Twenty-Four Schubert Dances

by Franz Schubert

From D.145, D.146, D. 158, D.299, D.365, D.366,

D.420, D.421, D.643, D.734, D.735 and D.781

Arranged for Piano Four Hands by Peter Billam

Peter J Billam, 2003

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 Twenty-Four Schubert Dances,
arranged for Piano Four Hands

These well-loved pieces are offered here in new arrangements for Piano Four
Hands, for teaching or social piano playing. The originals for piano (two hands)
are available from Dover, who in 1989 reprinted the editions by Breitkopf &
Hrtel of 1889 and 1897.

Two dances have been chosen in each of the twelve key signatures, one in triple
time (a Waltz, Lndler or Deutscher) and one in duple time (an cossaise). For
four hands, most of these pieces become technically very easy, in fact some of the
cossaises could serve as first pieces. Musically they remain extremely
rewarding, and in a teaching situation offer a solid rhythm, a variety of moods and
key-signatures, and a joy of music-making which are hard to match.

With the cossaises it was possible to preserve several sequences intended by

Schubert, but the order of these Waltzes is very arbitrary, determined largely by
the desire to fit two dances onto each page.

Schubert writes the cossaises in two different ways; some move in crochets and
quavers and have eight bars per line, others in quavers and semiquavers and have
four bars per line. The former should move at doppio movimiento, taking the
same time overall; a good cossaise tempo would be about 108 or 112 beats
(minims or chrochets) per minute. As to the nuances in tempo and expression
between Waltzes, Lndler and Deutscher, I would welcome feedback from people
who know these things . . .

Peter J Billam

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4 Franz Schubert

Lndler from Hommage aux Belles Viennoises, Op.67 D.734 No. 1

3
4
p

3
4

f ff

Atzenbrugg German Dance No. 6 Op.9 D.365 No. 31

3
4
p fz fz fz

3
4

f p fz

________ ________
1a 2a
Juli 1821

fz fz f

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Franz Schubert 5

Lndler from Hommage aux Belles Viennoises, Op.67 D.734 No. 1

3
4
p

3
4

. . . . . . . . . .
8va

. . . . . .
f ff 8va p

Atzenbrugg German Dance No. 6 Op 9, D. 365 No. 31

3
4
p fz fz fz

3
4

f p fz

________ ________
1a 2a
Juli 1821

fz fz f

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6 Franz Schubert

Waltz Op.9 D.365 No. 36

3
4
mf

3
4

8 Mrz 1821

fz

Waltz from "First Waltzes", Op.9 D.365 No. 14

3
4
mf

3
4

______ ______
1a 2a

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Franz Schubert 7

Waltz Op 9, D. 365 No. 36

3
4
mf

3
4

8 Mrz 1821

fz

Waltz from "First Waltzes", Op.9 D.365 No. 14

3
4
p

3
4

______ ______
1a 2a

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8 Franz Schubert

Atzenbrugg German Dance No. 4 Op.18 D.145 No. 4

3
4
p
3
4

_____ ____
1a 2a
Juli 1821

Waltzer Op.18 D.145 No. 8

3
4
p fp
3
4

______ ______
1a 2a

cresc . . . dim . . .

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Atzenbrugg German Dance No. 4 Op.18 D.145 No. 4

3
4
p
3
4

cresc . . . dim . . .

____ ____
1a 2a
Juli 1821

Waltzer Op.18 D.145 No. 8

3
4
p fp
3
4

______ ______
1a 2a

cresc . . . dim . . .

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10 Franz Schubert

Lndler D.366 "17 Lndler" No. 17

3 3

3
4
p dim . . . dim . . .

3
4

Componirt im Juli 1824 in Zelz, Ungarn

mf dim . . . dim . . . p cresc . . . dim . . .

German Dance D.420 "12 German Dances" No. 12

3
4

3
4

Componirt 1817

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Franz Schubert 11

Lndler D.366 "17 Lndler" No. 17

3 3
3
4
p dim . . . dim . . .

