Grand Rondo for 2 Pianos in A Major, D. 951

Composer: SCHUBERT, Franz
  • Schubert wrote his Grand Rondo for 2 Pianos in A Major just a few months before his death in 1828.
  • Some musicologists speculate that Schubert intended his Rondo in A Major to be the finale of a larger work that also incorporated another piece for piano four hands, Lebensstürme (“Life’s Storms”), D. 947.1
  • Fun fact: Despite writing many works for piano, Schubert did not actually own a keyboard instrument for most of his life. Rather, he would compose at a writing table and then revise the score at a friend’s (who happened to own a piano).2

Sources

  1. Maurice J.E. Brown, Eric Sams, and Robert Winter, “Schubert, Franz,”” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed July 16, 2026, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000025109.
  2. Ileen Zovluck, “Ron”o in A, D. 951 (four hands),” LA Phil, accessed July 16, 2026, https://www.laphil.com/musicdb/pieces/3110/rondo-in-a-d-951-four-hands.

Cut IDs

13168 28596