Schubert, Franz 1797 - 1828
Author: Takamatsu, Yusuke
Last updated：October 12, 2020
Author: Takamatsu, Yusuke
Author : Takamatsu, Yusuke
Last Updated: October 12, 2020
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Author : Takamatsu, Yusuke
Author : Asayama, Natsuko
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A Viennese composer. He left works in all genres, but his Lieder (songs) and piano pieces are of paramount importance in music history. He began his compositional activities while working as a schoolteacher to support himself. Eventually, he was blessed with many friends who recognized his talent, enabling him to become an independent musician, but he died prematurely at the age of 31.
His piano solo works can be broadly categorized into character pieces of free form such as impromptus and fantasies, dance pieces like waltzes, and piano sonatas. He also left excellent works in chamber music featuring the piano, such as the Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, 'Trout' (1819), and the Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821 (1824). Furthermore, in his Lieder, he broke away from traditional accompaniment that merely harmonically supported the vocal melody, imbuing the piano part with profound musical expression, thereby establishing modern German Lied, which can be described as an ensemble of voice and piano.
Schubert, born a full generation after Beethoven yet dying around the same time, is difficult to categorize as either purely Classical or purely Romantic. Currently, he is more often discussed as part of the Viennese Classical school than as a Romantic composer. Indeed, in terms of form, he adhered to classical principles, and Schubert himself did not attach Romantic-style programmatic titles to his instrumental works. Furthermore, his uniquely beautiful melodies are not far removed from the Classical idiom. However, for instance, in his sonatas, rather than the contrasting themes and motivic development championed by Beethoven, Schubert focused on the subtle changes in harmonic color itself as a central concern, and his method of reaching distant keys with an almost casual ease already reveals the world of Romantic music. This tendency to emphasize 'timbre,' so to speak, is more pronounced in the music of composers like Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms. However, while these composers approached the traditions of Classical forms with longing and reverence, for Schubert, these forms were not yet 'alienated' but rather somewhat contemporary. Schubert's Romanticism, hidden within the beauty of Classical forms and consonant harmonies, does not create tension for the listener. It is truly music that forms a nexus between two eras.
Works(204)
Piano Solo (17)
sonata (21)
Sonate für Klavier Nr.18 'Fantasie' D 894 Op.78
Key: G-Dur Composed in: 1826 Playing time: 40 min 30 sec
pieces (3)
inpromptu (3)
fantasy (4)
variation (5)
13 Variationen über ein Thema von Anselm Huttenbrenner D 576
Key: a-moll Composed in: 1817 Playing time: 14 min 18 sec
Variation über einen Walzer von Anton Diabelli D 718
Key: c-moll Composed in: 1821 Playing time: 1 min 30 sec
menuetto (6)
waltz (10)
Ländler (7)
other dances (22)
16 Ländler und 2 Ecossaisen(Wiener Damen-Ländler) D 734 Op.67
Composed in: 1822 Playing time: 11 min 30 sec
character pieces (14)
Various works (2)
Piano Ensemble (13)
sonata (3)
rondo (2)
fantasy (5)
variation (4)
8 Variationen über ein franzosisches Lied D 624 Op.10
Key: e-moll Composed in: 1818 Playing time: 17 min 20 sec
8 Variations sur un theme original D 813 Op.35
Key: As-Dur Composed in: 1824 Playing time: 10 min 00 sec
Variationen über ein Thema aus Oper 'Marie' von Herold D 908 Op.82-1
Key: C-Dur Composed in: 1827 Playing time: 13 min 30 sec
Introduktion, 4 Variationen über ein Originalthema und Finale D 968A(603) Op.82-2
Key: B-Dur Playing time: 10 min 00 sec
polonaise (2)
other dances (1)
divertimento (3)
Divertissement sur des motifs originaux française D 823
Key: e-moll Composed in: 1826 Playing time: 34 min 10 sec
Divertissement sur des motifs originaux français D 823 Op.63,84
Key: e-moll Composed in: 1827 Playing time: 34 min 10 sec
march (5)
funeral (1)
Various works (6)
Chamber Music (7)
sonata (5)
Sonate für Pianofore und Violine D 384 Op.137
Key: D-Dur Composed in: 1816 Playing time: 12 min 40 sec
Sonate für Pianofore und Violine D 574 Op.162
Key: A-Dur Composed in: 1817 Playing time: 21 min 30 sec
Sonate für Pianoforte und Arpeggione oder Violoncell D 821
Key: a-moll Composed in: 1824 Playing time: 24 min 30 sec
Sonate für Pianofore und Violine No.2 D 385 Op.137-2
Key: a-moll Composed in: 1816 Playing time: 21 min 15 sec
Sonate für Pianofore und Violine No.3 D 408 Op.137-3
Key: g-moll Composed in: 1816 Playing time: 15 min 25 sec
variation (1)
nocturne (1)
Various works (6)
Lied (2)
pieces (4)
4 Gesänge aus 'Wilhelm Meister' D 877 Op.62
Key: D-Dur Composed in: 1826 Playing time: 13 min 40 sec
Various works (40)
etc (3)
Symphony (4)