Piano Sonata in A major, D.959 (Schubert, Franz)

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Performer Pages Charlie Albright (piano)
Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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Performer Pages Paul Pitman (piano)
Publisher Info. Palo Alto: Musopen, 2012.
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Misc. Notes Source: Musopen (lossless files also available)
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Performer Pages Chiara Bertoglio (piano)
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Editor Julius Epstein (1832–1926)
Publisher. Info. Franz Schubert's Werke, Serie X, No.14 (pp.232-63)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1888. Plate F.S. 106.
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Editor Julius Epstein (1832–1926)
Publisher. Info. Franz Schubert's Werke, Serie X, No.14 (pp.232-263)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1888. Plate F.S. 106.
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Misc. Notes Score has p.28 missing and a second copy of p.30 substituted.
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Editor Paul Mies (1889–1976)
Publisher. Info. Klaviersonaten, Band II (pp.224-55)
Munich: G. Henle Verlag, 1961. Plate HN 148.
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Editor Walburga Litschauer (b. 1954)
Publisher. Info. Neue Schubert-Ausgabe, Serie VII, Werkgruppe 2, Band 3 [NSA VII/2:3] (pp.74-113)
Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1996. Plate BA 5537.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For String Quartet (Drillon)
Arranger Jacques Drillon (b. 1954)
Publisher. Info. Jacques Drillon
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General Information

Work Title Piano Sonata in A major
Alternative. Title Piano Sonata No.14; Piano Sonata No.20
Name Translations Klaviersonate Nr. 20; Sonata in A major, D. 959; Sonate pour piano nº 20 de Schubert; ピアノソナタ第20番; Sonata per a piano núm. 20 en la major, D 959; Sonata para piano en la mayor (Schubert)
Name Aliases Klaviersonate Nr. 20 A-Dur D 959; D 959; Sonate pour piano n° 20 en la majeur, D. 959; Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 959
Authorities WorldCat; VIAF: 184686002; LCCN: n81149796; GND: 300141920
Composer Schubert, Franz
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. D.959
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IFS 593
Key A major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Allegro (A major, 357 bars)
  2. Andantino (F minor, 202 bars)
  3. Scherzo. Allegro vivace (A major, 80 bars) — Trio. Un poco più lento (D major, 34 bars)
  4. Rondo. Allegretto (A major, 382 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1828 (September)
First Publication. 1839 – Vienna: Diabelli
Average DurationAvg. Duration 42 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation piano
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The work is numbered as Piano Sonata No.14 in the Breitkopf & Härtel edition and as Piano Sonata No.20 in both Classical Archives and the Wiener Urtext Edition.


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