Fantasy Pieces

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Fantasy Pieces is the common English title of Robert Schumann’s piano cycle "Fantasiestücke, Op. 12," a set of eight character pieces noted for their poetic, imaginative moods.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Romantic piano work
piano cycle
set of character pieces
associatedPersonas Eusebius GENERATED
Florestan GENERATED
commonlyPerformedIn piano recitals
commonlyStudiedIn advanced piano repertoire
composer Robert Schumann NERFINISHED
composerNationality German
dedicatedTo Anna Robena Laidlaw NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYear 1837
form cycle of short pieces
genre character pieces
inspiredBy E. T. A. Hoffmann’s Fantasiestücke in Callots Manier NERFINISHED
instrumentation solo piano
keyOfMovement1 D-flat major
keyOfMovement2 F minor
keyOfMovement3 D-flat major
keyOfMovement4 D-flat major
keyOfMovement5 F minor
keyOfMovement6 G minor
keyOfMovement7 F major
keyOfMovement8 F major
languageOfOriginalTitle German
movement Aufschwung
Des Abends
Ende vom Lied
Fabel NERFINISHED
Grillen NERFINISHED
In der Nacht
Traumes Wirren NERFINISHED
Warum?
notedFor contrasting inner characters
imaginative moods
poetic character
numberOfPieces 8
opusNumber Op. 12
originalTitle Fantasiestücke NERFINISHED
period Romantic era
placeInComposerOutput early piano cycle
publisher Breitkopf & Härtel NERFINISHED
textureCharacteristics expressive rubato potential
lyrical writing
virtuosic passages
titleInEnglish Fantasy Pieces NERFINISHED
typicalPerformanceDuration about 25 minutes
yearComposed 1837

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