List of solo piano compositions by Franz Schubert
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- A, B and C: three different numberings of Schubert's piano sonatas: A is the oldest (referring to the 1888 first "integral" edition of Schubert's sonatas by Breitkopf and Härtel, not making reference to the Deutsch catalogue this edition of Schubert sonatas is reprinted from 1970 on by Dover PublicationsDover PublicationsDover Publications is an American book publisher founded in 1941 by Hayward Cirker and his wife, Blanche. It publishes primarily reissues, books no longer published by their original publishers. These are often, but not always, books in the public domain. The original published editions may be...
). As more pieces turned up that could be labeled as Sonata, the numbering extended, also renumbering some of the pieces that had already been published. Note that in Schubert's lifetime "Fantasie" (Fantasy) and "Sonate" (Sonata) had a somewhat overlapping meaning: by convention the Wanderer Fantasy was never numbered as a sonata, while D 894 always was. - U: unfinished work
- numbers 1., 2., etc...: individual movements of the compositions.
- Opus: "(p)" or "posth." indicates a posthumous publication.
| A | B | C | Name | Key | U | Date | Opus | Deutsch | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. |
| Fantasie | C Minor | 2e | (?) | |||||||||||
| Andante | C Major | 29 | Andante | |||||||||||
| 1st part of a sonata | E Major | u | 154 | Allegro | ||||||||||
| 10 Variations | F Major | 156 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Sonate Piano Sonata in E major, D. 157 (Schubert) The Piano Sonata No. 1 in E major, D. 157 is a piano sonata written in March 1815 by Franz Schubert.Although all three movements of the sonata are complete, it is very likely that in fact the sonata is unfinished, even though some sources may list it as a complete work... |
E Major | Feb. 1815 | 157 | Allegro ma non troppo | Andante | MENUETTO, Allegro vivace - Trio | |||||
| Adagio | G Major | 178 | Adagio | |||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Sonate | C Major | Sep. 1815 | 279 | Allegro moderato | Andante | MENUETTO, Allegro vivace - Trio | [Allegretto] | ||||
| Allegretto (fragment) | C Major | u | 346 | |||||||||||
| Allegro moderato (fragment) | C Major | u | 347 | |||||||||||
| Andantino (fragment) | C Major | u | 348 | |||||||||||
| Adagio (fragment) | C Major | u | 349 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Fünf Klavierstücke Piano Sonata in E major, D. 459 (Schubert) The Piano Sonata No. 3 in E major D. 459 is a work for solo piano, composed by Franz Schubert in 1816. It was first published in 1843, after the composer's death, by Carl August Klemm in Leipzig. Unusual for piano sonatas of this time period, the sonata is in five movements... |
E Major | Aug. 1816 | 459 | Allegro moderato | SCHERZO, Allegro | Adagio | SCHERZO CON TRIO | Allegro patetico | ||||
| Adagio | D-flat | 505 | Adagio | |||||||||||
| (Adagio and) Rondo | E Major | (p) 145 | 506 | (Adagio) | RONDO, Allegretto moto | |||||||||
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Sonate Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 537 (Schubert) The Piano Sonata No. 4 in A minor, D. 537 of Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano, composed in 1817. The work has three movements:# Allegro ma non troppo # Allegretto quasi andantino... |
A Minor | 1817 | (p) 164 | 537 | Allegro ma non troppo | Allegretto quasi Andantino | Allegro vivace | ||||
| 3 | 5 | 5 | Sonate Piano Sonata in A-flat major, D. 557 (Schubert) Franz Schubert's Piano Sonata No. 5 in A flat major, D. 557 was written in 1817 and has three movements:# Allegro moderato# Andante# AllegroThe work is relatively short and a typical performance lasts just over 10 minutes.... |
A-flat Major | May 1817 | 557 | Allegro moderato | Andante | Allegro | |||||
| 4 | 6 | 6 | Sonate Piano Sonata in E minor, D. 566 (Schubert) The Piano Sonata No. 6 in E minor, D. 566 by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano written in 1817. It has three movements but is sometimes played with the Rondo D... |
