Pleading Child, Op. 15 No. 4 (Scenes from Childhood) sheet music

Robert Schumann (1810–1856), Level 5 · Intermediate, 0:33

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  • Some held notes in bars 2, 4, 6, 8–12, 14, 16 are shown shorter because that hand plays more than one rhythm at once. No notes were removed.
Pleading Child, Op. 15 No. 4 (Scenes from Childhood), keyboard staff, page 1 of 2Pleading Child, Op. 15 No. 4 (Scenes from Childhood)Robert Schumann (1810–1856). Regular keyboard staff. Print at 100%, not fit-to-page.CCDDEFFGGAABBold red line: C4 · Solid line: other Cs, D F G A · Dotted grey line: E | F and B | CC3C524GBEBGGA♯F♯GAEGADF♯FG♯BDAC♯EC♯AGBEBGGAC♯DAAC3C53A♯F♯GAEGADF♯FG♯BDAC♯EC♯AACEF♯AGBDD♯F♯DGBC♯EC♯DADD♯DCDA♯C3C56DF♯AACEF♯AGBDD♯F♯DGBC♯EDF♯ADF♯BG♯DF♯DDD♯DCDA♯DF♯DBAG♯C3C59ABF♯C♯EG♯BAC♯DF♯BG♯ABF♯C♯EG♯BF♯C♯EDED♯DAEC♯BAG♯F♯C♯EDED♯DSource: "Pleading Child, Op. 15 No. 4 (Scenes from Childhood)", typeset by Ying-Chun Liu, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=366. Licensed under CC BY 3.0,https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.Pleading Child, Op. 15 No. 4 (Scenes from Childhood) · Page 1 of 2
Pleading Child, Op. 15 No. 4 (Scenes from Childhood), keyboard staff, page 2 of 2C3C512AC♯GBEBGGA♯F♯GAEGADF♯FG♯BDAC♯EC♯AGBEBGGAEC♯AC♯DAAC3C515A♯F♯GAEGADF♯FG♯BDAC♯EEGC♯DAC♯AC♯ASource: "Pleading Child, Op. 15 No. 4 (Scenes from Childhood)", typeset by Ying-Chun Liu, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=366. Licensed under CC BY 3.0,https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.Pleading Child, Op. 15 No. 4 (Scenes from Childhood) · Page 2 of 2
Lithograph portrait of Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann. Josef Kriehuber, 1839. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.

Key facts

Level
Level 5 · Intermediate. Estimated from the notes (0 of 8 on our difficulty score)
Time signature
2/4
Key signature
2 sharps
Length
17 bars, 2 pages
Playing time
0:33
Notes
222
Range
D2 to G5

Source and licence

Licence of the source: CC BY 3.0.

Source: "Pleading Child, Op. 15 No. 4 (Scenes from Childhood)", typeset by Ying-Chun Liu, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=366. Licensed under CC BY 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.

Source: The Mutopia Project, from the edition Leichte Stucke, 1900.

Playback sounds: Salamander Grand Piano by Alexander Holm (CC BY 3.0); Upright Piano KW by Gonzalo and Roberto of FreePats (CC0 1.0); Fluid R3 GM by Frank Wen and contributors (CC BY 3.0). Full sound credits.