4 Impromptus, D.899 (Schubert, Franz)

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Performer Pages Chiara Bertoglio (Piano)
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Performer Pages Seymour Lipkin (piano)
Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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Performer Pages Randolph Hokanson (Piano)
Publisher Info. Pandora Records/Al Goldstein Archive
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Misc. Notes Professor Hokanson's 90th Birthday recital, 18 June 2006. Recorded by Al Swanson at Brechmin Hall, University of Washington Music School.
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Performers Harris Andersen
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Performer Pages Harald Vetter (Piano)
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Misc. Notes Youtube: No.1, No.2, No.3, No.4
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Performer Pages Gabriel Antonio Hernandez Romero (Piano)
Publisher Info. Gabriel Antonio Hernandez Romero ℗ 2016.
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Misc. Notes Canada Montreal Recording 2018 ℗
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Performer Pages Luis Kolodin (Piano)
Publisher Info. Luis Kolodin, 2020.
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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.(ca.1827).
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Misc. Notes Note pencil remark on page 13 (Carl Haslinger?) to transpose from G-flat to G and change signature from 8/4 to 4/4. Later Carl Haslinger editions (e.g. dated 1857. Plate C.H.12,075) use these changes.
This file is based on high-resolution images obtained from the source using a method explained on this page.
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Editor Julius Epstein (1832–1926)
Publisher. Info. Franz Schubert's Werke, Serie XI, No.2 (pp.28-57)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1888. Plate F.S. 109.
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Misc. Notes Originally scanned at about 160pi, converted to 600dpi monochrome.
#00364: 1 Missing Page at end of B section of No.4. (see discussion)
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Editor Giuseppe Buonamici (1846–1914)
Publisher. Info. Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics, Vol.1125
New York: G. Schirmer, 1897. Plate 23911.
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Editor Walter Gieseking (1895–1956)
Publisher. Info. Munich: G. Henle Verlag, 1948.
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Misc. Notes With fingerings.
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Editor Max Pauer (1866–1945)
Publisher. Info. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, No.4228, n.d.[1987].
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Publisher. Info. Unidentified Publisher, n.d.(ca.1910).
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Editor Josef Dachs (1825–1896)
Publisher. Info. Hamburg: August Cranz, n.d. Plate 3731.
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Editor Giuseppe Buonamici (1846–1914)
Publisher. Info. New York: Schirmer, 1897. Plate 7141.
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Editor Alessandro Longo (1864-1945)
Publisher. Info. Milan: Edizioni Curci, 1943. Plate E. 3804 C.
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Editor Otto Gustav Thümer (1848–1917)
Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, 1913. Plate 0687.
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Editor Julius Epstein (1832–1926)
Publisher. Info. Franz Schubert's Werke, Serie XI, No.2
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1888. Plate F.S. 109.
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Misc. Notes Original engraving
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Editor Gino Tagliapietra (1887–1954)
Publisher. Info. Buenos Aires: Melos, 2008. Plate 591.
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Misc. Notes Edition in G major (as printed by the first publisher)
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Editor Leopold Godowsky (1870–1938)
Publisher. Info. St. Louis: Art Publication Society, 1915. Plate 705.
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Misc. Notes This file is from the MIT archive project.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Piano (Liszt)
Arranger Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Publisher. Info. Fantasias, impromtus, moments musicals for the pianoforte
Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co., n.d.[ca.1910].
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Misc. Notes "Cotta edition", with additions by Liszt to Nos.2 and 3
No.3 is transposed to G major from G major.
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Impromptu in E major (No.2)

For Strings (Choe)

5 more: Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Arranger Joshua Choe
Publisher. Info. Joshua Choe, 2018.
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Misc. Notes YouTube recording
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For Piano (Martin)
Arranger Timothy Nicholas Martin (b. 1954)
Publisher. Info. Timothy Nicholas Martin, 2024.
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Impromptu in G major (No.3)

For Violin and Piano (Heim)
See: Palaestra, Vol 2b (No.40, Transposed to G major)
For Cello and Piano (Swert)
Arranger Jules de Swert (1843–1891)
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Bote & Bock, n.d.[1869]. Plate 8198.
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Misc. Notes Color scan 400 dpi. Transposed to G major.
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Impromptu in A major (No.4)

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5 more: Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Arranger Joshua Choe
Publisher. Info. Joshua Choe, 2020.
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Misc. Notes YouTube recording
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For Violin and Piano (Kochanski)
Arranger Paul Kochanski (1887–1934)
Publisher. Info. New York: Carl Fischer, 1930. Plate 25440.
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Misc. Notes Transposed to A major
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General Information

Work Title Vier Impromptus
Alternative. Title
Composer Schubert, Franz
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. D.899 ; Op.90
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IFS 366
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 impromptus:
1. Allegro molto moderato (C minor)
2. Allegro (E-flat major)
3. Andante (G-flat major)
4. Allegretto (A-flat major)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1827
First Publication. 1827 (Nos.1-2)
1857 (Nos.3-4)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation piano

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