Explore Newly Unveiled Schumann Works

As you may know, Paul Green and Frederick Moyer have presented on this site two works by Robert Schumann that have never before been available to the general public. If you are viewing this site with Safari, Google Chrome, or the latest Firefox click the following links to explore these works in detail:

Schumann: Sonata No. 3: Original Finale Movement

http://rodeocloud.com/Schumann/4d9a4f534b43d/

Schumann: Sonata No. 4 (Sketch): First Movement

http://rodeocloud.com/Schumann/4d3ba35f1c84f/

Schumann: Sonata No. 4 (Sketch): FinaleMovement

http://rodeocloud.com/Schumann/4d65a0cb05055/

Note: These web pages will only run properly with Safari, Google Chrome, or Firefox as these browsers use the latest web technology (“WebKit” / “HTML5.”) Safari, Chrome, and Firefox are  free and run on Windows and Mac. For the latest versions, please click the respective links above.

On our Schumann pages, you can:

• See both the original manuscript and our deciphered score:

• Listen to Frederick Moyer perform these works while following along in either manuscript or deciphered score:

• See the manuscript zoomed in:

• Read notes on places in the manuscript:

• Hear animated commentary about other places:

Note: If you would rather download the software as a standalone application, please click on the following links:

Schumann4thSonata: Windows – Mac

SchumannPrestoPossibile: Windows – Mac

Please let us know if you have any problems!

Concurrently, Moyer’s record label, JRI Recordings, has made available for purchase the sheet music for these works, either in printed form or as PDF downloads. These then are the first publications of these works by the great Romantic master:

• ”Presto Possibile” — early version of finale movement to Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 14, is available here.

• Sonata No. 4 (Sketch,) is available here.

As news of the uncovering of Robert Schumann’s 4th piano sonata spreads, various newspapers, magazines, Schumann scholars, radio stations, bloggers and others are taking note:

Newspapers:

Washington Post

Baltimore Sun

Chicago Tribune

The Herald Sun

Magazines:

The New Yorker

International Piano

Classical Music Magazine

Radio Stations that aired the Schumann 4th in 2009:

CBC Radio Music Canada (First to air the 4th Sonata performed by Fred Moyer on 8/22/09 at 12:00 PM during the program “In Tune” with Host Katherine Duncan)

88.3 KPAC-FM Classical Oasis, San Antonio, TX

89.9 WDAV Classical Public Radio, Davidson, NC

90.3 WHRO-FM Public Radio, Norfolk, VA

New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR)

Blogs:

Instant Encore

Dial “M” for Musicology

From Stanford University:

Green Library, Stanford University

Stanford Information Center