Piano Sonata No.20, D.959 (Schubert, Franz)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements I. Allegro (A major) II. Andantino (F♯ minor) III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace (A major) IV. Rondo. Allegretto (A major)
Composition Year	1828 (completed in September)
Genre Categories	Sonatas; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player; For 2 violins, viola, cello (arr); Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players

1 Performances
- 1.1 Recordings
- 1.2 Naxos
2 Sheet Music
- 2.1 Piano Scores
- 2.2 Arrangements and Transcriptions
  - 2.2.1 For String Quartet (Drillon)
3 General Information
4 Misc. Comments

Performances

Recordings

Complete Performance
*#425318 - 40.87MB - 35:42 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1153×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

MP3 file (audio)
Cypressdome (2016/6/3)

Performer Pages	Charlie Albright (piano)
Publisher Info.	Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 [tag/del]
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I. Allegro
*#247000 - 26.53MB - 11:30 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 6566×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

MP3 file (audio)
Cypressdome (2012/8/17)

II. Andantino
*#247001 - 21.03MB - 9.06 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 11020×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

MP3 file (audio)
Cypressdome (2012/8/17)

III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
*#247002 - 12.62MB - 5:25 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2559×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

MP3 file (audio)
Cypressdome (2012/8/17)

IV. Rondo. Allegretto
*#247003 - 27.47MB - 11:54 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3426×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

MP3 file (audio)
Cypressdome (2012/8/17)

Performers	Paul Pitman, piano
Publisher Info.	Palo Alto: Musopen, 2012.
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Source: Musopen (lossless files also available)
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I. Allegro
*#264513 - 22.12MB - 16:06 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1564×⇩ - MP3 - Schiarak

MP3 file (audio)
Schiarak (2013/1/3)

II. Andantino
*#264514 - 11.48MB - 8:21 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2477×⇩ - MP3 - Schiarak

MP3 file (audio)
Schiarak (2013/1/3)

III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
*#264515 - 7.38MB - 5:22 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 931×⇩ - MP3 - Schiarak

MP3 file (audio)
Schiarak (2013/1/3)

IV. Rondo. Allegretto
*#264516 - 16.84MB - 12:15 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1301×⇩ - MP3 - Schiarak

MP3 file (audio)
Schiarak (2013/1/3)

Performer Pages	Chiara Bertoglio (Piano)
Publisher Info.	Chiara Bertoglio
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial 3.0 [tag/del]
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Naxos

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Sheet Music

Piano Scores

Complete Score (Preview)
*#55386 - 4.11MB, 32 (#232-263) pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 27205×⇩ - piupianissimo

PDF scanned by D-Mbs
piupianissimo (2010/2/7)

Incomplete Score (Preview)
*#00361 - 1.91MB, 32 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 18737×⇩ - Feldmahler

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Feldmahler (2006/2/23)

Editor	Julius Epstein (1832-1926)
Publisher. Info.	Franz Schubert's Werke, Serie X, No.14 Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1888. Plate F.S. 106.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	Sonata No.14 in B&H listing, but referred to as No.20 (or 18) elsewhere. Originally scanned at about 160pi, converted to 600dpi monocrome. Incomplete score has p.28 missing and a second copy of p.30 substituted.
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Complete Score (EU)
*#374087 - 29.93MB, 32 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/57*/V* - 9617×⇩ - Chairat

PDF scanned by Unknown
Chairat (2015/4/14)

Editor	Paul Mies
Publisher. Info.	Munich: G. Henle Verlag, 1961. Plate HN 148. URTEXT EDITION This "urtext" or "scholarly" (scientific) edition was published at least 25 years ago in the EU (or 20 years ago in Italy, before 1992 in the former USSR). Hence, the edition is public domain in its country of origin or a government publication. Such editions are also public domain in Canada because they fail to meet the minimum 'threshold of originality' to qualify for copyright as an 'adaptation'. They may not be public domain elsewhere. More information about this can be found here. Please obey the copyright laws of your country. IMSLP does not assume any sort of legal responsibility or liability for the consequences of downloading files that are not in the public domain in your country.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Fingerings removed.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For String Quartet (Drillon)

Complete Score and Parts
*#427606 - 2.69MB, 111 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 261×⇩ - Mouchette

PDF typeset by arranger
Mouchette (2016/6/21)

Arranger	Jacques Drillon (b. 1954)
Publisher. Info.	Jacques Drillon
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General Information

Work Title	Piano Sonata
Alternative. Title	Piano Sonata No.20
Composer	Schubert, Franz
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	D.959
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IFS 593
Key	A major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements I. Allegro (A major) II. Andantino (F♯ minor) III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace (A major) IV. Rondo. Allegretto (A major)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1828 (completed in September)
First Publication.	1838 – Vienna: Diabelli
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	piano

