Piano Sonata in E-flat major, D 568 (Schubert)


The Piano Sonata in E-flat major 568 by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano. It is a revision and completion of the Sonata in D-flat major D. 567. The D-flat major version was composed in June 1817, while the E-flat major revision and completion, published in 1829 after Schubert's death as Op. posth. 122, dates from sometime around 1826.

Movements

I. Allegro moderato
E-flat major
II. Andante molto
G minor
III. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio
E-flat major
IV. Allegro moderato
E-flat major
This sonata is a transposition and elaboration of the Piano Sonata in D-flat, D. 567.
Daniel Coren summarized the nature of the recapitulation in the first movement of this sonata as "syncopated primary material".