Schubert F. Four Impromptus for piano. Op. 90

Schubert's music reveals features clearly linking it with the traditions of the Viennese classical school. Whatever the material, the composer expresses it in а simple and clear language. Like the Viennese classical composers, be strives for а graceful and balanced harmony of form. Не has left around а thousand works, reflecting all the genres of his day. One of the central pillars of Schubert's oeuvre is his piano music, which, like his other chamber instrumental compositions, is linked with the tradition, widespread in Austria, of home music-making. Here he created compositions which in the significance of their contents and perfect of their form, tower above the usual level of everyday music of that time. This innovative nature is characteristic of the impromptus and moments musicals. These early examples of the romantic piano miniature with their exemplary construction and use of the instrument, influenced the works by Chopin and Liszt.

Music Text Example: Impromptus No 1 c-moll; Impromptus No 3 Ges-dur