Piano Sonata No. 17 (Mozart)
The sonata No. 17 in B flat major KV 570 is a piano sonata by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in three movements. It belongs to Mozart's late sonatas and was composed in 1789. It is probably a commissioned composition after Mozart received the order from the Prussian court in May of 1789 to write six simple sonatas.
For this sonata there is an added violin part of uncertain origin, which was published in 1800. The piano part is the same in both versions.
The average performance time of the piano sonata is approximately 18 minutes.
sentences
1st movement: Allegro
The header of this lyric track stylistically has two striking similarities to the first set of Klaviersonate no. 12 on the subjects head has a similar motifs and modulated in the implementation according to Des-Dur . The tension is increased by the second theme, to which the first theme reacts in G major in bass . Then the recapitulation appears through a back modulation.
The artistic interchanging of the voices in the first movement, which show parallels to his later Papageno aria from the Magic Flute , is reminiscent of his contemporary Joseph Haydn , as so often in Mozart's sonatas .
2nd movement: Adagio
The sections of the second movement, an adagio in E flat major , express a meditative farewell mood by imitating the sound of a horn. The movement is structured like a rondo and its C minor position in the middle section, especially bar 14, is closely related to his 24th piano concerto K. 491 .
3rd movement: Allegretto
The third movement is a rondo in the original key of B flat major in tempo allegretto with the irregular form A – B – C – A. The ritornello between B and C is missing here. In section C, the tone repetitions anticipate parts of the fugato from the Overture to the Magic Flute.
Web links
- Sonata in Bb KV 570 : Score and critical report in the New Mozart Edition
- Piano Sonata No.17 in B-flat major, K.570 : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Recording of Paavali Jumppanen in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum ( MP3 format)
- Descriptions of the sonatas on G. Henle Verlag website