D 950

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D 950 is Franz Schubert’s expansive and deeply expressive Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat major, one of his final and most celebrated works for solo piano.

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D 950 canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition ⓘ
piano sonata ⓘ
solo piano work ⓘ
catalogNumber D 960 ⓘ
commonRecordingType solo piano recording ⓘ
composer Franz Schubert ⓘ
composerLifePeriod composed in the last year of Schubert’s life ⓘ
compositionPlace Vienna ⓘ
compositionYear 1828 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
dedication none (not dedicated in first edition) ⓘ
durationApproximate 40–45 minutes ⓘ
endingKey B-flat major ⓘ
expressiveCharacter deeply expressive ⓘ
expansive ⓘ
firstPublication posthumous ⓘ
genre sonata ⓘ
hasThemeType contrasting second subject ⓘ
lyrical first subject ⓘ
instrument piano ⓘ
isAmong Schubert’s final piano works ⓘ
Schubert’s most celebrated piano sonatas ⓘ
key B-flat major ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
movement I. Molto moderato ⓘ
II. Andante sostenuto ⓘ
III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace con delicatezza ⓘ
IV. Allegro ma non troppo ⓘ
musicalEra Romantic ⓘ
notableFeature expansive first movement ⓘ
extended sonata form structures ⓘ
lyrical slow movement ⓘ
use of rich harmonic modulation ⓘ
numberOfMovements 4 ⓘ
opusNumber posth. ⓘ
performanceMedium concert performance ⓘ
period late Schubert ⓘ
linked to: Franz Schubert
reception highly regarded in the piano repertoire ⓘ
relatedWork Piano Sonata in A major, D 959 ⓘ
Piano Sonata in C minor, D 958 ⓘ
scoring solo piano ⓘ
set Schubert’s last three piano sonatas ⓘ
structure four-movement sonata ⓘ
style late Classical–early Romantic ⓘ
title Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat major ⓘ
tonalCenter B-flat major ⓘ
workNumberInSet 3 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mass No. 6 in E-flat major, D 950 → catalogNumber → D 950 ⓘ
subject linked to: sixth mass by Franz Schubert