Impromptu No. 2 in E-flat major, D. 899/2; Op. 90 No. 2
This guide follows Schubert’s Impromptu No. 2 in E-flat major, D. 899/2; Op. 90 No. 2 (1827) in one part.
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Follow all 4 sections as they play
0:03–5:37
A fast, flowing driven by triplet runs. The A music opens in E-flat major, with a , scale-based melody and a darker E-flat minor passage in its middle. The B section, in B minor, has a Hungarian dance accent. A after it. The reworks B, alternating B minor and E-flat minor, and the piece ends in E-flat minor, the parallel minor of the in which it began.
- A
- B
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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