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Schubert, Franz : Sonate für Klavier Nr.21 B-Dur D 960

Work Overview

Music ID : 592
Composition Year:1828 
Publication Year:1839
Instrumentation:Piano Solo 
Genre:sonata
Total Playing Time:36 min 00 sec
Copyright:Public Domain

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Author : PTNA Piano Encyclopedia Editorial Department

Last Updated: January 1, 2010
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

A piano sonata from Schubert's very late period, a work that evokes a sublime, beautiful, and serene world. While his early piano sonatas were written in a classical idiom, his later works adopted a structure rich in romantic emotion, profoundly influencing Schumann and Brahms. The first movement begins with a quiet, profound theme, foreshadowing the vastness of the entire work, and the second movement continues with sustained, heightened tension. The third movement offers a glimpse of lighthearted brightness, and the fourth movement concludes with the development of a light and agile theme. From the first movement, which feels like a long journey, to the end of the fourth movement, which concludes as if bathed in bright light, this piano sonata possesses a unique and complete presence as a single work.

Author : Takamatsu, Yusuke

Last Updated: April 28, 2019
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Movements (4)

Mov.1 Molto moderato

Total Performance Time: 14 min 30 sec 

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Mov.2 Andante sostenuto

Total Performance Time: 8 min 30 sec 

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Mov.3 Scherzo: Allegro vivace con delicatezza - Trio

Total Performance Time: 4 min 00 sec 

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Mov.4 Allegro ma non troppo - Presto

Total Performance Time: 9 min 00 sec 

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