Introduction and Concert Allegro (Schumann)

early photograph of a middle-aged white man, clean shaven, seated, leaning on the hand of his right arm, of which the elbow is on the adjacent table — Schumann in an 1850 daguerreotype

Robert Schumann's Introduction and Concert Allegro (German: Konzert-Allegro mit Introduktion) in D minor for piano and orchestra, Op. 134, was one of his last works. Composed in 1853, Schumann gave the autograph score to his wife, Clara Schumann, as a birthday gift; she would give the first performance on 26 November.^[1]

The work is dedicated to Johannes Brahms, and a typical performance is 13–14 minutes long.

Scoring

The Introduction and Concert Allegro is scored for solo piano, pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets in B♭ and A, bassoons, horns, and trumpets, trombone, timpani, and strings.

References

↑ Herttrich, Ernst (Autumn 2012). "Introduction and Concert Allegro for Piano and Orchestra op. 134: Preface" (PDF). G. Henle Verlag. Archived from the original on 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2025-09-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

External links

Introduction and Allegro, Op.134: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

[1] Herttrich, Ernst (Autumn 2012). "Introduction and Concert Allegro for Piano and Orchestra op. 134: Preface" (PDF). G. Henle Verlag. Archived from the original on 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2025-09-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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