Schubert often sketched his improvised dances on paper after social dance evenings, leading to around 500 such piano dances.
Robert Schumann praised Schubert's Impromptus D 935 in 1838, noting that few works so clearly bore the composer's seal.
Franz Schubert was a guaranteed guest at lively gatherings in 1820s Vienna, often playing piano for dancing.
Schubert contributed a variation to a large waltz project by publisher Anton Diabelli, alongside 50 other composers including Beethoven.
Schubert confessed, 'I really like making dance music,' and even in miniature, his dance pieces always contained moments of deep feeling.
Schubert's popular Waltz D 365 No. 2, known as the 'Trauerwalzer' (Funeral Waltz), was not given this title by the composer himself.
