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[[File:Franz Schubert c1827.jpg|thumb|Schubert in 1827]]
'''''Six moments musicaux''''', [[Otto Erich Deutsch|D]]. 780 ([[Opus number|Op.]] 94) is a collection of six short pieces for solo [[piano]] composed by [[Franz Schubert]]. Along with the [[Impromptus (Schubert)|Impromptus]], they are among the most frequently played of all Schubert's piano music, and have been recorded many times.
==Background==
It has been said that Schubert was deeply influenced in writing these pieces by the ''Impromptus'', Op. 7, of [[Jan Václav Voříšek]] (1822).<ref>Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed. 1954</ref><ref name=naxos/> These pieces have been described as "akin to [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]’s [[Bagatelles, Op. 126 (Beethoven)|Bagatelles]] in their brevity and quixotic character."<ref>[https://crosseyedpianist.com/2019/10/22/a-distinct-soundworld-in-microcosm-schuberts-moments-musicaux/ The Cross-Eyed Pianist, "A distinct soundworld in microcosm: Schubert’s Moments Musicaux," October 22, 2019]</ref>
They were published by Leidesdorf in Vienna in 1828, under the title "Six Momens [sic] musicals [sic]". The standard French forms are now usually used – '''moments''' (instead of ''momens''), and '''musicaux''' (instead of ''musicals''). Because the title is not Schubert's own, it has been argued that we "might reasonably conclude that these are not really 'moments' of music at all, as some of the six pieces last more than five or six minutes."<ref>[https://www.pcmsconcerts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/11%202-Goode-Notes-Rev.pdf Chamber Music Society, 2021.11.02, Richard Goode, program notes]</ref>
==Structure==
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The movements are as follows:
{{Ordered list|type=upper-roman|Moderato in [[C major]]
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==Performances==
▲Along with the [[Impromptus (Schubert)|Impromptus]], they are among the most frequently played of all Schubert's piano music, and have been recorded many times. No. 3 in F minor has been arranged by [[Leopold Godowsky]] and others.
The entire D. 780 set has been recorded by [[András Schiff]] (for [[Decca Records|Decca]]), [[Claudio Arrau]], [[Alfred Brendel]], [[Imogen Cooper]], [[Emil Gilels]], [[Paul Lewis (pianist)|Paul Lewis]], [[Radu Lupu]], [[Artur Schnabel]], [[Mitsuko Uchida]] and [[Maria João Pires]]. Individual pieces from the set have been recorded by [[Sviatoslav Richter]], [[Stanislav Ioudenitch]], [[Daniel Barenboim]], and [[Vladimir Horowitz]]. The set was recorded on fortepianos by András Schiff (for [[ECM Records|ECM]]), [[Melvyn Tan]], [[Lambert Orkis]], [[Peter Katin]], Jan Vermeulen, Trudelies Leonhardt, Olga Tverskaya and Ghislain Potvlieghe.
▲They were published by Leidesdorf in Vienna in 1828, under the title "Six Momens [sic] musicals [sic]". The correct French forms are now usually used – '''moments''' (instead of ''momens''), and '''musicaux''' (instead of ''musicals''). The sixth number was published in 1824 in a Christmas album under the title ''Les plaintes d'un troubadour''.<ref name=naxos>[http://www.naxosdirect.com/title/8.550259 Naxos] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314020533/http://www.naxosdirect.com/title/8.550259 |date=2009-03-14 }}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Compositions for solo piano]]
[[Category:1823 compositions]]
[[Category:Compositions in C major]]
[[Category:Compositions in A-flat major]]
[[Category:Compositions in F minor]]
[[Category:Compositions in C-sharp minor]]
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