Concerto A Min Op 54 2p 4h Urtext

Robert Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54 for Two Pianos, 4 Hands(Solo Piano and Orchestral reduction) New Urtext Edition by Michael Mu sgrav .Schumann?s Piano Concerto traces its origins, through the first movement, to a single-movement Phantasie in A minor for piano and orchestra which was completed in May 1841 (his ?symphonic year?) and revised atthe beginning of 1843. Clara Schumann, who had long wanted a major work for piano and orchestra from Schumann, played through the Phantasie wit h the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in 1841 but, although she played it again in 1843, it was never publicly performed, nor a publisher found, even though they were both happy with the work. In the summer of 1845 in Dresden, where they had now moved, Schumann revised the Phantasie and added a second and third movement to form what is described on the surviving manuscript of the full score as ?Concerto for piano . . . with accompaniment . . .?. It was premiered on 4 December 1845 at a special