Carnaval Schumann Meaning Carnaval, op.9, is a work for solo piano composed by Robert Schumann in the years 1834 to 1835. It is one of Schumann’s most representative works, along with Kinderszenen, op. 15 and Kreisleriana, op. 16; it is known as Schumann’s early masterpiece. There ar...
Hearing with the Body: Poetics of Musical Meaning in Novalis, Ritter, Hoffmann and Schumann Finally, I argue that Hoffmann's musical literary style can be heard and 'felt' in Robert Schumann's piano cycle, Kreisleriana, Op. 16 (1838), as other scholars have also analyzed, but that there ...