SCHUBERT: Sonata in A minor D821 (ARPEGGIONE) for flute and piano
| Publisher | Barenreiter |
| Genre: | classical & sacret |
| Arrangement: | melody / piano |
| Cast: | solo |
| Format: | book |
| Series: | Barenreiter Urtext |
Parameters
| Product code: | BA5681 |
| Composer: | Schubert, Franz |
| Author / Editor: | Hünteler, Konrad |
| No. of songs: | 1 |
| Pages: | 34 |
| Language: |
English
German |
| Size: | 24 x 31 cm |
| EAN: | 9790006498659 |
| ISMN: | 979-0-006-49865-9 |
| Weight: | 174 g |
Songlist (1)
- Sonata in A minor D821 (ARPEGGIONE)
Product description
Schubert composed the Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano in November 1824 and it remains today the only significant composition for the instrument. The arpeggione, invented in 1823 by a Viennese guitar maker, was a six-stringed instrument with frets but bowed like a cello. In this respect, it resembled the older viola da gamba. The instrument experienced a brief period of popularity after its invention and it is likely Schubert wrote the sonata in response to a commission. However, by the time the sonata was posthumously published in 1871, all interest in the instrument had died out. Today, the work is mostly commonly performed on cello or viola. Transcriptions for other instruments, such as the double bass, flute, clarinet and guitar, also exist.
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) was an Austrian composer of the early Romantic period, who had an extraordinary ability to express lyrical and romantic moods and great melodic talent. He is the first great representative of early Romanticism and is sometimes referred to as a Romantic classic. He wrote over 1,000 works, most of the most impressive of which were written during the time he was unhappily in love. However, much of his work was not recognized until after Schubert's death, which is why he spent most of his life in poverty. He died at the age of thirty-one, after a sudden illness of several weeks. To this day, Franz Schubert remains one of the leading composers of the Romantic musical repertoire.
