A.S.C.H.–S.C.H.A. (Lettres dansantes)

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A.S.C.H.–S.C.H.A. (Lettres dansantes) is a character piece by Robert Schumann from his piano cycle "Carnaval," in which musical motifs spell out letters associated with the town of Asch and the composer's own name.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf movement from a piano cycle ⓘ
piano character piece ⓘ
associatedNameSpelling S–C–H–A ⓘ
associatedPlace Asch ⓘ
associatedTownSpelling A–S–C–H ⓘ
associatedWithComposerName Schumann ⓘ
linked to: Robert Schumann
basedOnLetterMotifs A–S–C–H ⓘ
S–C–H–A ⓘ
composer Robert Schumann ⓘ
cycleBy Robert Schumann ⓘ
cyclePosition one of the middle numbers of Carnaval ⓘ
cycleTheme musical portraits and ciphers ⓘ
dedicatedTo not individually dedicated ⓘ
firstPublication as part of Carnaval, Op. 9 ⓘ
genre Romantic piano miniature ⓘ
hasSubgenre dance-like character piece ⓘ
instrumentation solo piano ⓘ
keyCharacteristic built from letter-derived pitch cells ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
musicalFeature motivic use of pitch letters ⓘ
notationalFeature letter-derived motifs embedded in melodic line ⓘ
opusNumberOfCycle Op. 9 ⓘ
partOf Carnaval, Op. 9 ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
relatedConcept musical cryptogram ⓘ
programmatic piano music ⓘ
relatedWork Arlequin (from Carnaval, Op. 9) ⓘ
linked to: Carnaval, Op. 9

Chiarina (from Carnaval, Op. 9) ⓘ
linked to: Carnaval, Op. 9

Estrella (from Carnaval, Op. 9) ⓘ
linked to: Carnaval, Op. 9

Eusebius (from Carnaval, Op. 9) ⓘ
linked to: Carnaval, Op. 9

Florestan (from Carnaval, Op. 9) ⓘ
linked to: Carnaval, Op. 9

Marche des Davidsbündler contre les Philistins (from Carnaval, Op. 9) ⓘ
linked to: Carnaval, Op. 9

Pierrot (from Carnaval, Op. 9) ⓘ
linked to: Pierrot

Préambule (from Carnaval, Op. 9) ⓘ
linked to: Carnaval, Op. 9

Reconnaissance (from Carnaval, Op. 9) ⓘ
linked to: Carnaval, Op. 9
thematicRoleInCycle explores the letter-motto idea of Carnaval ⓘ
titleTranslation Dancing Letters ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext complete performance of Carnaval, Op. 9 ⓘ
solo piano recital ⓘ
usesMusicalCipher yes ⓘ
workTitleIncludesLetters A.S.C.H. ⓘ
S.C.H.A. ⓘ

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Carnaval, Op. 9 → movement → A.S.C.H.–S.C.H.A. (Lettres dansantes) ⓘ
Carnaval → movement → A.S.C.H.-S.C.H.A. (Lettres dansantes) ⓘ
linked to: A.S.C.H.–S.C.H.A. (Lettres dansantes)