Camillo Schumann

Camillo Schumann 1896

Memorial stone for Camillo Schumann in Königstein , erected in 1972

Camillo Schumann (born March 10, 1872 in Königstein , † December 29, 1946 in Bad Gottleuba ) was a late romantic German composer and organist .

biography

Camillo Schumann was born in the spring of 1872 as one of twelve children of the town music director Clemens Schumann senior. (1839–1918) and his wife Camilla Ottilie, b. Müller, born in the Stadtpfeiferhaus in Königstein. His older brother was the composer Georg Schumann ; other siblings were Alfred Schumann (1868–1891), most recently concertmaster with the Bremen Philharmonic , and Clemens Schumann jun. (1876–1938), from 1900 to 1936 violinist in the Dresden Staatskapelle .

Camillo Schumann received his first lessons, like his brothers, from his father and learned several instruments during his early childhood. From 1889 to 1893 he was briefly trained at the Dresden Conservatory and then at the Leipzig Conservatory by Carl Reinecke , Salomon Jadassohn , Bruno Zwintscher , Paul Homeyer and others. In the years 1894 and 1895 he studied with Woldemar Bargiel and Robert Radecke in Berlin .

During his time in Berlin, Schumann was acting as an organist in a number of larger churches. On October 1, 1896, he accepted the position of full-time organist at the main church of St. Georg zu Eisenach and at the Wartburg chapel there. In 1906 he was awarded the title of Grand Ducal Saxon Music Director and Court Organist .

Schumann organized numerous organ and chamber concerts in Eisenach - some with the participation of his brothers Georg and Clemens junior. - and was particularly committed to maintaining the music of Johann Sebastian Bach in his hometown.

In April 1914 he moved to Bad Gottleuba , took on a few church music engagements near his place of residence, but devoted himself increasingly to his compositional work apart from his courtly duties. Schumann died here on December 29, 1946. His grave still exists today. A memorial stone was erected in his hometown Königstein in 1972 .

Works

Cello sonatas

• Cello Sonata No. 1 op.59 (first edition published by Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 2017)
• Cello Sonata No. 2 op.99 (first edition published by Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 2017)
• Cello Sonata No. 3 op.118a

Choral works

• Maiden sat in the forest and moss op.25
• Six cheerful songs op.33
• Five songs op.37a
• Hymn of Praise Psalm op.70
• Six songs op.73
• Two choirs op.87

Duos

• Moment musical op.15
• Two performance pieces for violin and piano op.17
• Larghetto op.19
• Barcarole op.21
• Fantasy piece for oboe and piano op.31
• Two pieces for violin and piano op.35
• Three Fantasy Pieces for Clarinet and Piano op.74
• Three recital pieces for French horn and piano op.82
• Andante and Humoresque op.95
• Four pieces for violin and organ op.109
• Three pieces for violin and piano op.122
• Three pieces for oboe and piano op. 126a
• Six pieces for violin and piano op.139
• Two pieces for violin and piano op.146
• Three performance pieces for violin and piano o.op.
• Two pieces for violin and piano o.op.
• Eight small performance pieces for violin and piano o.op.
• Two pieces for violoncello and piano o.op.
• 2 pieces for clarinet and piano o.op.
• Two pieces for violin and piano o.op.
• Six easy performance pieces for flute and piano o.op.
• Ten performance pieces for 2 soprano or tenor recorders o.op.
• Four performance pieces for alto flute and piano o.op.
• Three performance pieces for 2 soprano or tenor recorders o.op.
• Andantino o.op.
• Pastoral o.op.

Flute sonata

• Flute Sonata op.123a

Gap

• Six fugues for organ o.op.

