Finally, I can post something that can perhaps be of interest to piano teachers and students. The new Schirmer Student Piano Library has made my edition of Schumann´s Scenes from Childhood available at the Hal Leonard website www.halleonard.com.The new edition is true to the original Schumann text, and provides a foreword, historical overview, performance comments and a cd which I recorded for the edition. I hope it will be enjoyed for many generations to come!

SCHUMANN - SCENES FROM CHILDHOOD (KINDERSCENEN) OPUS 15
Schirmer Performance Editions Series
Series: Educational Piano Library
Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.
Medium: Softcover with CD

Editor: Jeffrey Biegel
Composer: Robert Schumann

Perfect literature for the intermediate to early advanced pianist, these miniatures by Schumann have been favorites of many generations of students. The pieces are an excellent introduction to Schumann's piano music and to Romantic musical literature in general. Includes the famous “Träumerei.” Contents: Of Strange Lands and People (Von fremden Ländern und Menschen) • Curious Story (Kuriose Geschichte) • Blindman's Bluff (Hasche-Mann) • Pleading Child (Bittendes Kind) • Perfect Happiness (Glückes genug) • Great Adventure (Wichtige Begebenheit) • Reverie (Träumerei) • By the Fireside (Am Kamin) • On the Rocking Horse (Ritter vom Steckenpferd) • Almost Too Serious (Fast zu ernst) • Hobgoblin (Fürchtenmachen) • A Child Falling Asleep (Kind in Einschlummern) • The Poet Speaks (Der Dichter spricht)

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$9.95 (US)
Inventory # HL 00296641
ISBN: 1423405439
UPC: 73999753141
Width: 9
Length: 12
32 pages

---and the Sonatina Album is now available. At www.halleonard.com, you can select 'What's New', then link 'Classical' and both editions will appear. If anyone has any questions with the editions, I would happy to answer anything regarding the editions, historical background and/or anything relating to the edition and recording.