Canon
Where to start with Schuman
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
OrchestralNew England Triptych — 3 pieces for orchestra
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Vocal3 Carols of Death, for chorus
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StageA Question of Taste — Opera
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ChamberPrelude for a Great Occasion, for brass and percussion
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VocalA Free Song, Secular Cantata no. 2
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OrchestralA Prayer in Time of War
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OrchestralA Song of Orpheus: Fantasy for Cello and Orchestra
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OrchestralAmerican Festival Overture
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OrchestralAmerican Hymn: Variations for Orchestra
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OrchestralChester: Overture for Band
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OrchestralCircus Overture
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OrchestralGeorge Washington Bridge, for concert band
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StageJudith, "choreographic poem"
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StageNight Journey — Ballet
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VocalOrpheus with His Lute, for voice and piano
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Schuman's catalogueMost Popular
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Symphony No. 3
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New England Triptych
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American Festival Overture
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Credendum (Article of Faith)
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String Quartet No. 3
Most Acclaimed
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String Quartet No. 4
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Violin Concerto
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Symphony No. 8
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Symphony No. 3
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A Free Song (choral)
Most Weird
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In Sweet Musicserenade for flute, viola, voice, and harp — unusual combination
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A Song of Orpheuscello fantasy
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The Mighty Casey (opera)baseball opera — the only American opera about the national pastime
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Symphony No. 9 ”Le fosse Ardeatine”memorial to the 335 Italians executed in the Ardeatine Caves
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Night Journey (ballet)Jocasta — Oedipus from the mother’s perspective
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 26
- Orchestral
- New England Triptych — 3 pieces for orchestra
- A Prayer in Time of War
- A Song of Orpheus: Fantasy for Cello and Orchestra
- American Festival Overture
- American Hymn: Variations for Orchestra
- Chester: Overture for Band
- Circus Overture
- George Washington Bridge, for concert band
- Symphony no. 10, "American Muse"
- Symphony no. 3
- Symphony no. 4
- Symphony no. 5, "Symphony for Strings"
- Symphony no. 6
- Symphony no. 7
- Symphony no. 8
- Symphony no. 9
- The Orchestra Song
- Violin Concerto
- Vocal
- 3 Carols of Death, for chorus
- A Free Song, Secular Cantata no. 2
- Orpheus with His Lute, for voice and piano
- Stage
- A Question of Taste — Opera
- Judith, "choreographic poem"
- Night Journey — Ballet
- The Mighty Casey: Baseball Opera in 3 Scenes
- Chamber
- Prelude for a Great Occasion, for brass and percussion