Sonatas, duos and fantasies by Franz Schubert


Sonatas, duos and fantasies by Franz Schubert include all works for solo piano by Franz Schubert, except separate dances. They also include a number of works for two players: piano four hands, or piano and a string instrument.

Sonatas for piano solo

Twenty-four extant sonatas and sonata fragments are listed in the 1978 version of the Deutsch catalogue:
  1. D 154, Piano Sonata in E major
  2. : I. Allegro
  3. D 157, Piano Sonata in E major
  4. : I. Allegro ma non troppo
  5. : II. Andante
  6. : III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace – Trio
  7. D 279, Piano Sonata in C major
  8. : I. Allegro moderato
  9. : II. Andante
  10. : III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace – Trio
  11. : IV. Allegretto
  12. D 459, Piano Sonata in E major
  13. : I. Allegro moderato
  14. : II. Scherzo. Allegro
  15. D 459A, Three piano pieces "Drei Klavierstücke"
  16. : I. Allegro ma non troppo
  17. : II. Allegretto quasi andantino
  18. : III. Allegro vivace
  19. D 557, Piano Sonata in A-flat major
  20. : I. Allegro moderato
  21. : II. Andante
  22. : III. Allegro
  23. D 566, Piano Sonata in E minor
  24. : I. Moderato
  25. : II. Allegretto
  26. : III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace – Trio
  27. : IV. Rondo. Allegretto
  28. D 568, Piano Sonata in D-flat major/E-flat major
  29. *1st version, in D-flat major
  30. :: I. Allegro moderato
  31. :: II. Andante molto
  32. :: III. Scherzo. Allegro moderato – Trio
  33. :: IV. Allegretto
  34. *2nd version, in E-flat major
  35. :: I. Allegro moderato
  36. :: II. Andante molto
  37. :: III. Menuetto. Allegro – Trio
  38. :: IV. Allegro moderato
  39. D 571, Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor
  40. : I. Allegro moderato
  41. : II. Andante
  42. : III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace – Trio
  43. : IV. Allegro
  44. D 575, Piano Sonata in B major
  45. : I. Allegro, ma non troppo
  46. : II. Andante
  47. : III. Scherzo. Allegretto – Trio
  48. : IV. Allegro giusto
  49. D 613, Piano Sonata in C major
  50. : I. Moderato
  51. : II. Adagio
  52. : III. Menuetto – Trio
  53. : IV. Without tempo indication
  54. D 625, Piano Sonata in F minor
  55. : I. Allegro
  56. : II. Adagio
  57. : III. Scherzo. Allegretto – Trio
  58. : IV. Allegro
  59. D 655, Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor
  60. : I. Allegro
  61. D 664, Piano Sonata in A major, Little A major
  62. : I. Allegro moderato
  63. : II. Andante
  64. : III. Allegro
  65. D 769A, Piano Sonata in E minor
  66. : I. Allegro
  67. D 784, Piano Sonata in A minor, Grande Sonate
  68. : I. Allegro giusto
  69. : II. Andante
  70. : III. Allegro vivace
  71. D 840, Piano Sonata in C major, Reliquie
  72. : I. Moderato
  73. : II. Andante
  74. : III. Menuetto. Allegretto – Trio
  75. : IV. Rondo. Allegro
  76. D 845, Piano Sonata in A minor
  77. : I. Moderato
  78. : II. Andante poco mosso
  79. : III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace – Trio. Un poco più lento
  80. : IV. Rondo. Allegro vivace
  81. D 850, Piano Sonata in D major, Gasteiner
  82. : I. Allegro
  83. : II. Con moto
  84. : III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace – Trio
  85. : IV. Rondo. Allegro moderato
  86. D 894, Piano Sonata in G major, Fantasie
  87. : I. Molto moderato e cantabile
  88. : II. Andante
  89. : III. Menuetto. Allegro moderato – Trio
  90. : IV. Allegretto
  91. D 958, Piano Sonata in C minor
  92. : I. Allegro
  93. : II. Adagio
  94. : III. Menuetto. Allegro – Trio
  95. : IV. Allegro
  96. D 959, Piano Sonata in A major
  97. : I. Allegro
  98. : II. Andantino
  99. : III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace – Trio. Un poco più lento
  100. : IV. Rondo. Allegretto
  101. D 960, Piano Sonata in B-flat major
  102. : I. Molto moderato
  103. : II. Andante sostenuto
  104. : III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace e con delicatezza – Trio
  105. : IV. Allegro, ma non troppo
There are also some possibly lost piano sonatas:
Piano compositions that possibly were intended as piano sonata movements:

Complete sonatas

These works are by all accounts complete and have always been taken as such:
The works listed below are considered complete or incomplete, depending on source:
They can be divided into the following categories:
For the piano Sonatas, there is no uniform numbering system. There are several reasons for this, including that there is no consensus regarding the inclusion of independent movements as being part of incomplete or unfinished sonatas. This issue has proven to be troubling to scholars and performers of the works, who have to decide which of these movements, if any at all, should be included for a certain sonata. In some instances, it is also necessary to determine the order in which they are to be presented.
A common numbering system, found on recordings and some websites has 21 sonatas:
  1. D 157
  2. D 279
  3. D 459
  4. D 537, Op. posth. 164
  5. D 557
  6. D 566
  7. D 567
  8. D 571
  9. D 575, Op. posth. 147
  10. D 613
  11. D 625
  12. D 655
  13. D 664, Op. 120
  14. D 784, Op. posth. 143
  15. D 840
  16. D 845, Op. 42
  17. D 850, Op. 53
  18. D 894, Op. 78
  19. D 958
  20. D 959
  21. D 960

    Unnumbered editions

The following two editions of Schubert's piano sonatas are incomplete and abstain from providing a numbering system:
The following edition of Schubert's piano sonatas is complete, but abstains from providing a numbering system:
In addition to the numbering systems found in the above named editions, one more can be cited. This numbering system can be found in two websites:
This is a system in which twenty-three sonatas and fragments are numbered. In this system D 769A is numbered as No. 4.

Fantasies for piano solo

Violin and piano

None of the other trios Schubert composed are indicated as sonata.

Scores