Piano Sonata in E-flat major, D 568 (Schubert) explained

The Piano Sonata in E-flat major 568 by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano. It is a revision and completion of the Sonata in D-flat major D 568. The D-flat major version was composed in June 1817, while the E-flat major revision and completion, published in 1829 after Schubert's death as Op. posth. 122, dates from sometime around 1826.^[1]

Movements

I. Allegro moderato

E-flat major

II. Andante molto

G minor

III. Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio

E-flat major

IV. Allegro moderato

E-flat major

This sonata is a transposition and elaboration of the Piano Sonata in D-flat, D. 567.^[2]

Daniel Coren summarized the nature of the recapitulation in the first movement of this sonata as "syncopated primary material".^[3]

References

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

Sources

• Book: Schubert, Franz. Klaviersonaten Band 1. G. Henle Verlag. Berlin. Henle.
• Book: Gibbs, Christopher. The Cambridge Companion to Schubert. Cambridge Companions to Music. Cambridge University Press. 1997. Cambridge, England. Gibbs.

Further reading

• Tusa. Michael C.. When did Schubert revise his opus 122? . The Music Review . 45. 3–4. 208–219. August–November 1984.

Notes and References

1. [#Henle|Henle, p. 6]
2. [#Gibbs|Gibbs p. 156]
3. Coren . Daniel . Ambiguity in Schubert's Recapitulations . The Musical Quarterly . LX . 4 . 568–582 . 1974 . 10.1093/mq/LX.4.568.