Music #347 - Schubert - music

Franz Schubert  

/SHOE-bert/   (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

 

(R) Schubert at the Piano II

- Gustav Klimt (1862–1918)   

- oil on canvas (150 x 200 cm) 1899

- destroyed by a fire in 1945

at Schloss Immendorf (Austria)

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

Wanderer Fantasy - II.

Symphony No.8

- aka the "Unfinished" symphony
* First Movement: Allegro moderato
* Second Movement: Andante con moto

Only the first two movements are completed; the third movement was sketched, and the fourth probably never written.

    In 1928, 100 years after his death, a special commitment was established in Vienna, attempting to complete the last two movements. Soon they declared the "unfinished symphony" complete and perfect.

    This is the most famous of his 10 symphonies, and is comparable to Beethoven's. 

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
   - Impromptu №3 [Op.90]

Piano Sonata No.16

Piano Trio in E-flat

II. 

 

Erlkönig D.328

- arranged by Géza Zichy for left hand