Piano Trio No. 1 (Schubert)

The Trio No. 1 in B-flat major for piano, violin, and cello, D. 898, was written by Franz Schubert in 1827. The composer finished the work in 1828, in the last year of his life. It was published in 1836 as Opus 99, eight years after the composer's death.

Structure

The piano trio contains four movements:

• Allegro moderato
• Andante un poco mosso
• Scherzo. Allegro
• Rondo. Allegro vivace

The third movement is in the classical minuet form, with the trio section resembling a relaxed waltz. The principal theme of the last movement resembles that of one of Schubert's songs, "Skolie".

References

• Gibbs, Christopher (1997). The Cambridge Companion to Schubert. Cambridge University Press. 
• Einstein, Alfred (1951). Schubert: A Musical Portrait. New York: Oxford University Press. 

External links

• Piano Trio No.1: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project.
• Performance of Piano Trio No. 1 by the Eroica Trio from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format