Violin Sonata in A major, D 574 (Schubert)


The Violin Sonata No. 4 in A major, Op. posth. 162, 574, for violin and piano by Franz Schubert was composed in 1817. This sonata, composed one year after his first three sonatas for the same instruments, is a much more individual work, showing neither the influence of Mozart, as in these previous works, or of Rossini, as in the contemporaneous 6th Symphony.

Structure

The Sonata has four movements:
  1. Allegro moderato, sonata form
  2. Scherzo: presto, with C major trio
  3. Andantino, loose ternary form
  4. Allegro vivace, sonata form

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