Lost musical work by Robert Schumann discovered in Germany

Lost musical work by Robert Schumann discovered in Germany Ueberlingen, Germany - A lost musical work by composer Robert Schumann has been discovered in a public library in Germany, officials in Ueberlingen near the Swiss border said Thursday.

The single sheet contains a piano composition with the title Ahnung (intuition) which Schumann (1810-1856) probably wrote about 1838 and gave to a friend as a present. It had been known from a list kept by his wife, Clara, but was thought to be gone forever.

The Leopold Sophie history library in Ueberlingen said it was rediscovered in 2006 while the folder was being re-catalogued.

This was not made public until scholars of the Répertoire International des Sources Musical (RISM) office in Munich had studied it. RISM compiles authoritative reference works about composers.

A note on the sheet by Clara Schumann says it was given to Julius Allgeyer (1829-1900), a lithographer. The folder was donated to the library in 1888 but the significance of the sheet was not noted. (dpa)

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