Piano Sonata in E-flat major, D 568 (Schubert)
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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Henle, p. 6
- ^ Gibbs p. 156
- ^ Coren, Daniel (1974). "Ambiguity in Schubert's Recapitulations". The Musical Quarterly. LX (4): 568–582. doi:10.1093/mq/LX.4.568.
References
[edit]- Tirimo, Martino. Schubert: The Complete Piano Sonatas. Vienna: Wiener Urtext Edition, 1997.
Sources
[edit]- Schubert, Franz. Klaviersonaten Band 1. Berlin: G. Henle Verlag.
- Gibbs, Christopher (1997). The Cambridge Companion to Schubert. Cambridge Companions to Music. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
Further reading
[edit]- Tusa, Michael C. (August–November 1984). "When did Schubert revise his opus 122?". The Music Review. 45 (3–4): 208–219.
External links
[edit]- Piano Sonata D.568: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
