He completed the Sonata in D 960 on 26 September 1828, premiered it himself in Vienna a few days later, and died less than two months afterwards, on November 19th. This music comes from the very depths of the human soul. The musical contents construct and exist in their own world, testifying both to their own origins and purpose and to the unique structural constellation of the cognitive-conscious world. Their individual, unmistakably original style is manifested in their cyclical construction and in a tonal universe reminiscent of the compactness of chamber music. Schubert’s three piano sonatas (19-21), D 958, 959 and 960, were written in the last years of the composer’s life and are today considered some of the most important works in the piano repertoire. In his works we find a store of unused inventions the greatness of others will lie in making use of those inventions.” (Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All- Too-Human, Part II. He spent it with a free hand and a kind heart, so that for a few centuries musicians will continue to nibble at his ideas and inspirations. According to Nietzsche, Schubert had “the largest share of inherited musical wealth. Along with Beethoven, he counts as one of the founders of Romanticism and one of the most influential composers of all time. Franz Schubert (1797-1828) was born two hundred and twenty-five years ago.
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