Impromptus on a theme by Clara Wieck for piano, op. 5 (sketches) : autograph manuscript, 1833.

Record ID: 
115685
Creator: 
Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856.
Biographical Data: 
German composer.
Title: 
Impromptus on a theme by Clara Wieck for piano, op. 5 (sketches) : autograph manuscript, 1833.
Uniform title: 
Impromptus über ein Thema von Clara Wieck (Sketches)
Date: 
1833.
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Alice Tully, 1995.
Notes: 

Schumann has written out the incipits of 15 variations (there is no music for "Var. 9. Coda.").
Variations 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, and 11 bear resemblance to Impromptus 6-10 and 12; the remainder are incipits to unused variations.

Provenance: 

Alice Tully, New York; Carl E. Scheel, New York; Gisela von der Goltz-Vietinghoff, Munich; L. von Vietinghoff-Schell, Berlin.

Associated names: 

Schumann, Clara, 1819-1896.
Tully, Alice, 1902-1993, former owner.
Scheel, Carl E., former owner.
Goltz-Vietinghoff, Gisela von der, former owner.
Vietinghoff-Scheel, L. von, former owner.
Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856. Impromptus über ein Thema von Clara Wieck.

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