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Schumann: Album for the Young, Op. 68

Forty-three pieces Schumann wrote for his children in 1848: Nos. 1–18 for younger players, Nos. 19–43 for older ones.

The library has 21 of the book's 43 numbers, levels 3 to 5. Not in the library: Nos. 20–24, 26–34, and 36–43.

Pieces

21

Levels

3 to 5

Key signatures

3 flats to 4 sharps

Length

21 to 128 bars

In the book's order

Each with its number and level, and easier versions made from the score itself, so you can start below a piece's level and work up to it as written.

• Melody, Op. 68 No. 1
  no sharps or flats, 4/4, 24 bars
  No. 1 of 43; level 3
• Soldiers' March, Op. 68 No. 2
  1 sharp, 2/4, 48 bars
  No. 2 of 43; level 3
• Humming Song, Op. 68 No. 3
  no sharps or flats, 4/4, 24 bars
  No. 3 of 43; level 3
• Chorale, Op. 68 No. 4
  1 sharp, 4/4, 32 bars
  No. 4 of 43; level 3
• Little Piece, Op. 68 No. 5
  no sharps or flats, 4/4, 25 bars
  No. 5 of 43; level 3
• Poor Orphan Child, Op. 68 No. 6
  no sharps or flats, 2/4, 33 bars
  No. 6 of 43; level 4
• Hunting Song, Op. 68 No. 7
  1 flat, 6/8, 57 bars
  No. 7 of 43; level 3
• The Wild Rider, Op. 68 No. 8
  no sharps or flats, 6/8, 33 bars
  No. 8 of 43; level 3
• Folk Song, Op. 68 No. 9
  1 flat, 4/4, 24 bars
  No. 9 of 43; level 4
• The Happy Farmer, Op. 68 No. 10
  1 flat, 4/4, 21 bars
  No. 10 of 43; level 3
• Sicilienne, Op. 68 No. 11
  no sharps or flats, 6/8, 49 bars
  No. 11 of 43; level 4
• Knecht Ruprecht, Op. 68 No. 12
  no sharps or flats, 2/4, 112 bars
  No. 12 of 43; level 4
• May, Lovely May, Op. 68 No. 13
  4 sharps, 2/4, 53 bars
  No. 13 of 43; level 5
• Little Study, Op. 68 No. 14
  1 sharp, 6/8, 128 bars
  No. 14 of 43; level 3
• Spring Song, Op. 68 No. 15
  4 sharps, 6/8, 46 bars
  No. 15 of 43; level 4
• First Loss, Op. 68 No. 16
  1 sharp, 2/4, 49 bars
  No. 16 of 43; level 4
• The Little Morning Wanderer, Op. 68 No. 17
  3 sharps, 2/4, 42 bars
  No. 17 of 43; level 4
• The Reaper's Song, Op. 68 No. 18
  no sharps or flats, 6/8, 44 bars
  No. 18 of 43; level 4
• Little Romance, Op. 68 No. 19
  no sharps or flats, 4/4, 21 bars
  No. 19 of 43; level 4
• Echoes from the Theatre, Op. 68 No. 25
  no sharps or flats, 2/4, 63 bars
  No. 25 of 43; level 5
• Mignon, Op. 68 No. 35
  3 flats, 4/4, 61 bars
  No. 35 of 43; level 4

An order to learn them in

The same pieces from the easiest, by the level fitted to each score; within a level, in the book's order. Teachers skip about in these books, and so can you.

1. Level 3 The Happy Farmer, Op. 68 No. 10 · Humming Song, Op. 68 No. 3 · Melody, Op. 68 No. 1 · Little Piece, Op. 68 No. 5 · Chorale, Op. 68 No. 4 · The Wild Rider, Op. 68 No. 8 · Soldiers' March, Op. 68 No. 2 · Hunting Song, Op. 68 No. 7 · Little Study, Op. 68 No. 14
2. Level 4 Little Romance, Op. 68 No. 19 · Folk Song, Op. 68 No. 9 · Poor Orphan Child, Op. 68 No. 6 · The Little Morning Wanderer, Op. 68 No. 17 · The Reaper's Song, Op. 68 No. 18 · Spring Song, Op. 68 No. 15 · First Loss, Op. 68 No. 16 · Sicilienne, Op. 68 No. 11 · Mignon, Op. 68 No. 35 · Knecht Ruprecht, Op. 68 No. 12
3. Level 5 May, Lovely May, Op. 68 No. 13 · Echoes from the Theatre, Op. 68 No. 25

Other teaching books

Every book five or more library pieces are from.

• Köhler's Very Easiest Exercise Pieces, Op. 190 24
• Duvernoy's École primaire, Op. 176 16 of 25
• Mozart's first pieces, K. 1a–1f 6 of 6
• Anna Magdalena Bach's Notebook (1725) 10 of 20
• Burgmüller's 25 Easy Studies, Op. 100 16 of 25
• Le Couppey's L'Alphabet, Op. 17 25 of 25
• Lemoine's Études enfantines, Op. 37 29 of 50
• Czerny's 160 Eight-Measure Exercises, Op. 821 19 of 160
• Czerny's School of Velocity, Op. 299 6 of 40
• Clementi's Six Sonatinas, Op. 36 6 of 6
• Schumann's Album for the Young, Op. 68 21 of 43
• Schumann's Kinderszenen, Op. 15 7 of 13
• Chopin's 24 Preludes, Op. 28 8 of 24