Piano Sonata in B major, D 575 (Schubert) explained

The Piano Sonata in B major 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

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]

References

• Tirimo, Martino. Schubert: The Complete Piano Sonatas. Vienna: Wiener Urtext Edition, 1997.

External links

• • Performance by Seymour Lipkin from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format

Notes and References

1. Book: Newbould, Brian . 1999 . Schubert: The Music and the Man . University of California Press . 9780520219571 . 106.
2. Coren . Daniel . Ambiguity in Schubert's Recapitulations . The Musical Quarterly . LX . 4 . 568–582 . 1974 . 10.1093/mq/LX.4.568.