3 military marches, op. 51 : piano solo

March · Op. 51

Franz Schubert 1797–1828
March
Form
Op. 51
Catalogue
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First page of 3 military marches, op. 51 : piano solo

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Themes & character
Written for piano duet·The famous D major march·Domestic music-making·Composed around 1818

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Catalogue
Op. 51
Form
March

About the piece

Three marches composed around 1818, most likely during Schubert's summers teaching the daughters of Count Johann Esterhazy in Hungary, and written for piano four hands, the standard medium of domestic music-making in his Vienna. The first, in D major, became one of the most popular pieces he ever wrote, arranged endlessly for solo piano, orchestra and military band. Its brisk confidence is far from the introspection of his late works and shows the sociable side of Schubert's output.

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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