List of solo piano compositions by Robert Schumann

The following is a list of compositions by Robert Schumann for piano solo and for pedal piano solo.^{[note 1]} Schumann was a pianist himself and wrote over fifty works for the piano, numbering hundreds of constituent pieces and movements. Because his first 26 published works were all written for solo piano, the first ten years of Schumann's career are strongly associated with the instrument; nevertheless, he composed and published work for the piano throughout his entire life, and Schumann's final composition, the Geistervariationen, was a set of variations for solo piano.

This list is based upon the Thematisch-Bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis, a comprehensive catalogue of Schumann's works compiled by Margit L. McCorkle and published in 2003. Since Schumann's death scholars have made several separate attempts to catalogue his works not published with opus numbers. The result is that one work may bear several separate tags, as designated by the various cataloguers. For works published by Schumann or prepared by him for publication and published posthumously, opus numbers are given. For works not published or prepared for publication by Schumann, McCorkle's RSW ("Robert-Schumann-Werkverzeichnis") numbers are listed first, and Hofmann-Keil (H/K) WoO ("Werke ohne Opuszahl") numbers, which are still occasionally used, given in brackets where designated.

For a full list of Schumann's compositions, see List of compositions by Robert Schumann.

Works

Notes

Sources

• Daverio, John (1997). Robert Schumann. Oxford Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195091809.
• McCorkle, Margit L. (2003). Thematisch-Bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis. Munich: G. Henle Verlag. ISBN 9783873281103.