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Myrthen - Wikipedia. Myrthen (Myrtles), Op. 25, is a song cycle composed in the spring of 1840 by Robert Schumann. Its 26 Lieder were written as a wedding gift for his fiancée, Clara Wieck, and presented to her on the eve of their wedding which took place on 12 September that year.
This is a list of compositions by Clara Schumann, initially arranged by genre, sortable by date of completion (click on "Comp.Date" column header).
Pages in category "Song cycles by Robert Schumann". The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Schumann, along with his fellow song review-ers on the staff of the Neue Zeitschrift fiir Mu-sik, were the first (and perhaps only) group during the nineteenth century to stress the desirability of musical as well as poetic coherence and in-tegrity in a song cycle. More specifically, to all the commentators in this group, close key rela-
Myrthen op. 25, Song Cycle. 1840 was Schumann’s famous “year of song” that brought forth over 100 lieder. They included Myrthen op. 25, which he dedicated “to his dear bride”, Clara Wieck-Schumann.
Despite the fact that Schumann initially looked down on the Lied phenomenon, but in 1840, just married to Clara, in his new role as family man felt obliged to provide a more substantial income. Considering the popularity of the lied genre with the middle class in those days, publishing songs was a logical way to bolster his wages.
1840 was Schumann’s famous “year of song” that brought forth over 100 lieder. They included Myrthen op. 25, which he dedicated “to his dear bride”, Clara Wieck-Schumann.
