Franz Schubert wrote his Sonata in C major for piano four-hands, D 812, in June 1824 during his second stay at the Esterházy estate in Želiezovce. The extended work, in four movements, has a performan
Esterházy estate at Želiezovce, where Schubert wrote his Sonata in C major for piano four-hands
Schubert in 1821, drawing by Joseph Kupelwieser.
Schubert in 1825, watercolor by Wilhelm August Rieder.
Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale recorded the Grand Duo in 1955
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Piano four hands is a type of piano duet in which the two players play a piece arranged for four hands on the same piano simultaneously. A duet with the two players playing separate pianos is generall
Sonata in C major for piano four-hands, D 812 (Schubert)
…Kupelwieser informing him that the composer had left for Hungary, planning to write a symphony. The Deutsch catalogue lists three compositions, all for piano four-hands, which Schubert composed during his first couple of months in Zseliz: Sonata in C major, D 812: autograph parts dated June 1824…
Classical piano duo The Latsos, performing for Utah National State Conference, 2021