The final variation is in a faster tempo, to make up for the absence of an independent third-movement Allegro. As in other similar sets, one variation is for the piano alone (as a reminder of the piano’s primacy), and one is in the minor mode. In the A-major sonata, these are an energetic sonata allegro and a theme-and-variations in slow tempo. Mozart began working on the set while in the city of Mannheim and finished it in Paris.įive of the six “Palatine” sonatas have only two movements-a format common at the time. 301-305) are sometimes known as the “Palatine” sonatas, because they were dedicated to the Electress of Palatine, or the wife of the ruler of the region in Germany known as the Pfalz. In the set of sonatas to which the present work belongs, that situation has begun to change: the violin is increasingly treated as the piano’s near-equal, though occasionally one feels that the piano is still slightly “more equal.” These sonatas (K. The earliest violin sonatas, including some Mozart had written as a child, were billed as ‟keyboard sonatas with violin accompaniment,” and that is in fact what they were, with the violin part being secondary and sometimes completely expendable. The publisher called them “opus 1,” not realizing that Mozart, at 22, had been a published composer for fourteen years. Mozart’s first mature sonatas for violin and piano were published in Paris in 1778. Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, K. His performance will include works by: Mozart, Grieg, Ravel and more! Violinist, In Mo Yang, will perform at Purdue University on November 13.
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