Piano Sonata in E-flat major, D 568 (Schubert)

The Piano Sonata in E major 568 by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano. It is a revision and completion of the Sonata in D major D 568. The D major version was composed in June 1817, while the E major revision and completion, published in 1829 after Schubert's death as Op. posth. 122, dates from sometime around 1826.Henle, p. 6

Music

The sonata has four movements:

This sonata is a transposition and elaboration of the Piano Sonata in D, D. 567.Gibbs p. 156

Daniel Coren summarized the nature of the recapitulation in the first movement of this sonata as "syncopated primary material".

Notes

References Tirimo, Martino. Schubert: The Complete Piano Sonatas. Vienna: Wiener Urtext Edition, 1997.

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