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Écossaises, D 421 (Schubert)

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Franz Schubert's Écossaises, D 421, are six short dances for solo piano:

  1. A major
  2. F minor (ends in A major)
  3. E major
  4. A major
  5. B major
  6. D major (ends in B minor)

The pieces do not have tempo indications, and recordings have ranged from under 2 minutes to over 4 minutes in length for all six pieces.

Schubert wrote these Écossaises in May 1816 during a visit to Josef von Spaun's new home in the Landstraße suburb south-east of Vienna. During the visit, Schubert was locked into his room for a prank, which was that he was to finish a composition before being released. He produced these six Écossaises, and the following words were inscribed on the (now lost) title page: "Composed while confined to my room at Erdberg, May 1816."[1]

References

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  1. ^ Norman., McKay, Elizabeth (1996). Franz Schubert: A Biography. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 59. ISBN 0198165234. OCLC 33967749.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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