E Minor | June 1817 | 566 | Moderato | Allegretto | SCHERZO, Allegro vivace - Trio | RONDO, Allegretto | ||||
| 7 | 7 | Sonate (older version of D 568) | D-flat Major | u | 567 | |||||||||
| 7 | 8 | Sonate Piano Sonata in E-flat major, D. 568 (Schubert) The Piano Sonata No.7 in E-flat major by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano composed in 1817, and originally published after Schubert's death in 1829 as Op. posth. 122. The sonata is in four movements:*I. Allegro moderato : E flat major... |
E-flat Major | 1817 | (p) 122 | 568 | Allegro moderato | Andante molto | MENUETTO, allegretto - Trio | Allegro moderato | ||||
| Sonate Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor, D. 571 (Schubert) Piano Sonata No. 8 in F-sharp minor, D. 571, was composed by Franz Schubert in 1817. The sonata was first published long after the composer's death in 1888 by Breitkopf & Härtel.- Howard Ferguson's research :*Howard's complements aiming to perfect sonata... |
F-sharp Minor | u | 1817 | 571 | Allegro | SCHERZO, Allegro vivace | Allegro moderato | |||||||
| 5 | 8 | 9 | Sonate Piano Sonata in B major, D. 575 (Schubert) The Piano Sonata No. 9 in B major, D. 575 by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano, posthumously published as Op. 147. Schubert composed the sonata in 1817, in four movements:# Allegro ma non troppo# Andante in E major... |
B Major | Aug. 1817 | (p) 147 | 575 | Allegro ma non troppo | Andante | SCHERZO, Allegretto - Trio | Allegro giusto | |||
| 13 Variations on a theme by Hüttenbrenner | 576 | |||||||||||||
| Scherzo | B-flat Major | 593 #1 | Allegretto | |||||||||||
| Scherzo | D-flat Major | 593 #2 | Allegro moderato | |||||||||||
| Andante | A Major | 604 | Andante | |||||||||||
| Fantasia (fragment) | C Major | u | 605 | |||||||||||
| Marche | E Major | 606 | Allegro con brio | |||||||||||
| Trio (of an unidentified menuet, maybe D 600) | E Major | 610 | ||||||||||||
| Adagio | E Major | 612 | Adagio | |||||||||||
| 9 | 10 | Sonate Piano Sonata in C major, D. 613 (Schubert) The Piano Sonata in C major, D. 613 is a piano sonata written by Franz Schubert.-References:... |
C Major | u | Apr. 1818 | 613 | Moderato | (?) | ||||||
| 10 | 11 | Sonate | F Minor | u | Sep. 1818 | 625 | Allegro | SCHERZO, allegretto | Allegro | |||||
| 12 | Sonata movement | C-sharp Minor | u | 655 | Allegro | |||||||||
| 10 | 11 | 13 | Sonate Piano Sonata in A major, D. 664 (Schubert) The Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major, D.664 is a sonata for solo piano composed by Franz Schubert in the summer of 1819. The work is in three movements:* I. Allegro moderato* II. Andante in D major* III. Allegro... |
A Major | 1819-1825 | (p) 120 | 664 | Allegro moderato | Andante | Allegro | ||||
| Variation on a waltz by Diabelli (this was one of 50 such variations, written by 50 different composers, for Part II of Vaterländischer Künstlerverein Vaterländischer Künstlerverein Vaterländischer Künstlerverein was a collaborative musical publication or anthology, incorporating 83 variations for piano on a theme by Anton Diabelli, written by 51 composers living in or associated with Austria. It was published in two parts in 1823 and 1824, by firms headed by Diabelli. It... , commissioned by Anton Diabelli Anton Diabelli Anton Diabelli was an Austrian music publisher, editor and composer of Italian descent. Best known in his time as a publisher, he is most familiar today as the composer of the waltz on which Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his set of thirty-three Diabelli Variations.-Early life:Diabelli was born in... ) |
C minor | 718 | ||||||||||||
| Wanderer Fantasie Wanderer Fantasy The Fantasie in C major, Op. 15 , popularly known as the Wanderer Fantasy, is a four-movement fantasy for solo piano composed by Franz Schubert in November 1822. It is considered Schubert's most technically demanding composition for the piano... |
C Major | Nov. 1822 | 15 | 760 | Allegro con fuoco ma non troppo | Adagio | SCHERZO, Presto | Allegro | ||||||
