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# & # # # ? # # # # # & # # # 55 ? # # # # Ex. 13. Schubert: Piano Sonata in E major (D459). œ œ œ # œ II. Scherzo, bars 50-59. # œ Œ Œ œ œ > œ œ œ # œ œ # œ œ # œ œ n œ ˙ . ‹ œ ‹ œ œ œ ‹ œ ∑ > œ œ œ # œ œ # œ ˙ œ > ˙ . ‹ œ œ œ œ œ # œ dim. ∑ # œ > œ œ œ ‹ œ œ ‹ œ # ˙ . > œ œ œ œ œ œ > Œ œ˙ œ œ œ œ œ # œ œ > # œ ˙ ‹ œ > ˙ . œ œ œ œ œ œ # œ œ œ ˙ . œ œ œ œ œ > ˙ œ > œ ˙ 1816 The slow movement usually taken as part of this Sonata is an Adagio in C major (a typical Schubert shift to the major third below the tonic) and it shares the catalogue number D459A with another scherzo and a ‘finale.’ Some authors have suggested that the Adagio in C major (D349) and the Andantino, also in C major (D348) – most probably composed in the same month of August (1816) – were both at one time intended as the second movement for this sonata or, at least, as possible alternatives. 30 I also feel that these two pieces could easily be used as part of this sonata with even more interesting results than the more traditionally accepted Adagio (D459A). Whatever final thoughts Schubert might have had about the order or inclusion of these other two pieces, their music is most revealing. Both, being slow movements, contain central passages of pianistic virtuosity that draw our attention instantly: large leaps, dotted rhythms in positions not easy for the hand, and an unusually active left hand make these bars more demanding than traditional slow movements of the eighteenth-century (Ex. 14. and 15.). As in some of the other movements of the Klavierstücke, we can see Schubert struggling to integrate the contemporary in-vogue pianism into his own work – experimentation with the writing for a solo instrument on which he was competent but by no means a virtuoso. œ 19
I The Beginnings Ex. 14. Schubert: Andantino in C major (D348), bars 44-53. & b ? b b b b œ . œ n œ . . œ n œ . . œ œ . . œ. œ b . œ . n œ. n œ. œ Z Z . œ œ . . œ. œ . Z œ. œ . œ . œ . œ # . œ . œ # . j œ j œ œ n œ & b ? b b b b 47 # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b j œ ‰ œ . œ. œ. # œ. Jœ œ .. œ .. œ œ n œ œ n œ .. œ .. œ œ .. œ f r r œ œ n œ œ œ œ . œ œ œ œ . 51 & b b b ? b b b œ œ œ œ œ . œ . j œ œ . œ œ # œ œ p ‰ ‰ # œ œ b œ œ œ œ n œ œ œ œ # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ n . œ. œ . p n œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ r œ œ # œ œ œ . œ n œ œ . . . œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ œ . œ œ # œ. œ . œ . œ. œ. r b œ œ œ œ œ œ r n œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ n œ n œ œ r b œ œ œ œ œ œ n œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ n œ œ œ œ œ b œ . Ex. 15. Schubert: Adagio in C major (D349), bars 33-36. & œ. . b œ ? . œ. . œ . œ . . œ. œ . . œ . j œ . œ . œ n # . n bœ . . œ . œ . . p dolce œ. œ Ÿ œ j œ œ œ œ. ® œ. œ. . œ. R œ . . œ n # . n b œ . . œ . œ . . œ. œ b œ . . œ . j œ œ . . œ . . b œ œ œ . œ. # œ . . œ . œ . . œ . b œ . . œ n # . œ . . œ b . n Ÿ œ j œ œ . # œ œ œ œ œ œ ® œ œ . œ R œ . œ b œ . œ n # œ . œ b n The Adagio originally published as part of this sonata is a traditional movement in condensed sonata form. Perhaps more appropriate as a slow movement, it is also more vocal in character than the other two alternatives mentioned above. It is interesting that Schubert marks the movement as an Adagio in 3/8. This might seem at first contradictory, since 3/8 is a pulse inherited from faster Baroque dances such as the gigue. However, one of the most important features of this pulse is that it implies movement by complete bars. Thus, Schubert provides a slow tempo marking (Adagio) with a flowing pulse (3/8), giving the music a natural flow similar to vocal music. Pianistically, this movement is less adventurous than most of the other Klavierstücke. 20
Page 1 and 2: Javier Arrebola The Unfi nished Pia
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Page 6: Contents Acknowledgements vii Prelu
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Page 11 and 12: me a greater awareness of what musi
Page 13 and 14: xii An immense amount of Schubert
Page 15 and 16: I The Beginnings own first symphoni
Page 17 and 18: I The Beginnings The Piano Sonata i
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