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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Sonate für Klavier Nr.1 C-Dur K.279 K6.189d

Work Overview

Music ID : 286
Composition Year:1775 
Publication Year:1799
First Publisher:Breitkopf und Härtel
Instrumentation:Piano Solo 
Genre:sonata
Total Playing Time:17 min 30 sec
Copyright:Public Domain

Commentary (1)

Author : Inada, Saeko

Last Updated: August 1, 2007
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

Excluding his earliest lost works, this is Mozart's first piano sonata. The first to sixth sonatas were composed as a series in early 1775 in Munich, commissioned by Baron Dürnitz.

The key of this sonata is C major. Notably, for the first four of the six sonatas, the key of each subsequent piece is a fifth below (subdominant) that of the preceding one: No. 2 is in F major, No. 3 in B-flat major, and No. 4 in E-flat major. Conversely, No. 5 is in the key a fifth above (dominant) that of No. 1 (C major), and No. 6 is in D major, a further fifth above that.

All three movements are in sonata form. While arpeggios, decorative sixteenth-note passages, and ornaments recall Baroque harpsichord music, the presence of dynamic contrasts and the juxtaposition of staccato and legato are also evident. These characteristics suggest that the work was intended for performance on the piano.

Writer: Inada, Saeko

Movements (3)

Mov.1 Allegro

Total Performance Time: 7 min 00 sec 

Explanation 0

Arrangement 0

Mov.2 Andante

Total Performance Time: 7 min 30 sec 

Explanation 0

Arrangement 0

Mov.3 Allegro

Total Performance Time: 3 min 00 sec 

Explanation 0

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