The Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor 571, was composed by

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in July 1817. The sonata was first published long after the composer's death in 1888 by

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. The sonata is incomplete, consisting of only a single movement, and even that was abandoned by the composer before completion. Other hands, such as

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, and Martino Tirimo, have attempted to realise Schubert's assumed intentions. These hypothetical completions of the sonata have been drawn from such separately published pieces as the piece (usually assumed to be an Andante) in A major, D. 604, and the Allegro vivace in D major and Allegro in F-sharp minor, D. 570.

Movement

I. Allegro moderato F-sharp minor. Fragment (breaks off at the end of the development, implying a recapitulation in the

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, B minor) (II. ''D. 604'') A major. In

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without development. Unusually, the second subject group is in the subdominant key of D major. (III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace - Trio, ''D. 570'') D major (IV. Allegro, ''D. 570'') F-sharp minor. Fragment (breaks off at the end of the development)

References

Sources

* Tirimo, Martino. ''Schubert: The Complete Piano Sonatas.'' Vienna: Wiener Urtext Edition, 1997.

External links

* Piano sonatas by Franz Schubert Compositions in F-sharp minor {{sonata-stub