Schumann's first piano trio in Dresden
The Saxon State Library in Dresden has acquired the sketches for Robert Schumann's first piano trio op. 63 from an American antiquarian bookseller and is making them accessible to the public. The trio is considered a key work of its genre.
The sketches remained in the possession of Schumann's eldest daughter Marie until the beginning of the 20th century. In 1911, they were offered for sale by C. G. Boerner in Leipzig and ended up in the Schumann collection of the Zwickau Oberbergrat and Schumann enthusiast Alfred Wiede. From there they were exhibited once again, at least on the occasion of the Schumann Festival in 1922, at which the work was also played. After that, however, they disappeared into a private safe.
Schumann's sketches are now returning to their place of origin and will be made accessible to all interested parties. At the SLUB Dresden, they complement a small but typical collection of autographs and manuscripts from Schumann's Dresden period.