Horn sonatas

• Horn Sonata No. 1 op.118b (first edition published by Pfefferkorn Musikverlag, Leipzig 2015)
• Horn Sonata No. 2 o.op. (First edition published by Pfefferkorn Musikverlag, Leipzig 2015)

Intermezzi

• Five Intermezzi op.91

Other chamber music

• Two pieces for English horn op.80
• 2 solo pieces for violin op.96
• Recitative and Romance Op. 126b
• Three pieces for violin solo op.132
• Pastoral o.op.
• Recitative and Adagio op.9
• Andante cantabile op.3
• Andante cantabile sostenuto o.op.
• Andante sostenuto o.op.

Clarinet sonatas

• Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in B flat major, op.112 (first edition published by Pfefferkorn Musikverlag, Leipzig 2015)
• Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E flat major op.134 (first edition published by Pfefferkorn Musikverlag, Leipzig 2015)
• Clarinet Sonata No. 3 in A flat major o.op. (Fragment)
• Clarinet Sonata No. 4 in A major or op.

Piano works

• Six characteristic fantasy pieces, op.12a
• Five small instructive piano pieces for the youth op.14
• Three piano pieces op.15a
• Eight lyric clay pieces in waltz form op.18
• Sketches from the Thuringian Forest op.23
• Six small performance pieces for the youth op.28
• Ten piano pieces, op.39
• Four piano pieces op.45a
• Eight Fantasy Pieces op.45b
• The Seasons op.56
• Six piano pieces, op.63
• Five piano pieces, op.66
• House music op.71
• Two little instructive Christmas fantasies op.86
• Eight Fantasy Pieces op.97
• Four piano pieces, op.102
• Piano pieces op.116
• Four piano pieces op.120
• Five piano pieces op.127
• Six piano pieces op.129
• Eight piano pieces op.136
• Five piano pieces, op.141
• Six piano pieces to Thekla op.145
• Four piano pieces op.149
• Album sheet o.op.
• Song without words o.op.
• Miscelles o.op.
• Three character pieces o.op.
• House music o.op.
• Six character pieces o.op.
• Twelve lecture pieces o.op.
• Six piano pieces o.op.
• Six easy pieces o.op.
• Twelve character pieces o.op.
• Four piano pieces o.op.
• Eight piano pieces (Book 1) o.op.
• Eight piano pieces (Book 2) o.op.
• Dance tunes o.op.
• Eight fantasy pieces o.op.
• Piano pieces o.op.

Piano sonata

• Sonatina for piano o.op.

Piano trios

• Piano trio No. 1 op.34
• Piano trio No. 2 op.88
• Piano Trio No. 3, Op. 93

Concert pieces

• Four concert pieces op.6
• Three concert pieces op.7
• Two concert pieces op.14a
• Two concert pieces op.20
• Three concert pieces op.26a
• Two concert pieces op.85
• Three concert pieces op.89
• Two concert pieces op.158

Songs

• Three songs op.1
• Three sacred songs op.11
• Two songs op.13
• Evening party o.op.
• 15 selected songs o.op.

Marches

• March for 2 recorders and violin o.op.
• Small march o.op.
• Solemn march o.op.

mazurka

• Mazurka op.42

minuet

• Minuet from Suite No. 2, Op. 30

Notturni

• Notturno op.24
• Notturno op.45

Oboe sonata

• Oboo Sonata op.105

Other orchestral works

• Larghetto op.19a
• Andante and Capriccio op.36
• Three pieces for string orchestra op.44
• Fantasy piece for violin and small orchestra o.op.
• Recitative for violoncello and orchestra o.op.
• Fantasy piece for clarinet and orchestra o.op.
• Symphonic Andante cantabile o.op.
• Capriccio for flute and string orchestra o.op.

