Home / Music / Schubert composed his Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor while sick with syphilisMusic linernotes album music franz-schubertSchubert composed his Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor while sick with syphilisSchubert composed his Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor in February 1823, during a period when he was suffering from syphilis. 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 teenagerExplorePauline Oliveros released Deep Listening in 1989Deep Purple in Rock came out June 5, 1970Caroline Polachek's Desire, I Want to Turn Into You arrived February 14, 2023Devo Live: The Mongoloid Years came out on Rykodisc in 1991Diana Krall's From This Moment On came out in 2006Previous Schubert never heard his Piano Sonata D. 960 performedNext Schubert composed his Piano Sonata D. 960 just two months before his death