The piece was probably commissioned by Schubert's friend Vincenz Schuster, who was a virtuoso of the arpeggione, an instrument which had been invented only the previous year.
Piesa a fost, probabil, comandat de catre prietenul lui Schubert, Vincenz Schuster, care a fost un virtuoz al Arpeggionei, un instrument care a fost inventat abia în anul precedent.