Schubert piano sonatas
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The Schubert piano sonatas are a series of expansive, lyrically rich works for solo piano by Franz Schubert that are central to the Romantic piano repertoire.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
piano sonata cycle
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solo piano repertoire ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfWorks | around 20 complete sonatas ⓘ |
| composer | Franz Schubert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionEndDate | 1828 ⓘ |
| compositionStartDate | circa 1815 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| frequentRecordingArtists |
Alfred Brendel
NERFINISHED
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András Schiff NERFINISHED ⓘ Mitsuko Uchida NERFINISHED ⓘ Sviatoslav Richter NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilhelm Kempff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Classical music
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Romantic music ⓘ |
| historicalImportance | central to Romantic piano repertoire ⓘ |
| includesWork |
Piano Sonata in A major D.664
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Piano Sonata in A major D.845 NERFINISHED ⓘ Piano Sonata in A major D.959 NERFINISHED ⓘ Piano Sonata in A minor D.537 NERFINISHED ⓘ Piano Sonata in A minor D.625 NERFINISHED ⓘ Piano Sonata in A minor D.784 NERFINISHED ⓘ Piano Sonata in B major D.575 NERFINISHED ⓘ Piano Sonata in B-flat major D.960 NERFINISHED ⓘ Piano Sonata in C major D.279 NERFINISHED ⓘ Piano Sonata in C major D.613 NERFINISHED ⓘ Piano Sonata in C major D.840 NERFINISHED ⓘ Piano Sonata in C minor D.958 NERFINISHED ⓘ Piano Sonata in D major D.850 NERFINISHED ⓘ Piano Sonata in E major D.157 NERFINISHED ⓘ Piano Sonata in E minor D.566 NERFINISHED ⓘ Piano Sonata in E-flat major D.568 NERFINISHED ⓘ Piano Sonata in F minor D.625A NERFINISHED ⓘ Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor D.571 NERFINISHED ⓘ Piano Sonata in G major D.894 NERFINISHED ⓘ Piano Sonata in G major D.894 "Fantasie-Sonate" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later Romantic piano composers ⓘ |
| influencedComposer |
Franz Liszt
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Johannes Brahms NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Schumann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrumentation | solo piano ⓘ |
| languageOfMusicalTerms | Italian ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
expansive formal scale
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exploration of remote keys ⓘ intimate character ⓘ lyrical writing ⓘ rich harmonic language ⓘ song-like melodies ⓘ use of cyclic thematic connections ⓘ |
| notableSubset | last three piano sonatas D.958–960 ⓘ |
| performancePractice | often performed as complete cycles in concerts ⓘ |
| period | early Romantic ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstEditions |
Diabelli
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Haslinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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