Misc. Comments

Schubert Piano Sonatas
Sonata No.1 in E major, D.157 (unfinished?) Sonata in E major, D.154 (1st version of movt. I from D.157, fragment) Sonata No.2 in C major, D.279 (unfinished) Minuet in A minor, D.277a (1st version of movt. III from D.279) Rondo in C major, D.309a (fragment) Allegretto in C major, D.346 (fragment) Sonata No.3 in E major, D.459 3 Klavierstücke, D.459a Andantino in C major, D.348 (fragment) Adagio in C major, D.349 (fragment) Rondo in E major, D.506 (Op.posth.145 No.2) Sonata No.4 in A minor, D.537 (Op.posth.164) Sonata No.5 in A♭ major, D.557 Sonata No.6 in E minor, D.566 (unfinished?) Rondo in E major, D.506 (Op.posth.145 No.2) Sonata No.7 in E♭ major, D.568 (Op.posth.122) (2nd version) Sonata in D♭ major, D.568 (1st version - unfinished) [formerly D.567] Scherzo in D♭ major, D.593 No.2 Sonata No.8 in F♯ minor, D.571 (fragment of movt. I) Scherzo and Allegro, D.570 (Allegro is a fragment) Andante in A major, D.604	Sonata No.9 in B major, D.575 (Op.posth.147) Sonata No.10 in C major, D.613 (unfinished) Minuet in C♯ minor, D.600 Trio in E major, D.610 Adagio in E major, D.612 Sonata No.11 in F minor, D.625 (unfinished) Adagio in D♭ major, D.505 (Op.posth.145 No.1) Sonata No.12 in C♯ minor, D.655 (fragment of movt. I) Sonata No.13 in A major, D.664 (Op.posth.120) Sonata in E minor, D.769a (fragment of movt. I) Sonata No.14 in A minor, D.784 (Op.posth.143) Sonata No.15 in C major, D.840 ("Reliquie") (unfinished) Sonata No.16 in A minor, D.845 (Op.42) Sonata No.17 in D major, D.850 (Op.53) ("Gasteiner") Sonata No.18 in G major, D.894 (Op.78) ("Fantasie") Sonata No.19 in C minor, D.958 Sonata No.20 in A major, D.959 Sonata No.21 in B♭ major, D.960
Sonata for Piano Duet in F major, D.1c (fragment of movt. I) Sonata for Piano Duet in B♭ major, D.617 Sonata for Piano Duet in C major, D.812 ("Grand Duo")

Schubert Piano Sonatas

Sonata No.1 in E major, D.157 (unfinished?)
- Sonata in E major, D.154 (1st version of movt. I from D.157, fragment)
Sonata No.2 in C major, D.279 (unfinished)
- Minuet in A minor, D.277a (1st version of movt. III from D.279)
- Rondo in C major, D.309a (fragment)
- Allegretto in C major, D.346 (fragment)
Sonata No.3 in E major, D.459
- 3 Klavierstücke, D.459a
- Andantino in C major, D.348 (fragment)
- Adagio in C major, D.349 (fragment)
- Rondo in E major, D.506 (Op.posth.145 No.2)
Sonata No.4 in A minor, D.537 (Op.posth.164)
Sonata No.5 in A♭ major, D.557
Sonata No.6 in E minor, D.566 (unfinished?)
- Rondo in E major, D.506 (Op.posth.145 No.2)
Sonata No.7 in E♭ major, D.568 (Op.posth.122) (2nd version)
- Sonata in D♭ major, D.568 (1st version - unfinished) [formerly D.567]
- Scherzo in D♭ major, D.593 No.2
Sonata No.8 in F♯ minor, D.571 (fragment of movt. I)
- Scherzo and Allegro, D.570 (Allegro is a fragment)
- Andante in A major, D.604

Sonata No.9 in B major, D.575 (Op.posth.147)
Sonata No.10 in C major, D.613 (unfinished)
Sonata No.11 in F minor, D.625 (unfinished)
- Adagio in D♭ major, D.505 (Op.posth.145 No.1)
Sonata No.12 in C♯ minor, D.655 (fragment of movt. I)
Sonata No.13 in A major, D.664 (Op.posth.120)
Sonata in E minor, D.769a (fragment of movt. I)
Sonata No.14 in A minor, D.784 (Op.posth.143)
Sonata No.15 in C major, D.840 ("Reliquie") (unfinished)
Sonata No.16 in A minor, D.845 (Op.42)
Sonata No.17 in D major, D.850 (Op.53) ("Gasteiner")
Sonata No.18 in G major, D.894 (Op.78) ("Fantasie")
Sonata No.19 in C minor, D.958
Sonata No.20 in A major, D.959
Sonata No.21 in B♭ major, D.960

Sonata for Piano Duet in F major, D.1c (fragment of movt. I)
Sonata for Piano Duet in B♭ major, D.617
Sonata for Piano Duet in C major, D.812 ("Grand Duo")

Contents

Performances

Recordings

Naxos

Sheet Music

Piano Scores

Arrangements and Transcriptions

For String Quartet (Drillon)

General Information

Misc. Comments