String Trio (Schubert)

Franz Schubert, painted by Anton Depauly, c. 1827

String Trio in B flat major may refer to two compositions, D. 471 and D. 581, each written for three stringed instruments by Franz Schubert in 1816 and 1817 respectively.^[1] They were the only two string trios Schubert wrote, and both were written when Schubert worked as an assistant elementary school teacher.^[1] Author Melvin Berger noted that both look back to eighteenth century forms and styles rather than ahead to the nineteenth century methods of composition with which Schubert was later identified.^[1]

String Trio in B flat major, D. 471

Schubert started composing this piece in the September of 1816, but only finished the first movement.^[1]

Structure

The piece has one movement in sonata form.

1. Allegro, 4/4

String Trio in B flat major, D. 581

Schubert wrote this string trio in the September of 1817, and it consists of four movements.^[1]

Structure

1. Allegro moderato, 4/4
2. Andante, 6/8
3. Menuetto: allegretto, 3/4
4. Rondo: allegretto, 2/4

References

Further reading

• Franz Schubert. Complete chamber music for strings. Dover Publications; 1 June 1973. ISBN 978-0-486-21463-4.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Franz Schubert.

• String Trio, D.471 (Schubert, Franz): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• String Trio, D.581 (Schubert, Franz): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project