Piano Sonata in A-flat major, D. 557 (Schubert)
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Franz Schubert
's Piano Sonata No. 5 in A flat major, D. 557 was written in 1817
and has three movements
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The work is relatively short and a typical performance lasts just over 10 minutes.
The fact that the last movement is in the key of E-flat major rather than the tonic key of A-flat major is strong evidence that Schubert may have intended to add a fourth movement. At the time this was written it would have been just about unheard of for a sonata to end in a key other than its tonic.
Franz Schubert
Franz 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...
's Piano Sonata No. 5 in A flat major, D. 557 was written in 1817
1817 in music
-Classical music:*Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quintet *Muzio Clementi – Gradus ad Parnassum Volume I is published simultaneously in London, Paris and Leipzig on March 1.*Anton Reicha – Andante for Wind Quintet no 1 in E flat major-Opera:...
and has three movements
Movement (music)
A movement is a self-contained part of a musical composition or musical form. While individual or selected movements from a composition are sometimes performed separately, a performance of the complete work requires all the movements to be performed in succession...
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- Allegro moderato
- Andante
- Allegro
The work is relatively short and a typical performance lasts just over 10 minutes.
The fact that the last movement is in the key of E-flat major rather than the tonic key of A-flat major is strong evidence that Schubert may have intended to add a fourth movement. At the time this was written it would have been just about unheard of for a sonata to end in a key other than its tonic.