3 Things to Know About Schubert’s Piano Sonata D. 960

Schubert never heard his Piano Sonata D. 960 performed The sonata was not published until 1839, ten years after his death, and its first public performance happened posthumously.

It was written in his final year Schubert composed the sonata in 1828, just months before he died at age 31.

It is one of his most celebrated piano works Despite never hearing it, the sonata is now regarded as a masterpiece of the late Romantic piano repertoire.