NOVELLETTEN. The title of a series of eight pieces for pianoforte solo by Schumann (op. 21), written in 1838, and dedicated to Adolph Henselt. There is also another Novellette of great beauty not included in this series, but written in the same year, which Schumann afterwards inserted in his ‘Bunte Blätter,
’ 14 short pieces, op. 99. The name, like so many others of Schumann's, suggests the influence of Jean Paul's writings. ‘He had found at last (says...
