4 Impromptus, D.899 (Schubert, Franz)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 impromptus
Composition Year 1827
Genre Categories Impromptus; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; [13 more...]For 1 player; For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For strings (arr); Scores featuring string ensemble (arr); For cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For 2 players (arr); For flute, piano (arr); Scores featuring the flute (arr); For violin, piano (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr)

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 1. Impromptu in C minor
#262599 - 12.31MB - 8:57 -  5.7361111111111/10 2 4 6 8 10 (144) - 52571×⇩ - MP3 - Schiarak

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Schiarak (2012/12/20)

 2. Impromptu in E♭ major
#262600 - 5.99MB - 4:21 -  6.4556962025316/10 2 4 6 8 10 (158) - 67824×⇩ - MP3 - Schiarak

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Schiarak (2012/12/20)

 3. Impromptu in G♭ major
#262601 - 8.19MB - 5:57 -  6.7484662576687/10 2 4 6 8 10 (163) - 76576×⇩ - MP3 - Schiarak

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Schiarak (2012/12/20)

 4. Impromptu in A♭ major
#262602 - 10.71MB - 7:48 -  6.6511627906977/10 2 4 6 8 10 (129) - 49580×⇩ - MP3 - Schiarak

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Schiarak (2012/12/20)

Performer Pages Chiara Bertoglio (Piano)
Publisher Info. Chiara Bertoglio
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 2. Impromptu in E♭ major
#322188 - 6.12MB - 4:27 -  5.3076923076923/10 2 4 6 8 10 (26) - 10001×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2014/4/17)

 3. Impromptu in G♭ major
#322189 - 5.08MB - 5:33 -  6.1481481481481/10 2 4 6 8 10 (27) - 9777×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2014/4/17)

Performer Pages Seymour Lipkin (piano)
Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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 1. Impromptu in C minor
#77143 - 17.04MB - 9:18 -  5.9/10 2 4 6 8 10 (20) - 12292×⇩ - MP3 - Carolus

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Carolus (2010/8/30)

Performer Pages Randolph Hokanson (Piano)
Publisher Info. Pandora Records/Al Goldstein Archive
Copyright
EFF Open Audio License 
Misc. Notes Professor Hokanson's 90th Birthday recital, 18 June 2006. Recorded by Al Swanson at Brechmin Hall, University of Washington Music School.
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 4. Impromptu in A♭ major
#348580 - 12.34MB - 6:44 -  5.8823529411765/10 2 4 6 8 10 (17) - 5790×⇩ - MP3 - H.andersen

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H.andersen (2014/10/18)

Publisher Info. Harris Andersen
Performers Harris Andersen
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 1. Impromptu in C minor
#456639 - 11.90MB - 8:40 -  5.6/10 2 4 6 8 10 (5) - 2159×⇩ - MP3 - Harryplocker

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Harryplocker (2017/1/22)

 2. Impromptu in E♭ major
#456640 - 7.29MB - 5:19 -  6.5/10 2 4 6 8 10 (8) - 3991×⇩ - MP3 - Harryplocker

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Harryplocker (2017/1/22)

 3. Impromptu in G♭ major
#456641 - 8.58MB - 6:15 -  7.0666666666667/10 2 4 6 8 10 (15) - 4725×⇩ - MP3 - Harryplocker

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Harryplocker (2017/1/22)

 4. Impromptu in A♭ major
#456642 - 12.61MB - 9:11 -  4.6/10 2 4 6 8 10 (10) - 3140×⇩ - MP3 - Harryplocker

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Harryplocker (2017/1/22)

Performer Pages Harald Vetter (Piano)
Publisher Info. Harald Vetter
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Youtube: No.1, No.2, No.3, No.4
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 3. Impromptu in G♭ major
#519300 - 6.12MB - 6:41 -  8.48/10 2 4 6 8 10 (25) - 2283×⇩ - MP3 - Gabrielhero

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Gabrielhero (2018/4/11)

Performer Pages Gabriel Antonio Hernandez Romero (Piano)
Publisher Info. Gabriel Antonio Hernandez Romero ℗ 2016.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Canada Montreal Recording 2018 ℗
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 1. Allegro molto moderato
#824501 - 9.30MB - ? -  9.3333333333333/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - 341×⇩ - MP3 - Luiskaludin

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Luiskaludin (2022/11/28)

 2. Allegro
#824502 - 4.72MB - ? -  10/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - 292×⇩ - MP3 - Luiskaludin

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Luiskaludin (2022/11/28)

 3. Andante
#824503 - 4.71MB - ? -  8/10 2 4 6 8 10 (4) - 397×⇩ - MP3 - Luiskaludin

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Luiskaludin (2022/11/28)

 4. Allegretto
#824504 - 6.96MB - ? -  8/10 2 4 6 8 10 (4) - 293×⇩ - MP3 - Luiskaludin

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Luiskaludin (2022/11/28)

Performer Pages Luis Kolodin (Piano)
Publisher Info. Luis Kolodin, 2020.
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Sheet Music

Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
#462696 - 67.09MB, 24 pp. -  6.4444444444444/10 2 4 6 8 10 (18) - V/V/V - 1424×⇩ - Piupianissimo

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Piupianissimo (2017/3/12)

