Franz Schubert seems to have been particularly attracted to a-minor. Not just one but three of his piano sonatas are in this key. The earliest of them, D 537, was composed in March 1817 and was simultaneously his first completed piano sonata ever. It is characterised by concise brevity. The three-movement form dispenses with the usual scherzo. It is far removed from the drama of its a-minor sibling works; meandering modulations often lead to distant harmonic regions and lighten the mood to major ndash; significantly, the sonata also ends in A major. Henle’s Urtext edition is based on the autograph, which is preserved in the Bibliotheque nationale in Paris; a contemporary manuscript copy and the posthumous first edition were only used for comparison purposes. The preface by Schubert expert Andrea Lindmayr-Brandl and the detailed comment section provide information about the work’s genesis and about open questions concerning the musical text. The fingerings by renowned Schubert interpreter Martin Helmchen are a further plus point of this new edition.

Piano Sonata A minor Op. post. 164 D 537

Product Details

• Composer: Franz Schubert
• Editor: Dominik Rahmer
• Publisher: G. Henle Verlag
• Instrument: Piano
• Format: Piano Solo
• Pages: 24
• Dimensions: 31 x 23.5 x 0.2 cm (L x W x H)
• Weight: 118 g

Product Identifiers

• ISBN-13: 9790201815565
• SKU: HN1556