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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instanceOf Romantic piano work
piano cycle
set of character pieces
associatedPersonas Eusebius
Florestan
commonlyPerformedIn piano recitals
commonlyStudiedIn advanced piano repertoire
composer Robert Schumann
composerNationality German
dedicatedTo Anna Robena Laidlaw
firstPublicationYear 1837
form cycle of short pieces
genre character pieces
inspiredBy E. T. A. Hoffmann’s Fantasiestücke in Callots Manier
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
Grillen
In der Nacht
Traumes Wirren
Warum?
notedFor contrasting inner characters
imaginative moods
poetic character
numberOfPieces 8
opusNumber Op. 12
originalTitle Fantasiestücke
period Romantic era
placeInComposerOutput early piano cycle
publisher Breitkopf & Härtel
textureCharacteristics expressive rubato potential
lyrical writing
virtuosic passages
titleInEnglish Fantasy Pieces
typicalPerformanceDuration about 25 minutes
yearComposed 1837

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Fantasy Pieces titleInEnglish Fantasy Pieces