Adagio and Rondo Concertante

The Adagio and Rondo Concertante (Adagio e Rondo concertante) in F major for piano quartet, D 487, was composed by Franz Schubert in 1816. A "brilliant" work designed as a display piece for the piano soloist, it is not only one of the few works the composer wrote in this style, but it is his first complete composition for piano and string ensemble, preceding the "Trout" Quintet" by three years.[1]

Background

Schubert apparently composed the quartet at the request of Heinrich Grob, the brother of Therese Grob, who at the time Schubert hoped to marry.[2][3]

Offered to Diabelli after Schubert's death, the composition was not published until 1865.[4]

Performance history

The first known public performance of the quartet was on 1 November 1861 at the Ludwig Bösendorfer Salon in Vienna.[5][6]

Structure

The composition, which is written for a standard piano quartet is in two movements played continuously:

  1. Adagio -
  2. Rondo: Allegro vivace

The composition takes around 14–16 minutes to perform.

References

Notes
  1. ^ Siepmann 2002, p. 6
  2. ^ Anderson 1992
  3. ^ Newbould 1999, p. 126
  4. ^ Woolf 2000
  5. ^ Wasserman 2008
  6. ^ Scharfenberger 2014
Sources
  • Anderson, Keith (1992). Schubert: Trout Quintet/Adagio and Rondo Concertante (CD). Naxos Records. 8.550658.
  • Hefling, Stephen (2004). 19th-Century Chamber Music. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-96650-7.
  • Newbould, Brian (1999). Schubert: The Music and the Man. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-21957-0.
  • Scharfenberger, Paul (2014). "Today in Music History: November 1". MusicandHistory.com. Retrieved 4 September 2016.[permanent dead link‍]
  • Siepmann, Jeremy (2002). Schubert: Trout Quintet/Adagio and Rondo Concertante (PDF) (CD). Chandos Records. CHAN 10021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
  • Wasserman, Janet I. (2008). "Schubert First Public Performances: A Timeline". Schubert Society of the United States. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  • Woolf, Peter Graham (2000). "Review of Schubert:Complete chamber music for piano and strings Vol. 1: Trout Quintet D.667; Notturno D. 667& Piano Quartet D. 487". Musicweb International. Retrieved 4 September 2016.