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Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 784

182324 min

This guide follows Schubert’s Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 784 (1823) in three parts: Allegro giusto (sonata form), Andante and Allegro vivace (sonata form).

Recording: Eric Lu (piano) (2021)

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Follow all 20 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II
  3. III · Sonata form
I Sonata form0:07–14:14

begins with a bare in plain octaves whose phrases end on a falling third, the 'sigh' that haunts the whole . The loud, heroic leads to a calm, hymn-like in E major, an unusual for a minor- . The swings between F major and D minor. In the the loud is replaced by a hushed passage, and the restores the missing music before the ends on a loud falling third.

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II14:40–18:47
IIISonata form19:05–24:34

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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