Monday, November 27, 2017

Franz Schubert's Last Sonata

Franz Schubert's Last Sonata: 
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major, D. 960 
Franz Schubert portrait

 How amazing 
 that just before he died 
 Schubert 
 can speak to me 
 across the centuries 


Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major, D. 960 

Completed September 26, 1828

Schubert died November 19, 1828, age 31
Recording on YouTube

Franz Schubert: 1797 - 1828 

About
"...until the last weeks of his life in November 1828, he continued to compose an extraordinary amount of music, including such masterpieces as the three last sonatas."

Franz Schubert portrait


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