Fantasia in F minor (Schubert)

Franz Schubert in 1827 (portrait by Anton Depauly from 1828)
Caroline Esterházy
"Fantasia in F minor"
The Latsos Piano Duo (Giorgi Latso and Anna Latso) perform Franz Schubert's piano four hands Fantasia in F minor, at historic Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, California. (Live recording April 13, 2019)
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The Fantasia in F minor by Franz Schubert, D.940 (Op. posth. 103), for piano four hands (two players at one piano), is one of Schubert's most important works for more than one pianist and one of his most important piano works altogether. He composed it in 1828, the last year of his life. A dedication to his former pupil Caroline Esterházy can only be found in the posthumous first edition, not in Schubert's autograph.[1][2]

Musicologist Christopher Gibbs has described the work as "among not only his greatest but his most original" compositions for piano duet.[3]

  1. ^ Schubert, Franz. "Fantasie f-Moll". schubert-online.at. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  2. ^ Schubert, Franz (1976). Fantasie f-Moll. Willi Kahl. pp. Preface. ISMN 979-0-2018-0180-3.
  3. ^ Gibbs, p. 161