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Ziemlich langsam, sehr gesangvoll - Pretty slow, very songlike Nicht schnell, mit Innigkeit - Not fast, with sensitivity Many writers have pointed out that several of the pieces had personal associations for the author, for example, the first piece in the collection, was a Christmas greeting the composer had composed for his wife Clara in 1838. Dates of composition range from 1834 to 1849. Ernst Herttrich in his preface to the Henle score, comments that the specific criteria the composer used to select the pieces included in either this collection or the succeeding one are unknown, though the pieces are organised loosely from least to most difficult. Īll of the pieces used, were works that Schumann had composed in the past and had either not intended for publication, or had been rejected for publication with earlier sets of pieces. Arnold objected to the proposed title, Schumann decided to split the collection. His original plan was to publish the pieces as a single collection entitled Spreu (English: Chaff). Robert Schumann started work on assembling the collection of pieces that were eventually published as the Bunte Blätter Op.

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