Violin Sonata in A major, D 574 (Schubert)
The ‘’'Violin Sonata’'’ No. 4 (also known as the “Duo” or “Grand Duo”) in A major, Op. posth. 162, 574, for violin and piano by Franz Schubert was composed in 1817. This sonata, composed one year after his first three sonatas for the same instruments, is a much more individual work, showing neither the influence of Mozart, as in these previous works, nor of Rossini, as in the contemporaneous 6th Symphony. Structure. The Sonata has four movements: