Piano_Sonata_in_B_major,_D_575_(Schubert) Knowpia

The Piano Sonata in B major D 575 by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano, posthumously published as Op. 147 and given a dedication to Sigismond Thalberg by its publishers. Schubert composed the sonata in August 1817.

Movements edit

I. Allegro ma non troppo (B major)

Uses a four-key exposition (B major, G major, E major, F-sharp major).^[1]

II. Andante (E major)

III. Scherzo: Allegretto – Trio (G major, D major)

IV. Allegro giusto (B major)

The work takes approximately 24 minutes to perform.

Daniel Coren has noted that the first movement of this sonata is the only such movement in Schubert's sonatas where the recapitulation is an exact transposition of the exposition.^[2]

Notes edit

^ Newbould, Brian (1999). Schubert: The Music and the Man. University of California Press. p. 106. ISBN 9780520219571.
^ 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.

External links edit

Piano Sonata D.575: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Performance by Seymour Lipkin from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format

Piano sonatas (2 hands) by Franz Schubert
Preceded by Sonata in E minor (D. 566)	AGA, Series 10 (15 sonatas) No. 5	Succeeded by Sonata in A minor (D. 537)
Preceded by Sonata in F-sharp minor (D. 571)	21 Sonatas numbering system No. 9	Succeeded by Sonata in C major (D. 613)
	Wiener Urtext Edition (21 Sonatas) No. 10
	23 Sonatas numbering system No. 11

[schubert-1] Newbould, Brian (1999). Schubert: The Music and the Man. University of California Press. p. 106. ISBN 9780520219571.

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

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