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Robert Schumann: Acht Stücke aus "Kinderszenen" op. 15 (arranged for 2 guitars) (Edition Margaux) (German Edition)
Robert Schumann Acht Stcke aus Kinderszenen op 15 - arranged for 2 guitars - Edition Margaux - German Edition Author:Robert Schumann Eight pieces from "Scenes from Childhood" arranged for two guitars, printed in combined score format. (Parts are not available separately.) In contrast to his "Album for the Young," (op. 68), the "Scenes of Childhood" (op. 15) for piano are not children's pieces, but rather are, in Schumann's words, the "reflections by adults for adults." The or... more »iginal dynamic of these pieces stayed predominantly on the quiet side, so that the arrangements for the guitar come quite close to the tonal characteristics of the quiet instruments of the first half of the nineteenth century. The original dynamic indications have been used throughout, to make the gradations clear for the performers. By using an alternate tuning for the guitar, it was possible to retain a few bass notes in the lower octave from the original composition. For the first three pieces Guitar I lowers the sixth string to C and the fifth string to G. Then the sixth string can be tuned to D for the remaining pieces. Guitar II is in D-tuning for all six pieces.« less