Piano Sonata No. 1 (Mozart)

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The Sonata No. 1 in C major KV 279 (189d) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a piano sonata with three movements. It was composed during the trip to Munich for the production of the opera La finta giardiniera between late 1774 and March of the next year when Mozart was 18 years old and is the first of a cycle of six sonatas of increasing difficulty that are based on this Trip. A special feature of this sonata is that all three movements have the main sonata form .

The average performance time is 14 minutes.

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1st movement: Allegro

The first movement in the main key of C major begins with a four-bar introduction : a reversible figure appears in the bass, which is then shifted in the right hand. These two measures are repeated. The main theme consists of chromatic , arpeggio-like sequences and ornaments. After an imperfect cadence , the secondary theme, which consists of fast scales, appears in the dominant G major . The opening theme is sequenced in G minor until the dominant is gradually reached again. The main theme appears in the recapitulation as in the exposition . Now there is no cadence in G major and the secondary theme remains in the tonic .

2nd movement: Andante

The lyrical andante is full of expressive shading, the result of Mozart's harmonic freedom. This movement is in F major , the subdominant of the tonal house of the entire work, and contains the sonata form. At the end of the exhibition, Mozart has modulated the dominant C major and starts developing in this key. The work then quickly makes temporary transitions through G minor and D minor in order to come back to the tonic for the recapitulation, which is soon followed by the recapitulation.

3rd movement: Allegro

The final movement, composed again in C major, which in its freshness is reminiscent of Haydn's final movement motif of his F major sonata Hob. XVI / 23, the theme appears upbeat. The left hand is motifically tied to the topic and very active. This movement also resembles the main sonata form in certain traits and contains a certain coda .

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  • Donald J. Grout, et al. A history of western Music (8th Edition) Chapter 23 - Classical Music in the late 18th Century (New York: WW Norton & Company, 2010)

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