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Piano Sonata in E-flat major, D 568 (Schubert)

Piano Sonata in E-flat major, D 568 (Schubert)

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The Piano Sonata in E-flat major D 568 by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano. It is a revision and completion of the Sonata in D-flat major D 568. The D-flat major version was composed in June 1817, while the E-flat major revision and completion, published in 1829 after Schubert's death as Op. posth. 122, dates from sometime around 1826.[1]

Movements

I. Allegro moderato

E-flat major

II. Andante molto

G minor

III. Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio

E-flat major

IV. Allegro moderato

E-flat major

This sonata is a transposition and elaboration of the Piano Sonata in D-flat, D. 567.[2]

Daniel Coren summarized the nature of the recapitulation in the first movement of this sonata as "syncopated primary material".[3]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Henle, p. 6
  2. [2]
    Gibbs p. 156
  3. [3]
    Coren, Daniel (1974). "Ambiguity in Schubert's Recapitulations". The Musical Quarterly. LX (4): 568–582. doi:10.1093/mq/LX.4.568.

References

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

Sources

Further reading

  • Tusa, Michael C. (August–November 1984). "When did Schubert revise his opus 122?". The Music Review. 45 (3–4): 208–219.
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