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In this series of piano solos, Schumann provides us with his adult reminiscences of childhood.


MOVEMENTS

# Of Foreign Lands and Peoples (''Von fremden Ländern und Menschen''), G major
# A Curious Story (''Kuriose Geschichte''), D major
# Blind Man's Bluff (''Hasche-Mann''), B minor
# Pleading Child (''Bittendes Kind''), D major
# Happiness (''Glückes genug''), D major
# An Important Event (''Wichtige Begebenheit''), A major
# Reverie (''Träumerei''), F major
# At The Fireside (''Am Kamin''), F major
# Knight Of The Hobbyhorse (''Ritter vom Steckenpferd''), C major
# Almost Too Serious (''Fast zu ernst''), G-sharp minor
# Frightening (''Fürchtenmachen''), E minor
# Child Falling Asleep (''Kind im Einschlummern''), E minor
# The Poet Speaks (''Der Dichter spricht''), G major


MOVIES AND ADVERTISING


''Träumerei'' is the "Song of Love" of Robert and Clara Schumann in the 1947 movie of the same name starring Katherine Hepburn as Clara Wiek Schumann. Movements from this opus have been used in the movies '' Crush (film) '', '' The Adventures Of Milo And Otis '', and '' My Brilliant Career '' and in the ad campaign for the Antidepressant Cymbalta . It also featured prominently in the film '' My Life As McDull '' (2001).

Fast Zu Ernst appears in the movie Shine (film) in its entirety.


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