| Sonate (fragment, formerly D 994) | E minor | 769a | Allegro | |||||||||||
| 34 Valses Sentimentales Valses nobles et sentimentales (Schubert) Franz Schubert wrote about a hundred waltzes for piano solo. Particular well known among these are two named collections, the 34 Valses Sentimentales and the 12 Valses Nobles .... |
50 | 779 | ||||||||||||
| Moment Musical Six Moments Musicaux (Schubert) Six moments musicaux, D 780 is a collection of six short pieces for solo piano composed by Franz Schubert. The movements are as follows:*1. Moderato in C major*2. Andantino in A-flat major*3. Allegro moderato in F minor... #1 |
C Major | 1823 | 94 | 780 #1 | Moderato | |||||||||
| Moment Musical Six Moments Musicaux (Schubert) Six moments musicaux, D 780 is a collection of six short pieces for solo piano composed by Franz Schubert. The movements are as follows:*1. Moderato in C major*2. Andantino in A-flat major*3. Allegro moderato in F minor... #2 |
A-flat Major | 1823 | 94 | 780 #2 | Andantino | |||||||||
| 8 | 12 | 14 | Sonate Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 784 (Schubert) The Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor, D. 784 by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano, posthumously published as Op. 143. Schubert composed the work in 1823, the first sonata written after his illness the year before. It is extremely demanding technically and emotionally, requiring a virtuoso... |
A Minor | Feb. 1823 | (p) 143 | 784 | Allegro giusto | Andante | Allegro vivace | ||||
| Moment Musical Six Moments Musicaux (Schubert) Six moments musicaux, D 780 is a collection of six short pieces for solo piano composed by Franz Schubert. The movements are as follows:*1. Moderato in C major*2. Andantino in A-flat major*3. Allegro moderato in F minor... #3 "Air Russe" |
F Minor | Dec. 1823 | 94 | 780 #3 | Allegretto moderato | |||||||||
| Hungarian melody | B minor | 1824 | 817 | (?) | ||||||||||
| Moment Musical Six Moments Musicaux (Schubert) Six moments musicaux, D 780 is a collection of six short pieces for solo piano composed by Franz Schubert. The movements are as follows:*1. Moderato in C major*2. Andantino in A-flat major*3. Allegro moderato in F minor... #6 "Plainte d'un Troubadour" |
A-flat Major | Dec. 1824 | 94 | 780 #6 | Allegretto | |||||||||
| 13 | 15 | Sonate "Reliquie" Piano Sonata in C major, D. 840 (Schubert) Franz Schubert's Piano Sonata No. 15 in C major, D. 840, nicknamed Reliquie upon its first publication in 1861 in the mistaken belief that it had been Schubert's last work, was written in April 1825, whilst the composer was also working on the A minor sonata, D. 845 in tandem... |
C Major | u | 1825 | 840 | Moderato | Andante | ||||||
| Moment Musical Six Moments Musicaux (Schubert) Six moments musicaux, D 780 is a collection of six short pieces for solo piano composed by Franz Schubert. The movements are as follows:*1. Moderato in C major*2. Andantino in A-flat major*3. Allegro moderato in F minor... #4 |
C-sharp Minor | 1823-1828 | 94 | 780 #4 | Moderato | |||||||||
| Moment Musical Six Moments Musicaux (Schubert) Six moments musicaux, D 780 is a collection of six short pieces for solo piano composed by Franz Schubert. The movements are as follows:*1. Moderato in C major*2. Andantino in A-flat major*3. Allegro moderato in F minor... #5 |
F Minor | 1823-1828 | 94 | 780 #5 | Allegro vivace | |||||||||
| 9 | 14 | 16 | Sonate | A Minor | 1825 | 42 | 845 | Moderato | Andante poco moto | SCHERZO, Allegro vivace - Trio, Un poco più lento | RONDO: Allegro vivace | |||
| 11 | 15 | 17 | Sonate "Gasteiner" Piano Sonata in D major, D. 850 (Schubert) Franz Schubert's Piano Sonata No. 17 in D major, D. 850 , known as the Gasteiner, was written during August 1825 whilst the composer was staying in the spa town of Bad Gastein. A year later, it became only the second of his piano sonatas to be published... |
D Major | 1825 | 53 | 850 | Allegro vivace | Con moto | SCHERZO, Allegro vivace - Trio | RONDO: Allegro moderato | |||
