Titles

Schumann's wrote 13 Scenes From Childhood. The titles of the pieces are also the titles of the 5 Lines and The Scenes. In the next few posts I will refer to the pieces by number. Here, for reference, are the titles:

1.   About Strange Lands and People
      Von fremden Ländern and Menschen

2.   Curious Story
      Kuriose Geschichte

3.   Blindman's Bluff
      Hasche-Mann

4.   Pleading Child
      Bittendes Kind

5.   Perfectly Contented
      Glückes genug

6.   Important Event
      Wichtige Begebenheit

7.   Reverie
      Träumerei

8.   At the Fireside
      Am Kamin

9.   The Knight of the Rocking-horse
      Ritter vom Steckenpferd

10. Almost Too Serious 
      Fast zu ernst

11. Frightening  
      Fürchtenmachen

12. Child Falling Asleep
      Kind im Einschlummern

13. The Poet Speaks
      Der Dichter spricht