IMPROMPTU IN G FLAT MAJOR
Franz Schubert’s Impromptus are a series of eight pieces for solo piano composed in 1827. They were published in two sets of four impromptus each: the first was published in the composer’s lifetime as Op. 90, and the second was published posthumously as Op. posth. 142. They are considered to be among the most important examples of this popular early 19th-century genre. (More from Wikipedia)
The best-known and probably best album by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band is The Roaring Silence (1976); the Wikipedia article comments: “Like other Earth Band albums, this includes material by other composers. ‘Blinded by the Light’, which reached Number One in Billboard’s Hot 100, is a cover version of a track by Bruce Springsteen; ‘Questions’ is based on the main theme of Franz Schubert’s Impromptu in G Flat Major; [and] ‘Starbird’ takes its theme from Igor Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird.”
(June 2014)
