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The following is a list of the complete output of solo piano works composed by
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 wo ...
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indicates a direct link to the manuscript at the Schubert-''Autographs'' website by the Austrian Academy of Sciences indicates a direct link to the score at
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(IMSLP) For the Piano Sonatas: there is no uniform numbering of the sonatas. The Deutsch catalogue does not number the sonatas. In the
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the sonatas are also not numbered. There are several issues which make the numbering difficult: e.g. which of the incomplete sketches are to be included?... in what order are they to be presented?... The current list retains the following numbering systems: *numbering of the piano sonatas according to Franz Schubert's Werke: Kritisch durchgesehene Gesammtausgabe – ''Serie 10: Sonaten für Pianoforte''. Leipzig:
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, 1888.
15 sonatas — numbering of the piano sonatas according to Franz Schubert's Werke: Kritisch durchgesehene Gesammtausgabe – ''Serie 10: Sonaten für Pianoforte'' (Leipzig:
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, 1888), the first publication that claimed to print the complete set of Schubert's piano sonatas. The Deutsch catalogue was yet to be created, so there are no Deutsch numbers in the original 1888 publication. This edition is reprinted from 1970 on by
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has facsimiles of many of the sonatas according to this first edition, including the numbering ''X,1'' — ''X,2'' — etc. on the score. *n 19 sonatas, numbering according to the
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, Series VII/2, volume 1–3. *numbering of the piano sonatas as encountered o
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and Schubert's Piano Sonatas template at
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, with divergent numbers from Wiener Urtext Edition added in square brackets.
21 sonatas — numbering of Schubert's piano sonatas as most encountered on recordings etc., for instance on th
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follows this numbering for their page names of Schubert's piano sonatas. Wiener Urtext Edition follows the same numbering, except that Op. 122 is No. 8, the ensuing D. 571, 575, 613 and 625 all shift up one number, and D. 655 is an unnumbered fragment. *numbering of the piano sonatas as encountered i
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Wanderer Fantasy The Fantasie in C major, Op. 15 ( D. 760), popularly known as the ''Wanderer Fantasy'', is a four-movement fantasy for solo piano composed by Franz Schubert in 1822. It is widely considered Schubert's most technically demanding composition for th ...
'' was never numbered as a sonata, while , first published as a Fantasie, always was. Other columns in the table: *Op.: Opus number, "(p)" or "posth." indicates a posthumous publication. *D.: Deutsch number; between square brackets: former Deutsch number


Table

Completed numbered sonata Unfinished


Complete list

The table includes the following information: * D – the catalogue number assigned by
Otto Erich Deutsch Otto Erich Deutsch (5 September 1883 – 23 November 1967) was an Austrian musicologist. He is known for compiling the first comprehensive catalogue of Franz Schubert's compositions, first published in 1951 in English, with a revised edition pub ...
or NSA authorities * Former Deutsch Number – information on Deutsch numbers that have been re-assigned, when applicable; listed in " .. * Opus Number – the opus number of the original publication of the work, when applicable; "(p)" or "posth." indicates a posthumous publication * English Title – The title of the work in an English translation from German * Informal Title – any additional names by which the work is known, when applicable * Original Title – The title of the work in German as it appears in the Deutsch catalogue or the Neue Schubert-Ausgabe * Autograph Link

a direct link to the manuscript at the Schubert-''Autographs'' website by the Austrian Academy of Sciences * Score Link – a direct link to the score at the
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(IMSLP) website * Date – the known or assumed date of composition, when available; or date of publication * Numbering Systems of Piano Sonatas – the numbering of the piano sonatas as listed in the Breitkopf & Härtel and Wiener Urtext Editions, described above * Version – the number of versions as it pertains to works that have more than one version of the same work/movement * Notes – any additional information concerning the work: alternate titles, listing of movements or numbers, tempo markings, completeness, relation to other works, authorship, etc.


Scores


Schubert-''Autographs''
by Austrian Academy of Sciences
Schubert, Franz
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* Franz Schubert's Werke: Kritisch durchgesehene Gesammtausgabe (= Alte Gesamtausgabe = AGA):Deutsch 1978, p. XXI
/ref> **Julius Epstein (ed.) Serie 10: Sonaten für Pianoforte. Leipzig:
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, 1888. ***(replication): Franz Schubert. Complete Sonatas for Pianoforte Solo. New York:
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, 1970. **Julius Epstein (ed.) Serie 11: Phantasie, Impromptus und andere Stücke für Pianoforte. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1888. **Julius Epstein (ed.) Serie 12: Tänze für Pianoforte. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1889 **Eusebius Mandyczewski (ed.) Serie 21: Supplement: Instrumentalmusik; Gesangsmusik. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1897. **Julius Epstein, Eusebius Mandyczewski (eds.) Revisionsbericht - Serie X: Sonaten für Pianoforte. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1893 **Julius Epstein, Eusebius Mandyczewski (eds.) Revisionsbericht - Serie XI: Phantasie, Impromptus und andere Stücke für Pianoforte. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1894 ** Revisionsbericht - Serie XII: Tänze für Pianoforte. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel ** Revisionsbericht - Serie XXI: Supplement. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel *Henle (
Urtext Edition An urtext edition of a work of classical music is a printed version intended to reproduce the original intention of the composer as exactly as possible, without any added or changed material. Other kinds of editions distinct from urtext are facs ...
): **Paul Mies (ed.)
Piano Sonatas, Volume I
'. 1971. **Paul Mies (ed.)

