Piano Sonatas in The Romantic Era
As the Romantic era progressed after Beethoven and Schubert, piano sonatas continued to be composed, but in lesser numbers as the form took on a somewhat academic tinge and competed with shorter genres more compatible with Romantic compositional style. Franz Liszt's comprehensive "three-movements-in-one" Sonata in B minor draws on the concept of thematic transformation first introduced by Schubert in his Wanderer Fantasie of 1822 and Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 29 (Hammerklavier). Piano sonatas have been written throughout the 19th and 20th centuries and up to the present day.
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