Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 845 (Schubert)

The Piano Sonata No. 16 in A minor, D. 845 (Op. 42) by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano, composed in May 1825. The sonata is in four movements:

I. Moderato
II. Andante, poco mosso in C major
III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace (A minor → A major) - Trio: Un poco piu lento (F major)
IV. Rondo: Allegro vivace

The second movement is in variation form. Noted performers of the work in the 19th century included Hans von Bülow, who played the sonata in both Europe and the USA.^[1]

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

References

^ Gould, John (Winter 2005). "What Did They Play?: The Changing Repertoire of the Piano Recital from the Beginnings to 1980". The Musical Times (Musical Times Publications Ltd.) 146 (1893): 61–76. doi:10.2307/30044125. JSTOR 30044125.
^ 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 2009-02-22.

External links

Piano Sonata D.845: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project.
Performance by Seymour Lipkin from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format

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