Piano Sonata in E-flat major, D 568 (Schubert)

The Piano Sonata in E-flat major D 568 by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano. It is a revision and completion of the Sonata in D-flat major D 568. The D-flat major version was composed in June 1817, while the E-flat major revision and completion, published in 1829 after Schubert's death as Op. posth. 122, dates from sometime around 1826.^[1]

I. Allegro moderato

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II. Andante molto

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III. Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio

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IV. Allegro moderato

Performed by Paul Pitman

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I. Allegro moderato

E-flat major

II. Andante molto

G minor

III. Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio

E-flat major

IV. Allegro moderato

E-flat major

This sonata is a transposition and elaboration of the Piano Sonata in D-flat, D. 567.^[2]

Daniel Coren summarized the nature of the recapitulation in the first movement of this sonata as "syncopated primary material".^[3]

• Tirimo, Martino. Schubert: The Complete Piano Sonatas. Vienna: Wiener Urtext Edition, 1997.

• Schubert, Franz. Klaviersonaten Band 1. Berlin: G. Henle Verlag.
• Gibbs, Christopher (1997). The Cambridge Companion to Schubert. Cambridge Companions to Music. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.

• Tusa, Michael C. (August–November 1984). "When did Schubert revise his opus 122?". The Music Review. 45 (3–4): 208–219.

• Piano Sonata D.568: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project