- Schumann’s piano trio for piano, violin, and cello was written in 18471 within a span of just two weeks, amid a period of creative outpouring.2 The piece is passionate, restless, and quintessentially Romantic in character.
- Titles of the four movements:
- Mit Energie und Leidenschaft (“With energy and passion”)
- Lebhaft, doch nicht zu rasch (“Lively, but not too fast”)
- Langsam, mit inniger Empfindung (“Slowly, with deep feeling”)
- Mit Feuer (“With fire”)3
Sources
- Robert Schumann, Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 63 (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1848).
- Timothy Judd, “Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 63: Passionate Romantic Currents,” The Listeners’ Club (2022), accessed November 15, 2022, https://thelistenersclub.com/2022/01/17/schumanns-piano-trio-no-1-in-d-minor-op-63-passionate-romantic-currents/.
- Robert Schumann, Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 63.
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