Works For Piano Four-Hands Volume 2

Description

No other great composer left so many works for piano duet as Franz Schubert: altogether 54 (32 of which have an opus number) including fantasias, dances, marches, variations, rondos, sonatas, etc. Among Schubert’s circle of friends, making music was a much beloved pastime. And even today musicians love to work with these pieces. In the three Henle Urtext volumes featuring Schubert’s four-hand piano music,the works are arranged chronologically. Volume II contains a total of altogether 26 pieces,19 of which are comprised of four opera with three, four and six individual pieces: Trois marches militaires,four Ländler as well as Grandes Marches et Triosand Polonaises respectively. They date from the years 1818 to 1826. The unchallenged favorite in this book is the C major Sonata D 812 of the year 1824, also called Grand Duo. However, without wanting to diminish the status of the other pieces,we should point out that all seven marches are splendid compositions.