List of Mozart's piano music works
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an excellent pianist. In addition to his piano concertos - a highlight of the genre - he wrote numerous piano sonatas , variations and smaller piano pieces for the piano.
- For works for piano and second or more instruments, see the list of chamber music works by Mozart with piano
For piano for 2 hands
Piano sonatas
Mozart composed his first four sonatas at the age of ten. But these have all been lost. Without exception, all these sonatas have three movements. Only the middle movement of the second piano sonata has four accidentals. Otherwise, all other sonata movements have a maximum of three accidentals. The sonatas obtained can be divided into four groups:
Sonatas composed in Munich in early 1775:
- Sonata No. 1 in C major KV 279 (189d)
- Sonata No. 2 in F major KV 280 (189e)
- Sonata No. 3 in B flat major KV 281 (189f)
- Sonata No. 4 in E flat major KV 282 (189g)
- Sonata No. 5 in G major KV 283 (189h)
- Sonata No. 6 in D major KV 284 (205b) (Dürnitz Sonata)
1777–78 composed during his trip to Mannheim and Paris:
- Sonata No. 7 in C major KV 309 (284b)
- Sonata No. 8 in D major KV 311 (284c)
- Sonata No. 9 in A minor KV 310 (300d)
Composed in Vienna 1783–84 (early Viennese years):
- Sonata No. 10 in C major KV 330 (300h)
- Sonata No. 11 in A major KV 331 (300i)
- Sonata No. 12 in F major KV 332 (300k)
- Sonata No. 13 in B flat major, K. 333 (315c)
The sonatas KV 330–333 were not published until 1783/84 in Vienna, but there is much to suggest that they were composed earlier, possibly as early as 1778 in Paris or 1779 in Salzburg.
Composed in Vienna 1784–89 (later years in Vienna):
- Sonata No. 14 in C minor KV 457 (published together with the Fantasia in C minor KV 475 )
- Sonata No. 15 in F major KV 533 (with the Rondo in F major KV 494)
- Sonata No. 16 in C major KV 545 (Sonata facile)
- Sonata No. 17 in B flat major, K. 570
- Sonata No. 18 in D major, K. 576
Fantasies
- Fantasy in C minor KV 396 (385f)
- Fantasy in D minor KV 397 (385g)
- Fantasia in C minor KV 475 (published together with the Sonata in C minor KV 457)
- Prelude (Fantasy) and Fugue in C major KV 394 (383a)
The Fantasy in C minor KV 396 (385f) is not a fantasy for piano solo, but a fragment of a fantasy for piano and violin.
Variations
- Eight variations on Laat ons juichen, Batavieren! by Christian Ernst Graaf KV 24 (1766)
- Seven Variations in D major on Willem van Nassau KV 25 (1766)
- Twelve Variations on a Minuet by Johann Christian Fischer KV 179 (189a) (1774)
- Six variations on Mio caro Adone from La Fiera di Venezia by Antonio Salieri KV 180 (173c) (1773)
- Nine variations on the Arietta Lison dormait from the opera Julie by Nicolas Dezède KV 264 (315d) (1778)
- Twelve Variations in C major on the song "Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman" KV 265 (300e) (1781)
- Eight variations on the choral piece Dieu d'amour from the opera Les Mariages Samnites by AEM Grétry KV 352 (374c) (1781)
- Twelve Variations on La belle Françoise KV 353 (300f) (1778)
- Twelve variations on the romance Je suis Lindor from the music for Le Barbier de Séville by Beaumarchais (music by Jean-Louis Baudron ) KV 354 (299a) (1778)
- Six variations on the aria Salve tu, Domine from the opera I filosofi immaginarii by Giovanni Paisiello KV 398 (416e) (1783)
- Eight variations on Come un agnello from Fra i due litiganti il terzo gode by Giuseppe Sarti KV 460 (454a) (1784)
- Ten Variations in G major on "Our stupid Mob thinks" from the opera Die Pilger von Mekka by Christoph Willibald Gluck KV 455 (1784)
- Twelve Variations in B flat major on an Allegretto KV 500 (1786)
- Six Variations on an Allegretto KV 54 (547b) (1788)
- Nine Variations on a Minuet by Jean-Pierre Duport KV 573 (1789)
- Eight Variations on A Woman is the Most Glorious Thing from the Singspiel The Stupid Gardener by Benedikt Schak KV 613 (1791)
- Six variations on the final theme of the clarinet quintet KV 581 KV Anh. 137
Different pieces
- Andante in C major KV 1a (1761/62)
- Allegro in C major KV 1b (1761/62)
- Allegro in F major KV 1c (1761/62)
- Minuet in F major KV 1d (1761/62)
- Minuet in G major KV 1e (1761/62)
- Minuet in C major KV 1f (1761/62)
- Minuet in F major KV 2 (1762)
- Allegro in B flat major KV 3 (1762)
- Minuet in F major KV 4 (1762)
- Minuet in F major KV 5 (1762)
- Allegro in C major KV 5a (1763)
- Piano piece in F major KV 33b (1766)
- Minuet in D major KV 94 (1769)
- Allegro to a piano sonata in G major KV 312 (1774)
- Rondo for piano KV 284f (1777); lost, possibly identical to the final movement of the piano sonata in C major, K. 330
- Capriccio in C major KV 395 (1777/78)
- Allegro to a piano sonata in B flat major KV 400 (1781)
- Fugue in G minor KV 401 (1782)
- Suite for piano in C major KV 399 (1782)
- Funeral March in C minor KV 453a (1784)
- Fragment of a Piano Sonata in B flat major KV 498a (1786)
- Rondo in D major KV 485 (1786)
- Rondo in F major KV 494 (1786), later part of the piano sonata in F major KV 533
- Rondo in A minor KV 511 (1787)
- Minuet in D major KV 355 (1787 or 1790?)
- Adagio in B minor KV 540 (1788)
- Piano Sonata in F major KV 547a (1788)
- A small gigue in G major KV 574 (Leipzig, 1789)
- Andantino E flat major KV 236 (1790)
For piano four hands and two pianos
Sonatas
- Sonata in C major KV 19d for piano 4 hands (1765)
- Sonata in B flat major KV 358 (186c) for piano 4 hands (1774)
- Sonata in D major KV 381 (123a) for piano 4 hands (1772)
- Sonata in D major KV 448 (375a) for 2 pianos (1781)
- Sonata in F major KV 497 for piano 4 hands (1786)
- Sonata in C major KV 521 for piano 4 hands (1787)
- Arrangement of the Sonata in G major KV 570 (1787)
Different pieces
- Allegro in G major (fragment) KV 357 for piano 4 hands (1786)
- Sonata movement in B flat major (fragment) KV 375b (Anh. 42.) for 2 pianos (1782)
- Sonata movement in B flat major (fragment) KV 375c (Anh. 43.) for 2 pianos (1782)
- Fugue in G major (fragment) KV 375d (Anh. 45) for 2 pianos (1782)
- Fugue in G minor (fragment) KV 401 (375e) for piano 4 hands (1782)
- Fugue in C minor KV 426 for 2 pianos (1783)
- Five Variations on an Andante KV 501 for piano 4 hands (1786)
- Adagio in F minor and Allegro in F major for an organ work in a clock KV 594 (1790) (version for piano 4 hands)
- Organ piece in F minor for one clock KV 608 (1791) (version for piano 4 hands)
- Larghetto and Allegro for 2 pianos (KV deest)
Editions of works (selection)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Complete Piano Works in 4 Volumes. Koenemann Music, Budapest.