Adagio and Rondo concertante in F major, D 487 (Schubert)

The Adagio and Rondo concertante in F major, D. 487 (also known as the Adagio e Rondo concertante in F or 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 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:

Adagio -
Rondo: Allegro vivace

The composition takes around 14–16 minutes to perform.

References

Notes

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.
Siepmann, Jeremy (2002). Schubert: Trout Quintet/Adagio and Rondo Concertante, (PDF) (CD). Chandos Records. CHAN 10021.
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.

External links

Adagio and Rondo concertante in F major, D487: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
"Franz Schubert, Adagio e Rondo concertante, D.487". YouTube. 6 April 2013.

Chamber music by Franz Schubert

Duos and Trios	Violin Sonata, D 574 Arpeggione Sonata, D 821 3 String Trios Rondo for violin and piano, D 895 Piano Trio No. 1, D 898 Piano Trio No. 2, D 929 Notturno for piano trio, D 897 Sonatensatz for piano trio, D 28 The Shepherd on the Rock, D 965

String Quartets	No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 No. 9 No. 10 No. 11 No. 12 (Quartettsatz) No. 13 (Rosamunde) No. 14 (Death and the Maiden) No. 15 Quartettsatz, D 103

Quintets and more	String Quintet Trout Quintet Octet Adagio and rondo concertante for piano and strings Rondo for violin and strings

List of compositions by Franz Schubert by genre List of compositions by Franz Schubert

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