| 12 | 16 | 18 | Sonate (Fantaisie) Piano Sonata in G major, D. 894 (Schubert) The Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major, D. 894 by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano, completed in October 1826. The work is sometimes called the "Fantaisie", a title which the publisher Tobias Haslinger gave to the first movement of the work, and not Schubert himself... |
G Major | Oct. 1826 | 78 | 894 | Molto moderato e cantabile | Andante | MENUETTO, Allegro moderato - Trio | Allegretto | |||
| Impromptu Impromptus (Schubert) Franz Schubert's Impromptus are a series of eight pieces for solo piano composed in 1827. They were published in two sets of four impromptus each: the first set was published in the composer's lifetime as Op. 90, and the second set was published posthumously as Op. posth. 142. They are now... #1 |
C Minor | 1827 | 90 | 899 #1 | Allegro molto moderato | |||||||||
| Impromptu Impromptus (Schubert) Franz Schubert's Impromptus are a series of eight pieces for solo piano composed in 1827. They were published in two sets of four impromptus each: the first set was published in the composer's lifetime as Op. 90, and the second set was published posthumously as Op. posth. 142. They are now... #2 |
E-flat Major | 1827 | 90 | 899 #2 | Allegro | |||||||||
| Impromptu Impromptus (Schubert) Franz Schubert's Impromptus are a series of eight pieces for solo piano composed in 1827. They were published in two sets of four impromptus each: the first set was published in the composer's lifetime as Op. 90, and the second set was published posthumously as Op. posth. 142. They are now... #3 |
G-flat Major | 1827 | 90 | 899 #3 | Andante | |||||||||
| Impromptu Impromptus (Schubert) Franz Schubert's Impromptus are a series of eight pieces for solo piano composed in 1827. They were published in two sets of four impromptus each: the first set was published in the composer's lifetime as Op. 90, and the second set was published posthumously as Op. posth. 142. They are now... #4 |
A-flat Major | 1827 | 90 | 899 #4 | Allegretto | |||||||||
| Allegretto (fragment) | C Minor | u | 900 | |||||||||||
| Allegretto | C Minor | (1827) | 915 | Allegretto | ||||||||||
| 12 Valses Nobles Valses nobles et sentimentales (Schubert) Franz Schubert wrote about a hundred waltzes for piano solo. Particular well known among these are two named collections, the 34 Valses Sentimentales and the 12 Valses Nobles .... |
1827 | 77 | 969 | |||||||||||
| Impromptu Impromptus (Schubert) Franz Schubert's Impromptus are a series of eight pieces for solo piano composed in 1827. They were published in two sets of four impromptus each: the first set was published in the composer's lifetime as Op. 90, and the second set was published posthumously as Op. posth. 142. They are now... #1 |
F Minor | 1827 | (p) 142 | 935 #1 | Allegro moderato | |||||||||
| Impromptu Impromptus (Schubert) Franz Schubert's Impromptus are a series of eight pieces for solo piano composed in 1827. They were published in two sets of four impromptus each: the first set was published in the composer's lifetime as Op. 90, and the second set was published posthumously as Op. posth. 142. They are now... #2 |
A-flat Major | 1827 | (p) 142 | 935 #2 | Allegretto | |||||||||
| Impromptu Impromptus (Schubert) Franz Schubert's Impromptus are a series of eight pieces for solo piano composed in 1827. They were published in two sets of four impromptus each: the first set was published in the composer's lifetime as Op. 90, and the second set was published posthumously as Op. posth. 142. They are now... #3 "Rosamunde" |
B-flat Major | Dec. 1827 | (p) 142 | 935 #3 | Andante | Var. I | Var. II | Var. III | Var. IV | Var. V | ||||
| Impromptu Impromptus (Schubert) Franz Schubert's Impromptus are a series of eight pieces for solo piano composed in 1827. They were published in two sets of four impromptus each: the first set was published in the composer's lifetime as Op. 90, and the second set was published posthumously as Op. posth. 142. They are now... #4 |
F Minor | 1827 | (p) 142 | 935 #4 | Allegro vivace | |||||||||
