ROMANTIC MUSIC / PianoSchumann – Fantasiestucke: Des Abends, Aufschwung – Argerich, Piano Fantasiestücke, Op. 12, is a set of eight pieces for piano, written in 1837 by Robert Schumann and dedicated to Fräulein Anna Robena Laidlaw, an accomplished and attractive 18-year-old Scottish pianist with whom Schumann had become good friends.