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The piano sonata, from Mozart to Prokofiev
Twelve piano sonatas from Mozart and Haydn to Prokofiev's war sonata of 1942.
Mozart → Haydn → Beethoven → Schubert → Chopin → Liszt → Berg → Bartók → Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat major, D. 960
This guide follows Schubert’s Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat major, D. 960 (1828) in four parts: Molto moderato (sonata form), Andante sostenuto, Scherzo: Allegro vivace con delicatezza – Trio (minuet and trio) and Allegro ma non troppo (sonata form).
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A broad, slow-moving -form whose has three areas. The includes a on G-flat, and then the 's central moves to G-flat major. The enters next, and a leads to the third and a . The reaches a in D minor. A with a low follows, and then the arrives.
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II 13:47–22:13
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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