For example, all of the movements are written in an ABA form " however, the B sections are sometimes so outrageously contrasting from the A section that it often sounds as though there are two separate pieces written in one movement. ... The overall piece can be seen as imperfect and unfinished when listening to small segments of the song cycle, but when listening to the work as a whole Kreisleriana in itself, it can be understood as one great big work of complexity, romanticism and intricacy. ... Rather than Schumann's Kreisleriana being just a piece of piano music, it now holds m...

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