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Romantic · German

Robert Schumann

1810  –  1856

Robert Schumann's piano cycles — Carnaval, Kreisleriana, Davidsbündlertänze, Kinderszenen, Fantasiestücke, the Symphonic Etudes — invented the Romantic character-piece collection. His writing is by turns intimate and orchestral, lyrical and ironic.

Schumann's short-form cycles remain the model for grouped character pieces in the piano literature, and the C-major Fantasie is one of the great Romantic sonata-substitutes.

The 64 public-domain piano works listed below are sortable, downloadable as PDF score editions, and free to study, perform, record, and re-engrave. Each piece links to its individual page with full catalog data, performance notes, and historical context. Browse more works from the Romantic era, or use the difficulty filters below to narrow by technical level.

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Piano works by Robert Schumann

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All works listed by Open Opus

157 works · Data from Open Opus (openopus.org), released into the public domain (CC0) — fetched 2026-09-11. Catalog entries only: title, subtitle, and genre classification as published by Open Opus. These are not downloadable score editions.

By genre, from Open Opus’s own classification on this composer’s work records: 46 Keyboard · 16 Orchestral · 20 Chamber · 73 Vocal · 2 Stage.

  • Album für die Jugend, op. 68Keyboard
  • Albumblätter, op. 124Keyboard
  • Allegro in B minor, op. 8Keyboard
  • Andante and Variations, op. 46 — For 2 pianosKeyboard
  • Andante and Variations, WoO 10 — For 2 pianos, 2 cellos and hornChamber
  • Arabesque, op. 18Keyboard
  • Balladen, op. 122 — Declamation with pianoVocal
  • Ballscenen, op. 109 — For piano 4 handsKeyboard
  • Bei Schenkung eines Flügels, WoO 26 no. 4 — Song for choir and pianoVocal
  • Beim Abschied zu singen, op. 84 — Song for choir and windsVocal
  • Belsatzar, op. 57 — SongVocal
  • Bilder aus Osten, op. 66 — For piano 4 handsKeyboard
  • Blumenstück, op. 19Keyboard
  • Bunte Blätter, op. 99Keyboard
  • Carnaval, op. 9Keyboard
  • Cello Concerto in A minor, op. 129Orchestral
  • Concert Etudes on Caprices by Paganini, op. 10Keyboard
  • Das Paradies und die Peri, op. 50 — OratorioVocal
  • Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6Keyboard
  • Der Handschuh, op. 87 — SongVocal
  • Der Königssohn, op. 116 — Song for soloists, choir and orchestraVocal
  • Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, op. 112 — OratorioVocal
  • Des Sängers Fluch, op. 139 — Song for solo voice, chorus and orchestraVocal
  • Dichterliebe, op. 48 — Song cycleVocal
  • Doppelchörige Gesänge, op. 141 — Songs for choirVocal
  • Duets, op. 34 — SongsVocal
  • Duets, op. 43 — SongsVocal
  • Duets, op. 78 — SongsVocal
  • Etudes in Canon Form, op. 56 — For pedal piano or organKeyboard
  • Études symphoniques, op. 13Keyboard
  • Fantasy for violin and orchestra in C major, op. 131Orchestral
  • Fantasy in C major, op. 17Keyboard
  • Fantasy Pieces, op. 111Keyboard
  • Fantasy Pieces, op. 12Keyboard
  • Fantasy pieces, op. 73 — For clarinet and pianoChamber
  • Fantasy pieces, op. 88 — For piano trioChamber
  • Faschingsschwank aus Wien, op. 26Keyboard
  • Five pieces in folk tone, op. 102 — For cello and pianoChamber
  • Frauenliebe und-leben, op. 42 — Song cycleVocal
  • Fugues on B-A-C-H, op. 60Keyboard
  • Fugues, op. 72Keyboard
  • Gedichte aus "Liebesfrühling", op. 37 — SongsVocal
  • Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart, op. 135 — SongVocal
  • Gedichte und Requiem, op. 90 — SongsVocal
  • Gedichte, op. 119 — SongsVocal
  • Gedichte, op. 29 — SongsVocal
  • Gedichte, op. 35 — SongsVocal
  • Gedichte, op. 36 — SongsVocal
  • Genoveva, op. 81 — OperaStage
  • Gesänge der Frühe, op. 133Keyboard
  • Gesänge, op. 107 — SongsVocal
  • Gesänge, op. 142 — SongsVocal
  • Gesänge, op. 30 — SongsVocal
  • Gesänge, op. 31 — SongsVocal
  • Gesänge, op. 59 — SongsVocal
  • Gesänge, op. 83 — SongsVocal
  • Gesänge, op. 89 — SongsVocal
  • Gesänge, op. 95 — SongsVocal
  • Gesänges Erwachen, WoO 21 — SongVocal
  • Heitere Gesänge, op. 125 — SongsVocal
  • Hermann und Dorothea, op. 136 — OvertureOrchestral
  • Humoresque, op. 20Keyboard
  • Husarenlieder, op. 117 — SongsVocal
  • Im Herbste, WoO 10 — SongVocal
  • Impromptus on a Theme by Clara Wieck, op. 5Keyboard
  • Intermezzi, op. 4Keyboard
