let's actually set it at the frog. Check the bow hold. Good so we're going to play ta dot. And we're going to stop on the dot. Catch the bow and then release it for the T, the eight note, okay?

Ta dot, ta dot. MUSIC Good can you do it by yourself? MUSIC Good, all right lets practice our travel bow to the frog. Two fingers down on the T string. We'll play to the frog, stop in the middle, good, lets do it again.

MUSIC Good, can you do that by yourself? MUSIC Very good. All right, let's play the whole piece, ready?

Bow in the middle and we're going to start on the up bow. MUSIC Ta dot, ta, dot MUSIC Up MUSIC Two, the frog, stop. Now section b. MUSIC Fourth finger a little higher.

MUSIC Good. MUSIC Very good. Okay Milan, would you like to play this all by yourself? Remember to start up bow. MUSIC Very good! Guardian crossword 25560. That was great!

Album for the Young (Album für die Jugend), Op. 68, was composed by Robert Schumann in 1848 for his three daughters. The album consists of a collection of 43 short works. Unlike the Kinderszenen, they are suitable to be played by children or beginners. Combat arms eu. The second part, starting at Nr. 19 ('Kleine Romanze'), is marked Für Erwachsenere (For adults; For more grown-up ones) and contains more demanding pieces.

List of pieces[edit]

First part[edit]

1. Melodie (Melody), C major
2. Soldatenmarsch (Soldiers' march), G major
3. Trällerliedchen (Humming song), C major
4. Ein Choral (Chorale), G major. Harmonisation of 'Selig sind, die aus Erbamen' or 'Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele' found in number 7 of BWV 39
5. Stückchen (A little piece), C major
6. Armes Waisenkind (The poor orphan), A minor
7. Jägerliedchen (Hunting song), F major
8. Wilder Reiter (The wild rider), A minor (This piece is more commonly known in English as 'The Wild Horseman')
9. Volksliedchen (Folk song), D minor
10. Fröhlicher Landmann, von der Arbeit zurückkehrend ('The merry peasant', returning from work or 'The Happy Farmer'), F major (the 1907 song 'Red Wing' is based on this melody; the tune was also used extensively in the underscore of The Wizard of Oz)
11. Sizilianisch (Sicilienne), A minor
12. Knecht Ruprecht (Servant Ruprecht), A minor
13. Mai, lieber Mai (May, sweet May), E major
14. Kleine Studie (Little etude), G major
15. Frühlingsgesang (Spring song), E major
16. Erster Verlust (First loss), E minor
17. Kleiner Morgenwanderer (Little morning wanderer), A major
18. Schnitterliedchen (The reaper's song), C major

Second part[edit]

19. Kleine Romanze (Little romance), A minor
20. Ländliches Lied (Rustic song), A major
21. * * * (untitled), C major (based on 'Prison-Terzetto' ('Euch werde Lohn in bessern Welten') from Beethoven's Fidelio)
22. Rundgesang (Roundelay), A major
23. Reiterstück (The horseman), D minor
24. Ernteliedchen (Harvest song), A major
25. Nachklänge aus dem Theater (Echoes from the theatre), A minor
26. * * * (untitled), F major
27. Kanonisches Liedchen (A little canon), A minor
28. Erinnerung (4 November 1847) (Remembrance), A major (the date of Felix Mendelssohn's death)
29. Fremder Mann (The stranger), D minor
30. * * * (untitled), F major
31. Kriegslied (Song of war), D major
32. Scheherazade, A minor
33. Weinlesezeit – fröhliche Zeit! (Gathering of the grapes – happy time!), E major
34. Thema (Theme), C major
35. Mignon, E-flat major
36. Lied italienischer Marinari (Italian mariners' song), G minor
37. Matrosenlied (Sailors' Song), G minor
38. Winterzeit I (Wintertime I), C minor (sometimes considered one piece with Wintertime II)
39. Winterzeit II (Wintertime II), C minor/C major
40. Kleine Fuge (Little fugue), A major
41. Nordisches Lied (Northern Song – Salute to G.), F major (dedicated to Niels Gade; it is based on the cryptogram G-A-D-E)
42. Figurierter Choral (Figured chorale), F major
43. Sylvesterlied (New Year's Eve), A major

Appendix (selection)[edit]

More pieces have been identified from various manuscripts; these are not formally numbered and are denoted as pieces from the appendix (German: Anhang).^[1][2][3]

• Soldatenmarsch (Soldiers' March, Clara Schumann version)
• Wilder Reiter (The Wild Horseman, alternate version)
• Für ganz Kleinem (For the very young)
• Puppenschlafliedchen (Dolls' lullaby)
• Canone 'Aus ist der Schmaus, die Gäste gehn nach Haus' (Canon 'The feast is over, the guests go home')
• Auf der Gondel (On the gondola)
• Linke Hand, soll sich auch zeigen (Left hand, should also show itself)
• Gukkuk im Versteck (Cuckoo in hiding)
• Ein Ländler von Franz Schubert (A Ländler by Franz Schubert)
• Ein Thema von Georg Friedrich Händel (A theme by George Frideric Handel)
• Haschemann
• Fest in Tact, im Tone rein, Kanon für Singstimmen (Firmly on the beat, in pure intonation, canon for voices)
• Ein Stückchen von Johann Sebastian Bach (A piece by Johann Sebastian Bach)
• Ein Trinklied von C. M. von Weber (A drinking song by Carl Maria von Weber)
• Lagune in Venedig (Lagoon in Venice)
• Thema – Beethoven Op. 109 (Theme from Beethoven's op. 109)
• Bärentanz (Bear dance)
• Eine berühmte Melodie von L. van Beethoven (A famous tune by Ludwig van Beethoven)
• Kleiner Walzer (Little waltz)
• Ein Stückchen von Mozart (A piece by Mozart)
• Ein Stückchen von Gluck (A piece by Gluck)
• Ein Stückchen von Beethoven (A piece by Beethoven)
• Fragment, Es Dur (Fragment E-flat major)
• Präludium (Prelude)
• Walzer (Waltz)
• * * * (untitled) C Dur (C major)
• * * * (untitled) G Dur (G major)
• * * * (untitled) A Dur (A major)

References[edit]

1. ^List of piecesArchived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine as performed by Marco Tezza
2. ^List of pieces as performed by Juan Carlos Rodriguez
3. ^Album für die Jugend, Op. 68, editor: Ernst Herttrich, G. Henle Verlag 2007

External links[edit]

• Album für die Jugend: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) (Breitkopf & Härtel)
• Score at kreusch-sheet-music.net
• Album (selection). MP3s (No. 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 16, 19), pianosociety.com