Arpeggione Sonata
| Arpeggione Sonata | |
|---|---|
| by Franz Schubert | |
Franz Schubert by Wilhelm August Rieder, 1825 | |
| Key | A minor |
| Catalogue | D. 821 |
| Composed | 1824 |
| Published | 1871 |
| Movements | three |
The Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano in A minor, D. 821, was written by Franz Schubert in Vienna in November 1824. The sonata is the only substantial composition extant today for the arpeggione (which was essentially a bowed guitar). The sonata was composed in November 1824, about a month after Schubert had returned to Vienna from his second stay in Zseliz. It has been adapted to other string instruments, especially the cello.