The Piano Sonata in E minor 566 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 ...

is a sonata for solo piano written in June

1817 Events January–March * January 1 – Sailing through the Sandwich Islands, Otto von Kotzebue discovers New Year Island. * January 19 – An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, starts crossing the ...

. The Rondo D. 506 is most likely the fourth movement according to Martino Tirimo.

Movements

I. Moderato :E minor :Harald Krebs has noted the use of Charles Fisk's "search for thematic identity" in his discussion of the sonata's opening theme. II. Allegretto :E major III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace - Trio :A-flat major (IV. Rondo: Allegretto, D 506) :E major :D 506 has been associated with the last piece of

Fünf Klavierstücke The Piano Sonata in E major, 459, is a work for solo piano, composed by Franz Schubert in August 1816. It was first published in 1843, after the composer's death, by Carl August Klemm in Leipzig, in a publication known as Fünf Klavierstücke (Fiv ...

(D 459A/3) and the Adagio D 349 too as a set of movements that might form a sonata.F. Bisogni, quoted in Walburga Litschauer's Preface to ''Schubert: Piano Sonatas I''. Bärenreiter 2000 The work takes approximately 20 minutes to perform or 25–30 minutes with the rondo finale.

Notes

References

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

External links

* {{Portal bar, Classical music Piano sonatas by Franz Schubert 1817 compositions Compositions in E minor