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Piano Sonata a minor Op. Post. 164 D 537
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Piano Sonata a minor Op. Post. 164 D 537 by Franz Schubert Piano Solo - Sheet Music

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Piano Sonata a minor Op. Post. 164 D 537 Piano Solo by Franz Schubert Piano Solo - Sheet Music

By Franz Schubert
Piano (Piano Solo)

SKU: HL.51481556

Piano Solo. Composed by Franz Schubert. Edited by Dominik Rahmer. Henle Music Folios. Classical. Softcover. 24 pages. G. Henle #HN1556. Published by G. Henle (HL.51481556).

UPC: 196288366904. 9.0x12.0x0.085 inches.

Franz Schubert seems to have been particularly attracted to A-minor. Not just one but three of his piano sonatas are in this key. The earliest of them, D 537, was composed in March 1817 and was simultaneously his first completed piano sonata ever. It is characterised by concise brevity. The three-movement form dispenses with the usual scherzo. It is far removed from the drama of its a-minor sibling works; meandering modulations often lead to distant harmonic regions and lighten the mood to major – significantly, the sonata also ends in A major. Henle's Urtext edition is based on the autograph, which is preserved in the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris; a contemporary manuscript copy and the posthumous first edition were only used for comparison purposes. The preface by Schubert expert Andrea Lindmayr-Brandl and the detailed comment section provide information about the work's genesis and about open questions concerning the musical text. The fingerings by renowned Schubert interpreter Martin Helmchen are a further plus point of this new edition.

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