The Violin Sonata in A of Franz Schubert

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...

 in A major

A major

A major is a major scale based on A, with the pitches A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. Its key signature has three sharps.Its relative minor is F-sharp minor and its parallel minor is A minor...

, his D 574, was composed 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 published posthumously. It followed by one year the composition of his sonatinas. There is a strong thematic unity, most obviously between the opening themes of the second and fourth movements.

It has four 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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1. Allegro moderato (A major)
2. Scherzo: presto (E major)
3. Andantino (C major)
4. Allegro vivace (A major)

First movement

A major, sonata form

Second movement

E major, scherzo with C major trio

Third movement

C major, loose ternary form

Fourth movement

A major, sonata form