Piano Sonata D 568/567 (Schubert)

Franz Schubert's Sonata in E flat major for piano D 568 was composed in 1817, initially in a fragmentary version in D flat major (D 567). The E flat major version has been revised in many details and a minuet has been added. It was published as Opus 122 after Schubert's death in 1829.

Piano Sonata in E flat major, D 568

The sonata has four movements:

1. Allegro moderato . The idiosyncratic proportions of the exposition are not unusual in Schubert's compositions of the late 1920s. The complex of main theme (up to bar 28), very tight modulation into the dominant (bars 28–35 with confirmation of the B flat major 35–40) and secondary theme (41–56) takes up only about half of the exposition. After a further modulation with a final cadenza in D flat major (56–63), a third theme follows in D flat major, which modulates and cadences according to C minor (63–71), followed by a repetition of this third theme, which is enhanced by an extension modulated back to B flat major (71–88). A detailed appendix confirms B flat major (88–112). The traditionally decisive events in the first half of the exposition are thus concentrated. D flat major and C minor, which dominate the following sections, are in no logical relation to the main key (typically the low-alternated VI. Degree G flat major - related to B flat major - would be typical, which in a further step by an added excessive Sixth e is converted into a double dominant ). Schubert's exposure, on the other hand, is ranked associatively. The foreign keys take up a disproportionately large amount of space; Instead of revealing their relationship to the basic key through a brief twist, they have to be reached and abandoned through comparatively laborious modulations. Such experiments on form, which dissolve the dramaturgical closeness of the exposition, led in the older Schubert literature to the claim that Schubert could not have composed any sonatas. In his later works, however, Schubert developed his own ideas about form. The Sonata in A major D 664 (op. 120), composed in 1819, begins with a compact exposition that avoids any detours.
2. Andante molto (in G minor )
3. Minuet ( Allegretto ) with trio
4. Allegro moderato

Piano Sonata in D flat major, D 567

The sonata was composed in June 1817 and has three movements:

1. Allegro moderato (D flat major)
2. Andante molto (C sharp minor)
3. Allegretto (D flat major)

The fragment ends in the middle of the final topic .

literature

• Martino Tirimo: Schubert: Complete Piano Sonatas. Wiener Urtext Edition, Vienna 1997.
• Franz Schubert: Piano Sonatas Volume 1 . G. Henle Verlag , Berlin.
• Christopher Gibbs: The Cambridge Companion to Schubert . Cambridge University Press , Cambridge 1997.
• Hans Költzsch: Franz Schubert in his piano sonatas. Breitkopf & Härtel , 1927, pp. 9-10. (online at: books.google.de )

Web links

• Piano Sonata No.7, D.568 from the International Music Score Library Project

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gibbs p. 156.
2. ↑ Henle, p. 6.
3. ↑ cf. for example Mozart, String Quintet in C major KV 515 (1st movement, bars 48–54); Beethoven, Violin Sonata in F major op. 24 (1st movement, bars 26–33)