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.
Movements
II. Andante molto
III. Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio
IV. Allegro moderato Performed by Paul Pitman
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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.
Daniel Coren summarized the nature of the recapitulation in the first movement of this sonata as "syncopated primary material".
Notes
- 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
- Tirimo, Martino. Schubert: The Complete Piano Sonatas. Vienna: Wiener Urtext Edition, 1997.
Sources
- 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
- Tusa, Michael C. (August–November 1984). "When did Schubert revise his opus 122?". The Music Review. 45 (3–4): 208–219.
External links
- Piano Sonata D.568: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
| Piano sonatas (2 hands) by Franz Schubert | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded bySonata in A minor (D. 537) | AGA, Series 10 (15 sonatas) No. 7 |
Succeeded bySonata in A minor (D. 784) |
| Preceded bySonata in D-flat major (D. 568) | 21 Sonatas numbering system No. 7 (v. 2) |
Succeeded bySonata in F-sharp minor (D. 571) |
| Wiener Urtext Edition (21 Sonatas) No. 8 | ||
| 23 Sonatas numbering system No. 9 | ||
