Schubert Piano Sonatas, Opus 960 Performances And Research

Piano sonata occupied an important position in the works of Franz Schubert,one of the founders of Romantic music.With great artistic value and creativity,Schubert's piano sonatas played irreplaceable roles in the works of early Romantic piano music,especially D.958,D.959 and D.960,which was composed in the last years of his life.In this paper,I choose the Piano Sonata in Bb(D.960) as the breakthrough points to explore the composing techniques of Schubert and the key points in playing his music,hoping the analyses of this piece could provide a certain reference to further study on Schubert and his works.