Piano Sonata in E-flat Major, D. 568 (Schubert)

The Piano Sonata No. 7 (D. 568) in E-flat major by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano composed in 1817, and published in 1829 after Schubert's death as Op. posth. 122. The sonata has four movements:

  1. Allegro moderato: E-flat major
  2. Andante molto: G minor
  3. Menuetto: E-flat major (and A-flat major in the "trio")
  4. Allegro moderato: E-flat major

This sonata is a transposition and elaboration of the Piano Sonata in D-flat, D. 567.

Daniel Coren summarized the nature of the recapitulation in the first movement of this sonata as "syncopated primary material."

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