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Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat major, D. 960

182834 min

This guide follows Schubert’s Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat major, D. 960 (1828) in four parts: Molto moderato (sonata form), Andante sostenuto, Scherzo: Allegro vivace con delicatezza – Trio (minuet and trio) and Allegro ma non troppo (sonata form).

Recording: Arthur Rubinstein (piano) (1966)

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Follow all 32 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II
  3. III: – · Minuet and trio
  4. IV · Sonata form
I Sonata form0:04–13:16

A broad, slow-moving -form whose has three areas. The includes a on G-flat, and then the 's central moves to G-flat major. The enters next, and a leads to the third and a . The reaches a in D minor. A with a low follows, and then the arrives.

  1. :
  2. : internal G-flat-major main-
II 13:47–22:13
III: – Minuet and trio22:33–26:29
IV Sonata form26:36–33:57

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Franz SchubertPiano sonatasRomantic periodB-flat majorSonata formMinuet and trio

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