Schumann Carnaval Op 9 - Book & CD - Alfred Masterwork Edition Author:Robert Schumann Carnaval is characteristic of Schumann's highly individual youthful romanticism and requires musical maturity for performance. Written for advanced pianists, it is a series of glimpses enveloped in the atmosphere of a masked ball with titles such as ""Arlequin,"" ""Papillons,"" ""Sphinxes,"" ""Coquette"" and so on. Most of the 23 pieces are base... more »d on the notes A-S-C-H, arranged in a succession of melodic and rhythm patterns (""s"" is German for E-flat, ""h"" is German for B-natural). Asch was a Bohemian town where Schumann had a girlfriend. 60 pages. Included is an outstanding CD recording from the Naxos label.« less