Piano Sonata in B major, D 575 (Schubert)


The Piano Sonata in B major 575 by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano, posthumously published as Op. 147 and given a dedication to Sigismond Thalberg by its publishers. Schubert composed the sonata in August 1817.

Movements

I. Allegro ma non troppo
Uses a four-key exposition.
II. Andante
III. Scherzo: Allegretto – Trio
IV. Allegro giusto
The work takes approximately 24 minutes to perform.
Daniel Coren has noted that the first movement of this sonata is the only such movement in Schubert's sonatas where the recapitulation is an exact transposition of the exposition.