'. 1973. **Paul Badura-Skoda (ed.)

'. 1997. **Walter Gieseking (ed.) '' ttp://www.henle.de/en/detail/index.html?Title=Impromptus+and+Moments+musicaux_4 Impromptus and Moments musicaux'. 1948. **Paul Mies (ed.)
3 Piano Pieces (Impromptus) Op. posth. D 946
'. 1976. **Gertraut Haberkamp (ed.)

'. 1992. **Paul Mies (ed.)

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'. 1982. *Wiener Urtext Edition: **Martino Tirimo (ed.) ''Franz Schubert: The Complete Piano Sonatas''. 1997. **
Vol. 1
ISMN 979-0-50057-223-7 **
Vol. 2
ISMN 979-0-50057-224-4 **
Vol. 3
ISMN 979-0-50057-225-1 ** Paul Badura-Skoda (ed.) **
''Franz Schubert: Fantasy C major "Wanderer-Fantasie"''
ISMN 979-0-50057-009-7 **
''Franz Schubert: Impromptus, Moments musicaux, Three Piano Pieces''
ISMN 979-0-50057-000-4 ** Alexander Weinmann (ed.) ''Franz Schubert: The Complete Dances for Piano'' **
Vol. 1
ISMN 979-0-50057-020-2 **
Vol. 2
ISMN 979-0-50057-021-9 * Franz Schubert: Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (= Neue Gesamtausgabe = NGA = Neue Schubert-Ausgabe = NSA = New Schubert Edition = NSE): **
Walburga Litschauer Walburga Litschauer (born 15 October 1954) is an Austrian musicologist and Franz Schubert scholar. Life Born in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Litschauer studied music and theatre studies at the University of Vienna and completed piano training at th ...
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Series VII Part 2 Volume 1: Klaviersonaten I
Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2000. ISMN 9790006497119 **Walburga Litschauer (ed)
Series VII Part 2 Volume 2: Klaviersonaten II
Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2003. ISMN 9790006497195 **Walburga Litschauer (ed)
Series VII Part 2 Volume 3: Klaviersonaten III
Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1996. ISMN 9790006472475 **David Goldberger (ed)
Series VII Part 2 Volume 4: Klavierstücke I
Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1988. ISMN 9790006472208 **Christa Landon and Walther Dürr (eds)
Series VII Part 2 Volume 5: Klavierstücke II
Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1984. ISMN 9790006472161 **Walburga Litschauer (ed)
Series VII Part 2 Volume 6: Tänze I
Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1989. ISMN 9790006472246 **Walburga Litschauer (ed)
Series VII Part 2 Volume 7a: Tänze II
Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1990. ISMN 9790006472277 **Alfred Mann (ed)
Series VIII Volume 2: Schuberts Studien
Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1986. ISMN 9790006472192


References


Lists of (piano) compositions by Schubert

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Otto Erich Deutsch Otto Erich Deutsch (5 September 1883 – 23 November 1967) was an Austrian musicologist. He is known for compiling the first comprehensive catalogue of Franz Schubert's compositions, first published in 1951 in English, with a revised edition pub ...
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Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge
' (New Schubert Edition Series VIII Supplement, Volume 4). Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1978. ISMN 9790006305148 – **Aderhold, Werner (ed.
Franz Schubert: Deutsch-Verzeichnis – Studienausgabe
Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2012. ISMN 9790006315864 –
Franz Schubert, Thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge
on-line copy at
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Neue Schubert-Ausgabe Franz Schubert (1797–1828): New Edition of the Complete Works (), commonly known as the New Schubert Edition (NSE), or, in german: Neue Schubert-Ausgabe (NSA), is a complete edition of Franz Schubert's works, which started in 1956 and is schedu ...
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List of works by Franz Schubert Franz Schubert (31 January 1797 – 19 November 1828) was an extremely prolific Austrian composer. He composed some 1500 works (or, when collections, cycles and variants are grouped, some thousand compositions). The largest group are the lieder ...
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Franz Schubert Catalogue: 610 - Oeuvres pour piano
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Other sources

* Eva Badura-Skoda and Peter Branscombe. ''Schubert Studies: Problems of Style and Chronology''. Cambridge University Press, 1982. * Brian Newbould
''Schubert: The Music and the Man''.
University of California Press, 1999. * Reinhard Van Hoorickx
"Franz Schubert (1797–1828) List of the Dances in Chronological Order"
in ''Revue belge de Musicologie''/''Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Muziekwetenschap'', Vol. 25, No. 1/4, pp. 68–97, 1971 *Reinhard Van Hoorickx
"Thematic Catalogue of Schubert's Works: New Additions, Corrections and Notes"
in ''Revue belge de Musicologie''/''Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Muziekwetenschap'', Vol. 28/30, pp. 136–171, 1974—1976.


External links


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