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Piano Sonata in A major
No. 13
byFranz Schubert
Portrait of the composer in 1819
KeyA major
CatalogueD. 664
Opus120
Composed1819
Duration23 minutes
Movements3

The Piano Sonata in A major, D 664, Op. posth. 120, is a sonata for solo piano composed by Franz Schubert in the summer of 1819.

Movements

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Performed by Paul Pitman

This piano sonata, numbered D 664 in the Schubert Thematic Catalogue, consiste of three movements:

  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Andante (inD major)
  3. Allegro

Well regarded among pianists, the "Little" A major sonata is so called to distinguish it from the hefty 1828 sonata in the same key.[citation needed] It is the shortest among Schubert's complete sonatas.[1] The manuscript, completed in July 1819, was dedicated to 18-year-old Josephine von Koller of Steyr in Upper Austria, whom he considered to be "very pretty" and "a good pianist". The lyrical, buoyant, in spots typically poignant nature of this sonata fits the image of a young Schubert in love, living in a summery Austrian countryside, which he also considered to be "unimaginably lovely".[2]

The A major sonata is straightforward, with a dulcet melodic opening. It was the first of Schubert's piano sonatas where the sonata form as perfected by his idol, Beethoven, does not seem to be wrestled with; rather, it is a "joyous breakthrough", a carefree triumph over strict rules of construction.[3]

The original manuscript to this "little" sonata has been lost.[4]

Further reading

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James Webster noted the particular A–B–A form of the first movement's first thematic group.[5] Daniel Coren summarised the nature of the recapitulations in the first and third movements.[6] Leo Black noted Schubert's reworking of the opening theme from the sonata's slow movement into his song "Der Unglückliche".[7]

References

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  1. ^ Newbould, Brian (1999). Schubert: The Music and the Man. University of California Press. p. 318. ISBN 9780520219571.
  • ^ Schubert, Franz Peter (July 15, 1819), Personal letter to brother Ferdinand[full citation needed]
  • ^ Garrett, David (2008), Schubert Piano Sonata in A, D664[full citation needed]
  • ^ Deutsch, Otto Erich (1995). Schubert Thematic Catalogue. Dover Publications. p. [page needed].
  • ^ Webster, James (July 1978). "Schubert's Sonata Form and Brahms's First Maturity". 19th-Century Music. 2 (1): 18–35. doi:10.1525/ncm.1978.2.1.02a00020. JSTOR 746189.
  • ^ Coren, Daniel (1974). "Ambiguity in Schubert's Recapitulations". The Musical Quarterly. LX (4): 568–582. doi:10.1093/mq/LX.4.568.
  • ^ Black, Leo (June 1997). "Oaks and Osmosis". The Musical Times. 138 (1852): 4–15. doi:10.2307/1003664. JSTOR 1003664.
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    Piano sonatas (2 hands)byFranz Schubert
    Preceded by

    Sonata in A minor (D 845)

    AGA, Series 10 (15 sonatas)
    No. 10
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    Sonata in D major (D 850)

    Preceded by

    Sonata in F minor (D 625)

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    Sonata in A minor (D 784)

    Preceded by

    Sonata in C-sharp minor (D 655)

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