Schubert "Arpeggione" Sonata

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="a79015a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>906-910 W. Ainslie Condominiums </B></FONT><B>  </B><B>   |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="906910 W. Ainslie Condominiums "><B>home</B></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>"Arpeggione" Sonata for Viola & Piano</B></I></div> <div> <B> by Franz Schubert</B></div> <div> <I>Yvonne Johnson, viola</I></div> <div> <I>Jean Shamo, piano</I></div> <div> <B>If your computer's sound system is working you should be hearing a commercially recorded excerpt.</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="243" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 31 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="9eb388a0.jpg" border=0 width="56" height="138" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER ROWSPAN=3><NOBR><div> I.   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Gill Sans MT" >Allegro Moderato</FONT></div> <bR> <div> II.  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Gill Sans MT" >Adagio</FONT></div> <bR> <div> III<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >. </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Gill Sans MT" >Allegretto</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> </tR> <tR> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >f</FONT><B><U>“Arpeggione”' Sonata for Viola & Piano</U></B><B>   </B>Most musical instruments evolve over the years, but occasionally one passes from the scene entirely. Such is the case with the arpeggione, an early 19<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Gill Sans MT" >th</FONT> century bowed instrument tuned and shaped like a guitar. Since guitarists weren't keen on learning to play with a bow, and string players didn't appreciate its six strings and fretted keyboard, the arpeggione disappeared about as quickly as it had arrived. Franz Schubert is the only master composer to have written for it, and then only this one piece. Fortunately, the sonata was rediscovered by cellists and violists and is now a part of the standard repertoire for both instruments. Throughout, the music is quintessential Schubert, a series of warm and ingratiating tunes presented rather simply and in three movements, the final two being linked so as to flow together as one.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <a href="JavaScript:window.close()">Close</a>  </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I> <p> <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=4,0,0,0" width=0 height=0 align="absmiddle"> <param name=movie value="mp3ss206s.swf"> <param name=quality value=best> <param name=wmode value=transparent> <param name=bgcolor value=#FFFFFF> <param name=loop value=false> <embed src="mp3ss206s.swf" quality=best wmode=transparent bgcolor=#FFFFFF loop=false width=0 height=0 type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" align="absmiddle"> </embed> </object> </p>  </I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> </td> </tr></table></body>