38 Waltzes, Ländler and Ecossaises, D.145 (Op.18)

Waltz · Op. 18

Franz Schubert 1797–1828
Waltz
Form
Op. 18
Catalogue
Score
First page of 38 Waltzes, Ländler and Ecossaises, D.145 (Op.18)

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Themes & character
Three dance types·Early publication·Social music·Published 1823

At a glance

Catalogue
Op. 18
Form
Waltz

About the piece

A collection gathering three distinct dance types: the waltz, the slower and more rustic Landler from which it descended, and the ecossaise, a fast duple-time dance. Published in 1823, this was among the dance sets that appeared in Schubert's lifetime, when publishers were far more willing to print short saleable pieces than the large-scale works on which his reputation now rests.

The composer

Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert
1797–1828

Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. He was immensely prolific despite living a short life, leaving behind a vast oeuvre of more than 1,000 compositions, including over 600 Lieder and other vocal works, seven complete symphonies, sacred music, operas, incidental music, and a large body of piano and chamber music. Among these are the songs "Gretchen am Spinnrade", "Erlkönig" and "Ave Maria"; the Trout Quintet; the Symphony No. 8 in B minor (Unfinished); the Symphony No. 9 in C major ; the String Quartet No. 14 in D minor ; the String Quintet in C major; the Impromptus for solo piano; the last three piano sonatas; the Fantasia in F minor for piano four hands; the incidental music to the play Rosamunde; the song cycles Die schöne Müllerin and Winterreise; and the song collection Schwanengesang.

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