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Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 537

181720 min

This guide follows Schubert’s Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 537 (1817) in three parts: Allegro ma non troppo (sonata form), Allegretto quasi andantino and Allegro vivace (sonata form).

Recording: Mikhail Pletnev (piano) (2024)

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Follow all 21 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II
  3. III · Sonata form
I Sonata form0:02–8:01

The states the A minor main idea, and after the the arrives not in C major but in F major, the on the sixth note of the scale. A closes the . The leads to a that begins in D minor, away from the home , and most of its sounds in A major. A short turns back to the minor for the ending.

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II 8:07–14:16
IIISonata form14:18–19:39

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 periodA minorSonata form

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