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.(ca.1827).
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes Note pencil remark on page 13 (Carl Haslinger?) to transpose from G-flat to G and change signature from 8/4 to 4/4.
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Editor Julius Epstein (1832–1926)
Publisher. Info. Franz Schubert's Werke, Serie XI, No.2 (pp.28-57)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1888. Plate F.S. 109.
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Public Domain
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Editor Giuseppe Buonamici (1846–1914)
Publisher. Info. Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics, Vol.1125
New York: G. Schirmer, 1897. Plate 23911.
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 Complete Score (CA)
#38674 - 9.04MB, 34 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/44/27 - Feduol

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Feduol (2009/9/3)

Editor Walter Gieseking (1895–1956)
Publisher. Info. Schubert: Impromptus and Moments musicaux, No.1 (pp.6-39)
Munich: G. Henle Verlag, 1948/76.
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 Complete Score
#886608 - 5.12MB, 36 pp. -  6/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - V/C/V - 359×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2023/12/4)

Editor Max Pauer (1866–1945)
Publisher. Info. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, No.4228, n.d.[1987].
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Allegro molto moderato (No.1)

 Complete Score
#239051 - 1.10MB, 10 pp. -  7.3076923076923/10 2 4 6 8 10 (26) - C/V/C - 14334×⇩ - Fbusoni

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Fbusoni (2012/6/29)

Publisher. Info. Unidentified Publisher, n.d.(ca.1910).
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 Complete Score
#937170 - 1.28MB, 8 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 18×⇩ - Afp0815

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Afp0815 (2024/10/17)

Editor Josef Dachs (1825–1896)
Publisher. Info. Hamburg: August Cranz, n.d. Plate 3731.
Copyright
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Allegro (No.2)

Editor Giuseppe Buonamici (1846–1914)
Publisher. Info. New York: Schirmer, 1897. Plate 7141.
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Editor Alessandro Longo (1864-1945)
Publisher. Info. Milan: Edizioni Curci, 1943. Plate E. 3804 C.
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 Complete Score
#936502 - 1.59MB, 12 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 50×⇩ - Afp0815

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Afp0815 (2024/10/14)

Editor Otto Gustav Thümer (1848–1917)
Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, 1913. Plate 0687.
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Andante (No.3)

 Complete Score
#39751 - 1.00MB, 6 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 54675×⇩ - Guifré

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Guifré (2009/9/21)

Editor Julius Epstein (1832–1926)
Publisher. Info. Franz Schubert's Werke, Serie XI, No.2
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1888. Plate F.S. 109.
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Editor Gino Tagliapietra (1887–1954)
Publisher. Info. Buenos Aires: Melos, 2008. Plate 591.
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Allegretto (No.4)

Editor Leopold Godowsky (1870–1938)
Edgar Stillman Kelley (1857–1944)
Emerson Whithorne (1884–1958)
Publisher. Info. St. Louis: Art Publication Society, 1915. Plate 705.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is from the MIT archive project.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Piano (Liszt)

 Complete Score (S.565c)
#05860 - 2.36MB, 34 (#78–111) pp. -  6.6666666666667/10 2 4 6 8 10 (12) - V/V/V - 6421×⇩ - Funper

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Funper (2007/5/10)

Arranger Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Publisher. Info. Fantasias, impromtus, moments musicals for the pianoforte
Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co., n.d.[ca.1910].
Copyright
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Misc. Notes "Cotta edition", with additions by Liszt to Nos.2 and 3
No.3 is transposed to G major from G♭ major.
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Impromptu in E♭ major (No.2)

For Strings (Choe)

⇒ 5 more: Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Arranger Joshua Choe
Publisher. Info. Joshua Choe, 2018.
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Misc. Notes YouTube recording
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For Piano (Martin)

 Complete Score (E major-E♭ major)
#921633 - 0.21MB, 12 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 271×⇩ - Timtin

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Timtin (2024/7/4)

Arranger Timothy Nicholas Martin (b. 1954)
Publisher. Info. Timothy Nicholas Martin, 2024.
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Impromptu in G♭ major (No.3)

For Violin and Piano (Heim)
See: Palaestra, Vol 2b (No.40, Transposed to G major)
For Cello and Piano (Swert)

 Complete Score and Cello Part
#283213 - 38.74MB, 11 pp. -  7.5555555555556/10 2 4 6 8 10 (9) - V/V/V - 2094×⇩ - Cellofan

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Cellofan (2013/6/2)

Arranger Jules de Swert (1843–1891)
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Bote & Bock, n.d.[1869]. Plate 8198.
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Misc. Notes Color scan 400 dpi. Transposed to G major.
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For Flute and Piano (Barge)
Arranger Wilhelm Barge (1836–1925)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Robert Forberg, n.d.[1877]. Plate 2283.
Copyright
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Impromptu in A♭ major (No.4)

For Strings (Choe)

⇒ 5 more: Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Arranger Joshua Choe
Publisher. Info. Joshua Choe, 2020.
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Misc. Notes YouTube recording
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For Violin and Piano (Kochanski)
Arranger Paul Kochanski (1887–1934)
Publisher. Info. New York: Carl Fischer, 1930. Plate 25440.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US
Misc. Notes Transposed to A major
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General Information

Work Title Vier Impromptus
Alternative. Title
Composer Schubert, Franz
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. D.899 ; Op.90
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IFS 366
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 impromptus:
1. Allegro molto moderato (C minor)
2. Allegro (E-flat major)
3. Andante (G-flat major)
4. Allegretto (A-flat major)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1827
First Publication. 1827 (Nos.1-2)
1857 (Nos.3-4)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation piano

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