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Franz Schubert

Four Impromptus, D 935

1827 · op. 142

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Total duration: 34' 30"

1. F minor
2. A-flat major
3. B-flat major
4. F minor

Recommended editions

Neue Schubert-Ausgabe (Bärenreiter) · VII/2/5 · BA 5521 · Klavierstücke II · ed. Christa Landon/Walther Dürr [including earlier sketch of no. 1]
Associated Board · ed. Howard Ferguson
Bärenreiter · BA 9648 · Impromptus · ed. Walther Dürr
Henle · HN 4 · Impromptus / Moments musicaux · ed. Walter Gieseking
Henle · HN 138 · Impromptus / Moments musicaux · ed. Walter Gieseking
Wiener Urtext · UT 50297 · Impromptus und Moments musicaux · ed. Ulrich Leisinger/Paul Badura-Skoda
Wiener Urtext · UT 50409 · ed. Ulrich Leisinger

1. F minor

Duration: 10' 30"

Difficulty: 3.5

2. A-flat major

Duration: 6' 30"

Difficulty: 2.5

3. B-flat major

The theme is followed by five variations. Schubert used the same theme in the incidental music to Rosamunde (D 797) and the slow movement of the string quartet in A minor (D 804).

Duration: 11' 30"

Difficulty: 3.5

4. F minor

Duration: 6'

Difficulty: 4