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

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

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The Piano Sonata in E major D 568 by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano. It is a revision and completion of the Sonata in D major D 568. The D major version was composed in June 1817, while the E major revision and completion, published in 1829 after Schubert's death as Op. posth. 122, dates from sometime around 1826.1

Music

The sonata has four movements:

  1. Allegro moderato (E major)
  2. Andante molto (G minor)
  3. Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio (E major)
  4. Allegro moderato (E major)

This sonata is a transposition and elaboration of the Piano Sonata in D, D. 567.2

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

Notes

Notes

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

References

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

Sources

Further reading

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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