- Schubert composed this piece in September of 1817,1 and it premiered on September 29, 1818.2
- Schubert was a violinist, studying as a young boy with his father. When he was a student in Vienna’s Kaiserlich-königliches Stadtkonvikt (Imperial and Royal City College, an elite boarding school for boys ages 11 to university age), Schubert played violin in the school orchestra.3
- Schubert wrote this piece work for his brother Ferdinand,4 a violinist who often played solo works with the student orchestra at the school where he taught.5
- Ferdinand Schubert played violin I in the Schubert family’s string quartet (Franz played viola in it, brother Ignaz played violin II and their father played cello). Franz Schubert played in this family ensemble starting in 1811, during his vacations from school.6
Sources
- Maurice Brown, J.E., Eric Sams, and Robert Winter, “Schubert, Franz,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed January 22, 2020, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000025109.
- “Polonaise in B-flat major, D.580 (Schubert, Franz), IMSLP, accessed January 22, 2020, https://imslp.org/wiki/Polonaise_in_B-flat_major,_D.580_(Schubert,_Franz).
- Maurice Brown, J.E., Eric Sams, and Robert Winter, “Schubert, Franz,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed January 22, 2020, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000025109.
- “Schubert, Music for Violin, vol.1,” BIS Records, accessed January 22, 2020, https://bis.se/performers/daskalakis-ariadne/schubert-music-for-violin-vol1.
- John Reed, liner notes to Schubert-Soirée, Gidon Kremer, The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Deutsche Grammophon 437535, CD, 1993.
- Maurice Brown, J.E., Eric Sams, and Robert Winter, “Schubert, Franz,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed January 22, 2020, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000025109.
Cut IDs
17909, 40867, 42735