SCENES FROM CHILDHOOD, OP. 15BY ROBERT SCHUMANN / ED. WILLARD A. PALMERSERIES: ALFRED MASTERWORK EDITIONCATEGORY: PIANO COLLECTIONFORMAT: BOOKINSTRUMENT: PIANOLEVEL: INTERMEDIATE / EARLY ADVANCEDDESCRIPTION:-WHEREAS SCHUMANN COMPOSED THE ALBUM FOR THE YOUNG FOR CHILDREN, HIS SCENES FROM CHILDHOOD (KINDERSZENEN) ARE REFLECTIONS OF CHILDHOOD FOR ADULTS. LIKE MANY OF HIS CHARACTER PIECES, SCHUMANN NOTES THAT THE 13 SELECTIONS IN THIS SET WERE COMPOSED BEFORE THEIR TITLES WERE ASSIGNED. PALMER`S SCHOLARLY EDITION INCLUDES A TABLE OF SUGGESTED TEMPOS FOR THE WORKS TAKEN FROM EARLY EDITIONS AND FROM THE RECORDED PERFORMANCES OF VARIOUS ARTISTS.CONTENTS-ABOUT STRANGE LANDS AND PEOPLE [OP. 15, NO. 1] ROBERT SCHUMANN (COMPOSER)-ALMOST TOO SERIOUS [OP. 15, NO. 10] ROBERT SCHUMANN (COMPOSER)-BY THE FIRESIDE [OP. 15, NO. 8] ROBERT SCHUMANN (COMPOSER)-CATCH ME! [OP. 15, NO. 3] ROBERT SCHUMANN (COMPOSER)-CHILD FALLING ASLEEP [OP. 15, NO. 12] ROBERT SCHUMANN (COMPOSER)-CURIOUS STORY [OP. 15, NO. 2] ROBERT SCHUMANN (COMPOSER)-FRIGHTENING [OP. 15, NO. 11] ROBERT SCHUMANN (COMPOSER)-IMPORTANT EVENT [OP. 15, NO. 6] ROBERT SCHUMANN (COMPOSER)-KNIGHT OF THE ROCKING-HORSE [OP. 15, NO. 9] ROBERT SCHUMANN (COMPOSER)-PERFECT HAPPINESS [OP. 15, NO. 5] ROBERT SCHUMANN (COMPOSER)-PLEADING CHILD [OP. 15, NO. 4] ROBERT SCHUMANN (COMPOSER)-REVERIE [OP. 15, NO. 7] ROBERT SCHUMANN (COMPOSER)-THE POET SPEAKS [OP. 15, NO. 13] ROBERT SCHUMANN (COMPOSER).