''Six moments musicaux'', D. 780 ( Op. 94) is a collection of six short pieces for solo

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Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wor ...

. The movements are as follows: Along with the Impromptus, they are among the most frequently played of all Schubert's piano music, and have been recorded many times. No. 3 in F minor has been arranged by

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and others. It has been said that Schubert was deeply influenced in writing these pieces by the ''Impromptus'', Op. 7, of

Jan Václav Voříšek Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek (; ''Johann Hugo Worzischek'', 11 May 1791, in Vamberk, Bohemia – 19 November 1825, in Vienna, Austria) was a Czech composer, pianist, and organist. Life Voříšek was born in the town of Vamberk, Bohemia, where h ...

(1822).Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed. 1954 They were published by Leidesdorf in Vienna in 1828, under the title "Six Momens icmusicals ic. The standard French forms are now usually used – moments (instead of ''momens''), and musicaux (instead of ''musicals''). The sixth number was published in 1824 in a Christmas album under the title ''Les plaintes d'un troubadour''.Naxos

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