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    “Schubert at the Piano II“ (1899)

                 Gustav Klimt 

                       ______

for the second evening of Schubert sonatas

during my May Schubertiade, it wouldn’t be

surprising to hear again an early work, 1819, 

Schubert would’ve been 22, the series is 

undoubtedly and necessarily somewhat 

chronological

his Piano Sonata in A major, D 664, is 

blatantly anchored in the Classical idiom,

you can hear Mozart all over the place, not 

all pejoratively, Mozart is effervescent, full

of exuberance and creativity, Schubert

diligently follows

but Romanticism equals intimacy, poignancy, 

which Schubert touches upon in his andante, 

the second movement, to a degree not yet 

as markedly as, for instance, Chopin yet,

famous for his sweeping Romanticism, but

still convincing and promising

the third movement, the allegro, is right back 

at Mozart, to delight the aristocracy, his 

essential audience, see above

listen

R ! chard