Eight years after Schubert's death, publisher Anton Diabelli misguidedly retitled the composer's violin sonatas as 'sonatinas' when he published them.
Compositional Technique
Even in his early works, Schubert often revealed a fondness for using three tonal centers in an exposition, rather than the conventional two.
Compositional Technique
Schubert's harmonic adventurousness, particularly his imaginative and expressive use of modulation, became a distinctive element of his music even in his early sonatas.
Performer Biography
Aapo Häkkinen, the fortepiano player, began his musical education as a chorister at Helsinki Cathedral and took up the harpsichord at age thirteen.
Composition History
Franz Schubert's output for violin and piano includes only six compositions, four of which date from his teenage years in 1816.
Instruments
Pianist Aapo Häkkinen performs on a fortepiano made by Daniel Dörr in Vienna in 1820.
Instruments
Violinist Zefira Valova performs on a violin made by Lorenzo & Tomaso Carcassi in Florence in 1760.
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