The edition Schumann for Guitar is an interesting attempt to transfer Robert Schumann’s romantic, lyrical music to the guitar. As a consequence, new tonal possibilities present themselves for the guitar repertoire, particularly in view of the fact that Schumann himself never composed an original piece for guitar.

This volume naturally contains pieces from the famous piano cycles Album fr die Jugend, Kinderszenen and Albumblatter, but also some lieder like Mondnacht or Im wunderschonen Monat Mai. Special highlights of the volume are the original Schumann transcriptions by Francisco Trrega (1852-1909) which prove that guitarists studied Schumann’s music as early as the 19th century.

Schumann for Guitar is ideal for concerts and music lessons, but also for private music-making. The pieces are of easy to intermediate technical difficulty so that even amateur guitar players will enjoy the pieces!

Further editions in the for Guitar series: Bach for Guitar (ED 21601), Handel for Guitar (ED 22319), Mozart for Guitar (ED 21856), Sor for Guitar (ED 22349), Trrega for Guitar (ED 21857), and Dowland for Guitar (ED 22743).

Schumann for Guitar

Composer: Robert Schumann
Publisher: Schott Music
Instrument: Guitar
Pages: 48