  • Introduction and Allegro appassionato, op. 92 — For piano and orchestraOrchestral
  • Introduction and Concert Allegro, op. 134 — For piano and orchestraOrchestral
  • Jagdlieder, op. 137 — Songs for male choir and 4 hornsVocal
  • Julius Caesar, op. 128 — OvertureOrchestral
  • Kinderball, op. 130 — For piano 4 handsKeyboard
  • Kinderszenen, op. 15Keyboard
  • Klavierstücke in Fughettenform, op. 126Keyboard
  • Klavierstücke, op. 32Keyboard
  • Konzertstück for 4 Horns and Orchestra, op. 86Orchestral
  • Kreisleriana, op. 16Keyboard
  • Lieder und Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister, op. 98a — SongsVocal
  • Lieder und Gesänge, op. 127 — SongsVocal
  • Lieder und Gesänge, op. 27 — SongsVocal
  • Lieder und Gesänge, op. 51 — SongsVocal
  • Lieder und Gesänge, op. 77 — SongsVocal
  • Lieder und Gesänge, op. 96 — SongsVocal
  • Lieder-Album für die Jugend, op. 79 — SongsVocal
  • Lieder, op. 114 — SongsVocal
  • Lieder, op. 33 — SongsVocal
  • Lieder, op. 40 — SongsVocal
  • Lieder, op. 55 — SongsVocal
  • Liederkreis, op. 24 — Song cycleVocal
  • Liederkreis, op. 39 — Song cycleVocal
  • Mädchenlieder, op. 103 — SongsVocal
  • Manfred, op. 115 — Incidental musicStage
  • Märchenbilder, op. 113 — For viola and pianoChamber
  • Märchenerzählungen, op. 132 — For clarinet, viola and pianoChamber
  • Marches, op. 76Keyboard
  • Minnespiel, op. 101 — SongsVocal
  • Missa sacra, op. 147Vocal
  • Myrthen, op. 25 — Song cycleVocal
  • Nachtlied, op. 108 — Song for choir and orchestraVocal
  • Nachtstück, op. 23Keyboard
  • Novelletten, op. 21Keyboard
  • Overture, Scherzo and Finale, op. 52Orchestral
  • Papillons, op. 2Keyboard
  • Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54Orchestral
  • Piano Pieces for Young and Older Children, op. 85 — For piano 4 handsKeyboard
  • Piano quartet in C minor, WoO 32Chamber
  • Piano Quartet in E flat major, op. 47Chamber
  • Piano Quintet in E flat major, op. 44Chamber
  • Piano Sonata no. 1 in F sharp minor, op. 11, "Grand Sonata"Keyboard
  • Piano Sonata no. 2 in G minor, op. 22Keyboard
  • Piano Sonata no. 3 in F minor, op. 14, "Concerto Without Orchestra"Keyboard
  • Piano Trio no. 1 in D minor, op. 63Chamber
  • Piano Trio no. 2 in F major, op. 80Chamber
  • Piano Trio no. 3 in G minor, op. 110Chamber
  • Polonaises, WoO 20 — For piano 4 handsKeyboard
  • Requiem für Mignon, op. 98bVocal
  • Requiem, op. 148Vocal
  • Ritornelle in canonischen Weisen, op. 65 — SongsVocal
  • Romances, op. 94 — For oboe and pianoChamber
  • Romanzen und Balladen, op. 145 — SongsVocal
  • Romanzen und Balladen, op. 146 — SongsVocal
  • Romanzen und Balladen, op. 45 — SongsVocal
  • Romanzen und Balladen, op. 49 — SongsVocal
  • Romanzen und Balladen, op. 53 — SongsVocal
  • Romanzen und Balladen, op. 64 — SongsVocal
  • Romanzen und Balladen, op. 67 — SongsVocal
  • Romanzen und Balladen, op. 75 — SongsVocal
  • Romanzen, op. 28Keyboard
  • Romanzen, op. 69 — SongsVocal
  • Romanzen, op. 91 — SongsVocal
  • Scenes from Goethe's Faust, WoO 3 — OratorioVocal
  • Schön Hedwig, op. 106 — Declamation with pianoVocal
  • Sommerruh, wie schoen bist du!, WoO 9 — SongVocal
  • Songs, op. 104 — SongsVocal
  • Spanische Liebeslieder, op. 138 — SongsVocal
  • Spanisches Liederspiel, op. 74 — SongsVocal
  • String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, op. 41 no. 1Chamber
  • String Quartet no. 2 in F major, op. 41 no. 2Chamber
  • String Quartet no. 3 in A major, op. 41 no. 3Chamber
  • Symphony in G minor, WoO 29, "Zwickau"Orchestral
  • Symphony no. 1 in B flat major, op. 38, "Spring"Orchestral
  • Symphony no. 2 in C major, op. 61Orchestral
  • Symphony no. 3 in E flat major, op. 97, "Rhenish"Orchestral
  • Symphony no. 4 in D minor, op. 120Orchestral
  • The Bride of Messina, op. 100 — OvertureOrchestral
  • Three Piano Sonatas for the Young, op. 118Keyboard
  • Toccata, op. 7Keyboard
  • Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31Keyboard
  • Variations on a Theme by Clara Wieck, op. 14Keyboard
  • Variations on an Original Theme, WoO 24, "Ghost Variations"Keyboard
  • Variations on the name Abegg, op. 1Keyboard
  • Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO 23Orchestral
  • Violin Sonata in A minor, WoO 2Chamber
  • Violin Sonata no. 1 in A minor, op. 105Chamber
  • Violin Sonata no. 2 in D minor, op. 121Chamber
  • Violin Sonata no. 3 in A minor, WoO 27Chamber
  • Vom Pagen und der Königstochter, op. 140 — Songs for soloists, choir and orchestraVocal
  • Waldszenen, op. 82Keyboard