The Piano Trio No. 1 in
D minor
D minor is a minor scale based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, F, G, A, B, and C. Its key signature has one flat. Its relative major is F major and its parallel major is D major.
The D natural minor scale is:
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Op. 63, by
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a ...
was written in 1847. It has four
movements:
# Mit Energie und Leidenschaft
# Lebhaft, doch nicht zu rasch
# Langsam, mit inniger Empfindung
# Mit Feuer
The first piano trio (first of three works with this title plus the Fantasiestücke Op. 88 for the same forces) is in an intensely romantic style, and is the most celebrated of Schumann's trios in the modern repertoire.
[Berger, Melvin. ''Guide to Chamber Music'' (Courier Corporation: North Chelmsford 2013), p. 407.] The opening movement begins with a surging theme that is heard in counterpoint initially between the piano's bass and the violin; the scherzo's driving dotted rhythm shares its smoothly ascending contour with the flowing trio section.
[Donat, Mischa. Piano Trio No 1 in D minor, Op 63 - Hyperion Records - CDs, MP3 and Lossless downloads](_blank)
/ref> The third movement features a duet between violin and cello, and moves without pause to the heroic tonic-major finale.[Jensen, Eric Frederick. ''Schumann'' (Oxford University Press: London 2012), p. 279.]
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Compositions in D minor