Franz Schubert's 'Wanderer' Fantasy, composed at age twenty-five, is an unprecedented work that uses four continuous sections instead of four distinct movements.
Composition History
Schubert may have found writing stand-alone pieces like the Impromptus, composed in 1827, a welcome relaxation from the more intense demands of sonata form.
Compositional Technique
Even in the 'dreamlike' lyricism of Schubert's G-flat-major Andante Impromptu, the classical sense of forward motion is maintained by assertive figures in the bass.
Compositional Technique
The 'Wanderer' Fantasy is unified by a dactylic rhythm, which forms the basis for its main theme, the 'Wanderer' theme in the Adagio, and the subject of its powerful fugal finale.
Composition History
Schubert's F-minor Sonata, D. 625, was left unfinished by the composer, with the first movement being completed by Erwin Ratz for the Universal Edition.
Cultural Impact
The 'Wanderer' Fantasy was a revolutionary composition that pointed the way for a vast range of 19th-century musical literature.
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