Robert Schumann was born
Beginning of the composer’s lifetime.
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The Kinderszenen (“Scenes from Childhood”) is a cycle of 13 short piano pieces, each representing a scene, titled at the beginning of the movement. Each scene is a touching tribute to the eternal, universal memories and feelings of childhood, seen from a nostalgic adult perspective. Contrary to what the title may suggest, the Kinderszenen are not intended to be played by children.
"The blind man's buff" has a playful character to represent the typical game in which one player is blindfolded and gropes around attempting to touch the other players without being able to see them, while the other players scatter and try to avoid contact.
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