Schumann Miracles for Piano, Selected and Edited by Billie Nastelin, pub. Trigram

Schumann Miracles for Piano Ten Easy Solos that Piano Students Love to Play Selected and Edited By Billie Nastelin Published by legacy publisher, Trigram Music in 1999.  These piano pieces are easy enough to learn and enjoyable to play for beginners or those who want to take on a 2nd instrument. Robert Schumann was one of the noted leaders of the romantic movement , with his genius expressing itself mainly in the writings for his instrument , the piano. This new romantic school insisted on meaningful ideas and not the worship of form, as the classical period had. Schumann created no new models to follow, but he did expand the art of piano playing. He is especially at his best in his shorter pieces, utilizing his fresh rhythmic novelty, lyrical melody lines, and full, rich texture. Scales and arpeggios rarely appear. He did experiment using the newly added pedal. And he extended slur marks to give a more sustained legato, which is in contrast to the shorter slur marks of his predecessors, Bear Dance In a Gondola  The Marry Farner's Return from Work Solitary Flowers The Reaper's Song Dreaming Slumber-Song The Wild Horseman Important Event Chopin