Piano Sonata in E major, D. 459 (Schubert)

The Piano Sonata No. 3 in E major D. 459 is a work for solo piano, composed by Franz Schubert in 1816. It was first published in 1843, after the composer's death, by Carl August Klemm in Leipzig.^[1] Unusual for piano sonatas of this time period, the sonata is in five movements. Because of this, the first publisher named the work Fünf Klavierstücke.

Andrea Lindmayr-Brandl has noted that Klemm had compiled the movements for his 1843 publication of this work from a number of different Schubert compositions. Furthermore, she notes the "fragmentary" nature of the work, because Schubert had broken off the sonata at the close of its development section.^[1]

Movements

I. Allegro moderato : E major : with particular form like Mozart (recapitulation in the subdominant)
II. Scherzo : E major
III. Adagio : C major
IV. Scherzo con trio : A major
V. Allegro patetico : E major

Daniel Coren has summarised the nature of the recapitulation in the fourth movement of this sonata.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Lindmayr-Brandl, Andrea (2000). "Die "wiederentdeckte" unvollendete "Sonate in E" D 459 und die "Fünf Klavierstücke" von Franz Schubert". Archiv für Musikwissenschaft (Franz Steiner Verlag) 57 Jahrg. (H.2.): 130–150. JSTOR 931138.
^ Coren, Daniel (1974). "Ambiguity in Schubert's Recapitulations". The Musical Quarterly LX (4): 568–582. doi:10.1093/mq/LX.4.568. http://mq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/LX/4/568. Retrieved 2009-02-07.

External links

Piano Sonata in E major/5 Piano Pieces: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project.

Piano sonatas by Franz Schubert

E major, D. 157 · C major, D. 279 · E major, D. 459 · A minor, D. 537 · A-flat major, D. 557 · E minor, D. 566 · E-flat major, D. 568 · F-sharp minor, D. 571 · B major, D. 575 · C major, D. 613 · F minor, D. 625 · C-sharp minor, D. 655 · A major, D. 664 · A minor, D. 784 · C major, D. 840 · A minor, D. 845 · D major, D. 850 · G major, D. 894 · C minor, D. 958 · A major, D. 959 · B-flat major, D. 960

List of compositions by Franz Schubert