Breitkopf & Hartel 3 Romances Op. 21

Breitkopf & Hartel

3 Romances Op. 21

Romance No 1. In A Minor Is A Tragic And Haunted Mood; With A Middle Section More Consolatory. This Was Written On A Day Brahms Visited Schumann In The Asylum (Doctors Told Clara Not To Visit). It Influenced Brahms, Who Performed The Work, In His Later Pieces. Amus Level. Romance No 2 In F Is An Enchanting Short Piece Or Encore, Based On A Quotation And Continuous Variation Of The Theme Of R. Schumann's Wiegenliedchen, Op 124/6. 7th 8th. Romance No 3. In G Minor Is A Perpetuum Mobile; The Constant Driving 16ths Become 8ths In The Middle Section; The First Section Has A Feel Of Chopin's Fantasy Impromptu, With Greater Chromaticism. A Mus. Level Diane M. Selmon, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University.