According to Schumann’s Haushaltbuch (now preserved at Robert-Schumann-Haus, Zwickau), the Drei Romanzen für Oboe und Klavier op.94 were composed in Dresden on 7, 11 and 12 December 1894. Robert Schumann presented the Romanzen to Clara on Christmas day 1849 as his “100th Opusculum” and on 27 December his wife performed the Romanzen privately together with the Dresden violinist Franz Schubert (1808 – 1878), Konzertmeister of the Royal Chapel.

Ten months later, in October 1850, the editor Simr...