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Unknown Sonata by Schubert (1812, Bflat for piano, violon,.)

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 5:05 pm
by induktion
Hallo there,

lately I found an unknown Sonate from Franz Schubert, which he composed in 1812 for piano, violon and violoncello in b-flat major (B-Dur). It was published by the 'Wiener Philharmonischer Verlag A.G.' in 1923 (No.402), and contained the following preface of Dr. Alfred Orel, a Privatdozent at the University of Vienna in January 1923.:

"The autograph of this hitherto unpublished composition is embodied in the musical collection of the Vienna Municipal Library, and the writer is indebted to the community of Vienna for the permissiont to the publication of it. This Sonata for piano, violon and violoncello is one of Schubert's earlist chamber music works, and, according to the inscription in the original manuscript, was begun on July 27, 1812. Merely this first movement of what was apparently intended to be a work of several movements, has been preserved to our days, and it is quite possible that Schubert later on abandoned the idea of completing the sonata. The present score was finished by Schubert on August 28, 1812, but was subjected to various alterations by the composer. These alterations are found also in the string parts, written by the composer himself, and are therefore authentic beyong all doubt. Consequently they have been adhered to in the present edition. Whatever additions to Schubert's ultimate version habe been deemed necessary have been indicated by brackets. In the second bar following the 'G', the 'd' of the sixth quaver has been altered by the editor to 'e flat', and in the following bar the 'c' to 'd'. The results of the scientific revision based on the original version with additional details concerning the composition itself, are contained in my report published in the January issue 1923 of the 'Zeitschrift fuer Musikwissenschaft', published by Breitkopf & Haertel, Leipsic[Leipzig annotation]."

I'd like to share it with you, but I'm unsure about the classification, the naming and where to store it here. So far I did not find any details about that sonata at this or other webpages. Haven't looked up the 'Zeitschrift fuer Musikwissenschaft' Issue Jan-1923, due to the lack of possibilities. Please feel free to give me advice.

Martin (Induktion)

Re: Unknown Sonata by Schubert (1812, Bflat for piano, violon,.)

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:17 pm
by kalliwoda
Is this piece not already on imslp? Check out:
http://imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Trio_Moveme ... rt,_Franz)

Re: Unknown Sonata by Schubert (1812, Bflat for piano, violon,.)

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:53 pm
by induktion
Yes, this is it. Thank you kalliwoda!
The version I possess is the original one from Wiener Philharmonischer Verlag, 1923, Vienna. I can see that the reissued version [here] face copyright problems in the US. I upload mine, so this will be solved.

Re: Unknown Sonata by Schubert (1812, Bflat for piano, violon,.)

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:11 pm
by KGill
Actually, it will still be blocked, since the original was published in 1923. In the US, items published between 1923 and 1977 are subject to 95 years of copyright protection from the date of publication.

Re: Unknown Sonata by Schubert (1812, Bflat for piano, violon,.)

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:09 am
by induktion
Good to know. Ok, then I just upload it in 8 years.