The Piano Sonata in B major 575 by
Franz Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert (; ; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical period (music), Classical and early Romantic music, Romantic eras. Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a List of compositions ...
is a sonata for solo piano, posthumously published as
Op. 147 and given a dedication to
Sigismond Thalberg
Sigismond Thalberg (8 January 1812 – 27 April 1871) was an Austrian composer and one of the most distinguished virtuoso pianists of the 19th century.
Family
Thalberg was born in Pâquis near Geneva on 8 January 1812. Thalberg asserted that he ...
by its publishers. Schubert composed the sonata in August
1817.
Movements
I. Allegro ma non troppo (
B major)
Uses a
four-key exposition (B major, G major, E major, F-sharp major).
II. Andante (
E major
E major is a major scale based on E, consisting of the pitches E, F, G, A, B, C, and D. Its key signature has four sharps. Its relative minor is C-sharp minor and its parallel minor is E minor. Its enharmonic equivalent, F-flat maj ...
)
III. Scherzo: Allegretto – Trio (
G major
G major is a major scale based on G (musical note), G, with the pitches G, A (musical note), A, B (musical note), B, C (musical note), C, D (musical note), D, E (musical note), E, and F♯ (musical note), F. Its key signature has one sharp (music ...
,
D major
D major is a major scale based on D (musical note), D, consisting of the pitches D, E (musical note), E, F♯ (musical note), F, G (musical note), G, A (musical note), A, B (musical note), B, and C♯ (musical note), C. Its key signature has two S ...
)
IV. Allegro giusto (B major)
The work takes approximately 24 minutes to perform.
Daniel Coren has noted that the first movement of this sonata is the only such movement in Schubert's sonatas where the recapitulation is an exact transposition of the exposition.
Notes
References
* Tirimo, Martino. ''Schubert: The Complete Piano Sonatas.'' Vienna: Wiener Urtext Edition, 1997.
External links
*
Performance by Seymour Lipkinfrom the
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in
MP3 format
1817 compositions
Piano sonatas by Franz Schubert
Compositions by Franz Schubert published posthumously
Compositions in B major
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