Impromptus No. 1 in F minor, Op. 142 (Schubert)
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The Impromptus, Op. posth. 142, D. 935, are a set of four impromptus for solo piano composed by Franz Schubert in 1827. They were written in the same year as the Impromptus, Op. 90, but were not published until 1839, more than a decade after his death. Together with the preceding set, they have become a cornerstone of the piano repertoire. The first Impromptu is an Allegro moderato in F minor. This piece has the structure of a sonata exposition but develops into an expressive dialogue between treble and bass with an arpeggiated accompaniment in the middle register. The opening section is recapitulated primarily in F major before the piece concludes in F minor.
