Music #347 - Schubert - music

Franz Schubert  

/SHOE-bert/   [ˈfʁants ˈʃuːbɛɐ̯t]  (1797 – 1828)

An Austrian composer, Schubert represented a turning point in musical history. While his own musical style was essentially Classical, his inspiration looked forward to the age of Romanticism.

List of compositions by Schubert by genre

Moment Musical 

* No. 3 of 6 - Horowitz (piano)   

Schubert composed 6 moments musicaux: 
a collection of 6 short pieces for solo piano.

Marche Militaire  

* No. 1 of 3

Arpeggione Sonata 

- cello and piano

* Mvt 1:  Allegro moderato
* Mvt 2:  Adagio
* Mvt 3:  Allegretto

 An arpeggione is a 6-stringed cello-like instrument.

String Quartet No. 14 

- "Death and the Maiden", D.810
* by Alban Berg Quartet

Trout Quintet 

- Piano Quintet

(A double bass is added instead of the more usual second violin.)

* Mvt 1:  Allegro vivace  

(With the double bass, the piano does not need to provide a bass line.)

* Mvt 2:  Andante  

(The second half repeats in a different key.)

* Mvt 3:  Scherzo: Presto  

* Mvt 4:  Andantino – Variations – Allegretto

(Variations on Schubert's 1817 song "Die Forelle"/The Trout)

* Mvt 5:  Allegro giusto

Symphony No.8

- aka the "Unfinished" symphony
Only the first two movements are completed.
* First Movement: Allegro moderato
* Second Movement: Andante con moto
Third movement was sketched, and fourth probably never written.

Symphony No. 9

- aka the "Great"
Mvt.1 Andante - Allegro ma non troppo - Piu Moto
Mvt.2 Andante con moto in A minor
Mvt.3 Scherzo. Allegro vivace  Trio in C major/A major
Nvt.4 Allegro vivace
* by Wiener Philharmoniker

Drei Klavierstücke

* Three Impromptus piano pieces

Piano Sonata No.16

 

Piano Trio in E-flat

II. 

 

Erlkönig D.328

- arranged by Géza Zichy for left hand