3
4

Componirt im Juli 1824 in Zelz, Ungarn

mf dim . . . dim . . . p cresc . . . dim . . .

German Dance D.420 "12 German Dances" No. 12

fp fp fp fp fp
3
4
1 1
2 4 1
5 3

3
4

fp fp 5
4

3 1 3
3 1

2 1 1

Componirt 1817

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12 Franz Schubert
TrauerWalzer Op.9 D.365 No. 2

3
4
p

3
4

1816

German Dance D.420 No. 1

3
4
p fp fp

3
4

fp fp

Componiert 1817

ff p cresc . . . dim . . .

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Franz Schubert 13
TrauerWalzer Op.9 D.365 No. 2

3
4
p

3
4

1816

German Dance D.420 No. 1

3
4
p fp fp

3
4

fp fp

Componiert 1817

ff p cresc . . . dim . . .

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14 Franz Schubert
Atzenbrugg German Dance No. 1 Op.18 D.145 No. 1

3
4
ff

3
4

ff

Waltz Op.127 D.146 "Last Waltzes" No. 18

3
4
pp

3
4

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Franz Schubert 15
Atzenbrugg German Dance No. 1 Op.18 D.145 No. 1

3
4
ff p

3
4

. . . .
8va

p
ff . . . .
8va

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8va |

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
8va

Waltz Op.127 D.146 "Last Waltzes" No. 18

3
4
pp

3
4

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16 Franz Schubert
cossaise D. 145 no. 7

2
4
fp fp ff

2
4

pp fz ff

No. 8
2
4
p mf fz

2
4

p fz p

No. 9
2
4
p

2
4

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Franz Schubert 17
cossaise D. 145 no. 7
2
4
fp fp ff
2
4

pp fz
ff

No. 8
2
4
mf fz
p

2
4

p fz p

No. 9
tr tr
2
4
p

2
4

tr tr

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18 Franz Schubert
cossaise D.735 no. 4

2
4
p cresc . . . dim . . .

2
4

f p f

No. 5

2
4
f

2
4

p ff

cossaise D.421 no. 2

2
4
f p

2
4

Mai 1816

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cossaise D.735 No. 4
2
4
p cresc . . . dim . . .

2
4

f p f

No. 5

2
4
f

2
4

p ff

cossaise D.421 No. 2

2
4
f p

2
4

Mai 1816

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20 Franz Schubert
cossaise D.643

2
4

2
4

1819

cossaise D.781 No.2

2
4
p

2
4

Januar 1823

f ffz

cossaise D.299 No.3

2
4
pp staccato . . .

2
4

Oktober 1815

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Franz Schubert 21
cossaise D.643
2
4

2
4

1819

cossaise D.781 No.2

2
4
p

2
4

Januar 1823

f ffz

cossaise D.299 No.3

2
4
pp staccato . . .

2
4

tr Oktober 1815

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22 Franz Schubert
cossaise D.734 No. 1 from Hommage aux Belles Viennoises, Op.67

2
4
f fz

2
4

2
4

2
4

No. 2

2
4
fp

2
4

fz fz
fz

cossaise D.158

2
4
p

2
4

21 Februar 1815

ff

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Franz Schubert 23

cossaise D.734 No. 1 from Hommage aux Belles Viennoises, Op.67

2
4
f fz

2
4

2
4
fz fz fz

2
4

No. 2
1 4 2 4 1 4
1 3 4
1 4 1
1 1
2
4
1 2 3 2 2 5 1 5 2 5 1
fp 3 2 2
3 3

1 8va . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 5
1 1
1 3 2 1 1

1 3 2 1
fz 1
2 3 1 1
3 fz fz
2 5
1

cossaise D.158

2
4
p

2
4

21 Februar 1815

ff

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Peter Billam was born in London in 1948, studied piano, and lived in Switzerland from 1973 to
1983, where he studied composition, classical guitar, flute and voice, worked as Musical Director
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