Camillo Schumann

Camillo Schumann (10 March 1872 – 29 December 1946) was a German late Romantic composer and organist.

Life

Schumann was born in Königstein as one of twelve children^[1] of the city music director Clemens Schumann sen. (1839-1918) and his wife Camilla Ottilie, née Müller.^[2] ^[3] His elder brother was the composer Georg Schumann; other siblings were Alfred Schumann (1868-1891), latterly concertmaster with the Bremer Philharmoniker, and Clemens Schumann jun. (1876-1938), violinist in the Dresden Staatskapelle from 1900 to 1936.^[4]

Schumann received his first lessons, as did his brothers, from his father and learned to play several instruments during his early childhood. From 1889 to 1893, he was trained first for a short time at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden, then at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig with Carl Reinecke, Salomon Jadassohn, Bruno Zwintscher, Paul Homeyer and others. In 1894 and 1895, he studied with Woldemar Bargiel and Robert Radecke at the Royal Music Institute of Berlin.^[5]

During his time in Berlin, Schumann worked as a substitute organist in several larger churches. On 1 October 1896 he took up the post of full-time organist at the Hauptkirche St. Georg in Eisenach and at the Wartburg Chapel there. In 1906 he was awarded the title of Grand Ducal Saxon Music Director and Court Organist.

Schumann organised numerous organ and chamber concerts in Eisenach - sometimes with the participation of his brothers Georg and Clemens Jr. - and was particularly committed to cultivating the music of Johann Sebastian Bach in his native city.

In April 1914, he moved to Bad Gottleuba, took on a few more church music engagements near his home, but increasingly devoted himself to his compositional work away from courtly duties. Schumann died here on 29 December 1946 at the age of 74. His grave still exists today. In 1972, a headstone was erected in his memory in his native town of Königstein.

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

Mägdlein saß im Wald und Moos op. 25
Six cheerful songs op. 33
Five songs op. 37a
Psalm of Praise op. 70
Six Songs op. 73
Two choruses op. 87

Duets

Moment musical op. 15
Two Recital 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 Recital Pieces for Violin and Piano o.op.
Two Pieces for Violin and Piano o.op.
Eight small recital pieces for violin and piano o.op.
Two Pieces for Violoncello and Piano o.op.
Two Pieces for Clarinet and Piano o.op.
Two Pieces for Violin and Piano o.op.
Six easy recital pieces for flute and piano o.op.
Ten Recital Pieces for 2 Soprano or Tenor Recorders o.op.
Four Recital Pieces for alto flute and piano o.op.
Three Recital Pieces for 2 Soprano or Tenor Recorders o.op.
Andantino o.op.
Pastorale o.op.

Flute Sonata

Flute Sonata op. 123a

Fugue

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 cor anglais op. 80
2 Solo Pieces for Violin op. 96
Recitative and Romance op. 126b
Three pieces for solo violin op. 132
Pastorale 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 A flat major o.op. (fragment)
Clarinet Sonata No. 4 A major o. op.

Piano works

Six characteristic fantasy pieces op. 12a
Five little instructive piano pieces for the youth op. 14
Three piano pieces op. 15a
Eight lyrical tone pieces in waltz form op. 18
Sketches from the Thuringian Forest op. 23
Six little recital 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
Albumblatt o.op.
Song without Words o.op.
Miscellen o.op.
Three Character Pieces o.op.
Hausmusik o.op.
Six Character Pieces o.op.
Twelve Recital 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 (Booklet 1) o.op.
Eight Piano Pieces (Booklet 2) o.op.
Dance Tunes o.op.
Eight Fantasy Pieces o.op.
Piano Pieces o.op.
Scherzo for piano 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 Celebration o.op.
15 selected songs o.op.

Marches

March for 2 recorders and violin o.op.
Little 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

Oboe Sonata op. 105

Other orchestral works

Larghetto op. 19a
Andante and Capriccio op. 36
Three Pieces for String Orchestra op. 44
Fantasiestück 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 B flat major
Organ Sonata No. 3 op. 29 in C minor
Organ Sonata No. 4 op. 67 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 "Eine feste Burg" op. 10
Postlude to the song "O dass ich tausend Zungen hätte" op. 22
Four light sustained recital pieces op. 83
Concert Prelude and Fugue on the Choral "Nun danket alle Gott" op. 100
Two Preludes and Fugues op. 123
Adagio for Violoncello and Organ o.op.
Choral Preludes op. 126
Choral Preludes op. 131
Choral Preludes op. 135
Ten Choral Preludes op. 142
Choral Preludes op. 148
Twelve chorale preludes o.op.
Fourteen chorale preludes o.op.
Fourteen easy chorale preludes o.op.
Choral 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 sustained recital pieces for organ (also harmonium) op. 83
Sonata for Harmonium op. 103
Choral Preludes for Harmonium, 1917 op. 148
Suite for Harmonium, 1942 o. op.

Polonaises

Polonaise in B minor op. 4
Polonaise op. 64

Prelude

Festive Prelude in March Form op. 2

Quartets

Four small recital 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.

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 English Horn 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 Recital Pieces o.op.
Eight little pieces for 2 recorders and violin o.op.

Variations

Choral variations and fugue to the chorale "Befiehl du deine Wege" 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.

References

^ Booklet zur CD "Georg Schumann Piano Quartet op. 29 Cello Sonata op. 19 Münchner Klaviertrio Dietrich Cramer" (PDF), p. 5 www.eclassical.com
^ information on the parents in the marriage register of the registry office Dresden I (No. 818/1910) for the marriage of his brother Clemens (*1876), scan of the original viewed on ancestry.de on 29 February 2020.
^ Inscription on the memorial stone in Königstein.
^ Schumann Camillo on Musicologie.org
^ Camillo Schumann on Naxos

External links

"Camillo Schumann (1872–1946)". Klassika. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
"Camillo Schumann-Gesellschaft". Retrieved 1 September 2021.
Free scores by Camillo Schumann at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
Camillo Schumann discography at Discogs

[1] Booklet zur CD "Georg Schumann Piano Quartet op. 29 Cello Sonata op. 19 Münchner Klaviertrio Dietrich Cramer" (PDF), p. 5 www.eclassical.com

[2] rmation on the parents in the marriage register of the registry office Dresden I (No. 818/1910) for the marriage of his brother Clemens (*1876), scan of the original viewed on ancestry.de on 29 February 2020.

[3] Inscription on the memorial stone in Königstein.

[4] Schumann Camillo on Musicologie.org

[5] Camillo Schumann on Naxos

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