Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 12 pieces (first version) 11 pieces (Theme and 10 impromptus) (second Version) |
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Composition Year | 1833 (first version) |
Genre Categories | Impromptus; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player |
Related Works | Romance variée, Op.3 by Clara Schumann, née Wieck |
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Work Title | Impromptus on a Theme of Clara Wieck |
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Alternative. Title | Impromptus sur une Romance de Clara Wieck ; Impromptus über ein Thema von Clara Wieck |
Composer | Schumann, Robert |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.5 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IRS 63 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 12 pieces (first version) 11 pieces (Theme and 10 impromptus) (second Version) |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1833 (first version) |
First Publication. | 1833 (first version) 1850 (second version) |
Dedication | Friedrich Wieck (1785–1873) (first version) |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | piano |
Related Works | Romance variée, Op.3 by Clara Schumann, née Wieck |
Dover has only reprinted the 2nd edition of 1850.
According to Claudia Stevens Becker (A New Look at Schumann’s Impromptus, Musical Quarterly, Vol. 67, No. 4, Oct., 1981, pp. 568-586) these works occupied Schumann from 1830 to 1833 (first version) and even through to 1850 (publication of the sec ond version) (what period of time within that period he was working on them I may need to go read her entire article to determine, however. -Schissel )