Organ works

• Organ Sonata No. 1 Op. 12 in D minor
• Organ Sonata No. 2 op.16 in B flat major
• Organ Sonata No. 3 op.29 in C minor
• Organ Sonata No. 4, Op. 67 in F major
• Organ Sonata No. 5 Op. 40 in G minor (in the manuscript: Op. 87 )
• Organ Sonata No. 6 op.110 in A minor
• Two chorale fantasies op.8
• Fantasy and Fugue on “A Strong Castle” op. 10
• Postlude to the song “O that I had a thousand tongues” op. 22
• Four light, sustained performance pieces, op.83
• Concert prelude and fugue to the chorale “Nun danket alle Gott” op. 100
• Two Preludes and Fugues, Op. 123
• Adagio for violoncello and organ o.op.
• Choral Preludes op.126
• Chorale Preludes op.131
• Choral Preludes op.135
• Ten Choral Preludes op.142
• Chorale Preludes op.148
• Twelve chorale preludes o.op.
• Fourteen chorale preludes o.op.
• Fourteen easy chorale preludes o.op.
• Chorale preludes o.op.
• Ten chorale preludes o.op.
• Elegy for violin and organ o.op.

Harmonium works

• Suite in F major for harmonium, 1905 op.26
• Minuet from Suite No. 2 for Harmonium, 1908 op.30
• Suite No. 2 in D major for harmonium, 1908 op.37
• Suite No. 3 in F minor for harmonium, 1911 op.43
• 4 light sung performance pieces for organ (also harmonium) op.83
• Sonata for Harmonium op.103
• Choral preludes for harmonium, 1917 op.148
• Suite for harmonium, 1942 or op.

Polonaises

• Polonaise in B minor op.4
• Polonaise op.64

Prelude

• Festival Prelude in March Form op.2

Quartets

• Four small performance pieces o.op.
• Two pieces for 2 tenor flutes and 2 violins o.op.
• Two songs o.op.

Romances

• Romance for viola and piano op.14b
• Romance for clarinet and piano op.43a
• Romance for violin and piano op.118
• Romance for violin and orchestra o.op.
• Romance o.op.
• Romance for violoncello and piano o.op.
• Romance for clarinet and piano o.op.
• Romance for bassoon and piano o.op.

scherzo

• Scherzo for piano o.op.

Serenades

• Serenade for clarinet and piano o.op.
• Serenade for flute and string orchestra o.op.

sonata

• Sonata for Harmonium op.103

String quartets

• String Quartet in C minor op.41
• Two pieces for string quartet o.op.
• String quartet in D major o.op.

Suites

• Suite concertante op.13a
• Suite No. 1 for Harmonium op.26
• Suite No. 2 for Harmonium op.37
• Suite No. 3 for Harmonium op.43
• Suite for piano 4 hands op.50
• Suite for clarinet and piano op.102a
• Suite No. 4 for Harmonium op.119
• Suite for cor anglais and piano op.129a
• Suite for piano op.144
• Suite No. 5 for Harmonium op.157
• Suite in G minor o.op.
• Suite for harmonium o.op.

dance

• Six German Waltzes, Op. 62

Trios

• Three lecture pieces o.op.
• Eight small pieces for 2 recorders and violin o.op.

Variations

• Choral variations and fugue to the chorale “Befiehl du seinewege” op. 106
• Theme and twelve variations for piano o.op.

Violin concerto

• Violin Concerto in D minor op.27

Violin sonatas

• Violin Sonata No. 2 op.40a
• Violin Sonata No. 3 op.78
• Violin Sonata No. 4 op.124
• Violin Sonata No. 5 op.151
• Violin Sonata No. 1 o.op.

Web links

• Camillo Schumann (1872-1946). Klassika, August 7, 2008, accessed February 1, 2009 . 
• Camillo Schumann Society. Retrieved November 17, 2012 . 
• Sheet music and audio files by Camillo Schumann in the International Music Score Library Project

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Booklet for the CD "Georg Schumann Piano Quartet op. 29 Cello Sonata op. 19 Munich Piano Trio Dietrich Cramer" (PDF), p. 5
2. ↑ Information on the parents in the marriage register of the registry office Dresden I (No. 818/1910) on the marriage of his brother Clemens (* 1876), scan of the original viewed on ancestry.de on February 29, 2020.
3. ↑ Inscription on the memorial stone in Königstein.