Schumann: The Lotus Flower - Easy Piano Arrangement

Robert Schumann: The Lotus Flower ("Die Lotosblume") from Myrthen, Op. 25 No. 1

PDF Sheet music, piano solo
Simple Solutions piano arrangement by Henrik Kilhamn

Approximate Grade: 4
Scale 1 - 8: Beginner - Advanced

Key: F major, same as original

This song is found in the cycle Myrthen Op. 25, Robert Schumann’s splendid wedding gift to Clara, with the poetic imagery of a lotus flower blooming for the moon. It features repeated chords as accompaniment throughout and makes a great exercise to play together with the RH melody. In the original piano part the chords are bigger and paired with an octave bass in LH, but the same harmonies work fine in a collapsed position of only three notes. Even though it’s a short piece, it contains a lot of lovely, typical Schumann harmony that moves slowly with chromatic inner voices and keeps surprising you with tender modulations.

This arrangement is included in Simple Solutions Volume 5 - A Burning Desire (Intermediate ~ Grade 3-5)

ABOUT SIMPLE SOLUTIONS

The Simple Solutions series came from the idea that even not-professionally trained pianists should be able to enjoy the feeling of playing great music from the piano repertoire with their own hands. This is possible with some clever rearranging of the musical material: reducing the range of independent voices and jumps while preserving core ideas of melody and rhythm. In this easier setting, you will instead have enough time on your hands (literally!) to bring the music to life and care about those aspect that often otherwise come second: phrasing, articulation, dynamics, and balance. This will help you develop your over-all musicality, which will be of great value in all other pieces as well.

In the end, if you feel ready for a challenge and want to go forward with proper piano studies that requires years of practice – you can always move on to more advanced arrangements or original piano compositions. They will always be there. In the meantime, these arrangements will bring you close to the same enjoyment as the full versions, because all musical ideas are carefully conserved.

They are just a little bit easier.