This piece is between the most challenging in the collection for its use of arpeggios and staccato. It has a bold character, recalling a hunting scene. "Hunting Song" is part of Schumann's Album for the Young, a collection of forty-three miniatures written specifically for children, and initially composed as a birthday present for his eldest daughter, Marie. The Album falls into two parts, with the first eighteen pieces designed for young children and the later numbers for ‘more grown-up’ players.