Home / Music / A bass trill haunts the first movement of Schubert's D. 960Music linernotes album music franz-schubertA bass trill haunts the first movement of Schubert's D. 960The opening movement of Schubert’s D. 960 is expansive and hymn-like, with a mysterious trill in the bass that recurs like an ominous interruption throughout. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesSchubert's Op. 90 Impromptus embody his late style — simple on the surface, sophisticated underneathSchubert's final piano sonata spans four movements, opening with one of the longest first movements in the repertoire.Schubert's Piano Sonata No. 8 is a three-movement work with no scherzo — darker and more concentrated than its predecessors.Schubert's Op. 90 contains four impromptus, D. 899 — some of the most beloved short-form piano works ever written.Schubert wrote 15 string quartets starting as a teenagerExploreSlowbrew is relaxed, dreamy café music"(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano" is Sampha's Process emotional centerpieceThe Cowboy Junkies' "Sweet Jane" cover made The Trinity Session famousNeu!'s motorik beat made monotony hypnoticBrahms sealed his Third Symphony with a personal motto in three notesPrevious Alice in Chains' Dirt hit No. 6 and went five times platinumNext 'You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio' was Joni Mitchell's sly response to radio programmers