20 Waltzes, D.146 (Op.127)

Waltz · Op. 127

Franz Schubert 1797–1828
Waltz
Form
Op. 127
Catalogue
Score
First page of 20 Waltzes, D.146 (Op.127)

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Themes & character
Viennese waltzes·Domestic music-making·Short and charming·Published later

At a glance

Catalogue
Op. 127
Form
Waltz

About the piece

Twenty short waltzes, part of the large body of dance music Schubert wrote for the social gatherings of his circle in Vienna. Individually they last barely a minute and make modest technical demands, which has kept them useful as teaching material, while collectively they document the Viennese dance craze at the exact moment the waltz was conquering Europe.

The composer

Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert
1797–1828

Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. He was immensely prolific despite living a short life, leaving behind a vast oeuvre of more than 1,000 compositions, including over 600 Lieder and other vocal works, seven complete symphonies, sacred music, operas, incidental music, and a large body of piano and chamber music. Among these are the songs "Gretchen am Spinnrade", "Erlkönig" and "Ave Maria"; the Trout Quintet; the Symphony No. 8 in B minor (Unfinished); the Symphony No. 9 in C major ; the String Quartet No. 14 in D minor ; the String Quintet in C major; the Impromptus for solo piano; the last three piano sonatas; the Fantasia in F minor for piano four hands; the incidental music to the play Rosamunde; the song cycles Die schöne Müllerin and Winterreise; and the song collection Schwanengesang.

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