


They were conceived as a third set of four Impromptus, but only three were written. 946, or "Three Piano Pieces", are solo pieces composed by Schubert in May 1828, just six months before his early death. Due to their structural and thematic links, some envisioned the four Impromptus as parts of a multi-movement sonata, a conjecture which is subject of debate among musicologists and scholars. Finally, the fourth Impromptu in F minor is highly virtuosic and the most technically demanding of the set. The third Impromptu in B-flat major is a theme with variations. The second Impromptu in A-flat major is written in the standard minuet form. The first Impromptu in F minor follows the form of a sonata exposition. The second set was also composed in 1827, but the pieces were not published until 1839. 7 (1822) of Jan Václav Voříšek and by the music of Voříšek's teacher Václav Tomášek. It has been said that Schubert was deeply influenced in writing these pieces by the Impromptus, Op. The Impromptus are often considered companion pieces to the Six moments musicaux, and they are often recorded and published together. 946), written in May 1828, a few months before the composer's death, are known as both "Impromptus" and Klavierstücke ("piano pieces"). Three other unnamed piano compositions (D. They are considered to be among the most important examples of this popular early 19th-century genre. The third and fourth pieces in the first set were published in 1857 (although the third piece was printed by the publisher in G major, instead of G ♭ as Schubert had written it, and remained available only in this key for many years). 142 in 1839 (with a dedication added by the publisher to Franz Liszt). 90 the second set was published posthumously as Op. They were published in two sets of four impromptus each: the first two pieces in the first set were published in the composer's lifetime as Op. Series of eight piano pieces by Schubert Portrait by Anton Depauly, of Schubert at the end of his lifeįranz Schubert's Impromptus are a series of eight pieces for solo piano composed in 1827.