| Klavierstück (Impromptu) Impromptus (Schubert) Franz Schubert's Impromptus are a series of eight pieces for solo piano composed in 1827. They were published in two sets of four impromptus each: the first set was published in the composer's lifetime as Op. 90, and the second set was published posthumously as Op. posth. 142. They are now... |
E-flat Minor | May 1828 | 946 #1 | Allegro assai - Andante - Andantino | ||||||||||
| Klavierstück (Impromptu) Impromptus (Schubert) Franz Schubert's Impromptus are a series of eight pieces for solo piano composed in 1827. They were published in two sets of four impromptus each: the first set was published in the composer's lifetime as Op. 90, and the second set was published posthumously as Op. posth. 142. They are now... |
E-flat Major | May 1828 | 946 #2 | Allegretto | ||||||||||
| Klavierstück (Impromptu) Impromptus (Schubert) Franz Schubert's Impromptus are a series of eight pieces for solo piano composed in 1827. They were published in two sets of four impromptus each: the first set was published in the composer's lifetime as Op. 90, and the second set was published posthumously as Op. posth. 142. They are now... |
C Major | May 1828 | 946 #3 | Allegro | ||||||||||
| 13 | 17 | 19 | Sonate Schubert's last sonatas Franz Schubert's last three piano sonatas, numbered 958, 959 and 960 in Deutsch's catalogue of Schubert's complete works, are the composer's last major compositions for the piano. They were written during the last months of Schubert's life, between the spring and autumn of 1828, but were not... |
C Minor | Sep. 1828 | 958 | Allegro | Adagio | MENUETTO, Allegro - Trio | Allegro | ||||
| 14 | 18 | 20 | Sonate Schubert's last sonatas Franz Schubert's last three piano sonatas, numbered 958, 959 and 960 in Deutsch's catalogue of Schubert's complete works, are the composer's last major compositions for the piano. They were written during the last months of Schubert's life, between the spring and autumn of 1828, but were not... |
A Major | Sep. 1828 | 959 | Allegro | Andantino | SCHERZO, Allegro vivace - Trio, Un poco più lento | RONDO, Allegretto | ||||
| 15 | 19 | 21 | Sonate Schubert's last sonatas Franz Schubert's last three piano sonatas, numbered 958, 959 and 960 in Deutsch's catalogue of Schubert's complete works, are the composer's last major compositions for the piano. They were written during the last months of Schubert's life, between the spring and autumn of 1828, but were not... |
B-flat Major | Sep. 1828 | posth. | 960 | Molto moderato | Andante sostenuto | SCHERZO, Allegro vivace con delicatezza - Trio | Allegro ma non troppo |
Dances
D. 41, 20 MinuetsD. 91, 2 Minuets with 4 trios
D. 128, 12 Viennese German dances
D. 139, Waltz
D. 145, 12 Waltzes, 17 ländler, and 9 écossaises
D. 146, 20 "Last Waltzes"
D. 158, Écossaise
D. 299, 12 Écossaises
D. 334, Minuet
D. 335, Minuet with 2 trios
D. 336, Minuet
D. 365, 36 "First Waltzes"
D. 366, 17 Ländler
D. 378, 8 Ländler
D. 380, 3 Minuets
D. 420, 12 German dances
D. 421, 6 Écossaises
D. 511, Écossaise
D. 529, 8 Écossaises
D. 600, Minuet
D. 610, Trio (with D. 600)
D. 643, German dance and écossaise
D. 679, 2 Ländler
D. 681, 8 Ländler
D. 697, 5 Écossaises
D. 718, Variation on a waltz by Anton Diabelli
D. 722, German dance
D. 734, 16 Ländler and 2 écossaises
D. 735, Galop and 8 écossaises
D. 769, 2 German dances
D. 779, 34 Valses sentimentales
D. 781, 11 Écossaises
D. 782, Écossaise
D. 783, 16 German dances and 2 écossaises
D. 790, 12 German dances called "Ländler"
D. 816, 3 Écossaises
D. 820, 6 German dances
D. 841, 2 German dances
D. 844, Waltz called "Albumleaf"
D. 924, 12 Grazer waltzes
D. 925, Grazer galop
D. 969, 12 Valses nobles
D. 970, 6 German dances
D. 971, 3 German dances
D. 972, 3 German dances
D. 973, 3 German dances
D. 974, 2 German dances
D. 975, German dance
D. 976, Cotillon
D. 977, 8 Écossaises
D. 978, Waltz
D. 979, Waltz
D. 980, 2 Waltzes
See also
- List of compositions by Franz Schubert
- Franz SchubertFranz SchubertFranz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...