Schubert -- Allegro in A Minor, Op. 144 (Lebensstürme)
by Franz Schubert
Small Ensemble - Sheet Music

Piano - Advanced

SKU: AP.38869

Composed by Franz Schubert. Edited by Allison Nelson and Maurice Hinson. Duet or Duo; Masterworks; Piano Duet (1 Piano, 4 Hands); Solo Small Ensembles. Alfred Masterwork Edition. Classical; Masterwork; Recital; Romantic. Book. 48 pages. Alfred Music #00-38869. Published by Alfred Music (AP.38869).

ISBN 9780739085929. UPC: 038081431208. English.

Franz Schubert was one of the most prolific composers of ensemble piano music, and the Allegro in A Minor, Op. 144, demonstrates his mastery at writing for one piano, four hands. This large and passionate work was composed in 1828, the year of Schubert's death. It is written in sonata-allegro form and may have been intended as the first movement of a sonata. It was first published by Anton Diabelli in 1840 with the title Lebensstürme: Characterischeres Allegro (Life's Storms: Characteristic Allegro). The Allegro makes extensive use of chromaticism, Neapolitan sixth chords, and contrasts of moods.