Robert Schumann

Abegg-Variationen/Papillons u.a. op. 1-4

The New Robert Schumann Edition (RSA) is conceived as a historical-critical complete edition. In accordance with the latest standards of musicological editorial practice, all works are to be carefully prepared and presented in their entirety. Even fragmentary attempts, sketches, and drafts—that is, everything that has been authentically preserved by Schumann and, in most cases, deliberately retained by him—will be collected, examined for their significance, and documented in the complete edition in an appropriate form.
The aim of the edition is to reproduce authentic musical scores that—cleared of writing, copying, and printing errors, purged of later additions, and/or corrected for other textual corruption—are as close as possible to the intended originals. Last but not least, the critical edition is intended to provide a solid foundation for the faithful preservation of Robert Schumann’s music in musical practice.