Piano Sonata No. 10 (Mozart)
Piano Sonata in C major | |
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No. 10 | |
by K. 330 / 300h | |
Style | Classical period |
Composed | 1783 |
Published | 1784 |
Movements | Three (Allegro moderato, Andante cantabile, Allegretto) |
The work is one of Mozart's most popular piano sonatas,[citation needed] and has been featured in classical music-related films, such as Sparky's Magic Piano. Mozart's autograph of the sonata is held in the Jagiellonian Library, Kraków. The first movement is heard in the Baby Einstein video, Baby Mozart
Movements
- Allegro moderato
- Andante cantabile in F major
- Allegretto
I. Allegro moderato
The first movement typically takes about five to nine minutes to perform. The length of the movement depends largely on whether both
The movement is in typical
The first subject is in tonic key of C major and modulates to the dominant, G major, for the exposition of the second subject. The development is more intense and contains wider modulations. In the recapitulation, the first subject is heard, again in C major. The music then modulates to G major, and then returns to C major for the recapitulation of the second subject in the tonic key.[1]
II. Andante cantabile
The second movement takes between five and seven minutes to perform. The very end of the movement which Mozart wrote, an F major coda, was misplaced in the autograph but appears in the 1784 publication.
This key is F major, the subdominant of C major. After the exposition is heard twice, the music then modulates to the development in the parallel key of F minor, and its relative key (A-flat major). The movement then modulates to the tonic, for the recapitulation, followed by a short coda.
III. Allegretto
The third movement is the most energetic among the movements of the sonata. Performance times range from three to five minutes. Use of arpeggios is prevalent throughout the piece. Like the second movement, the last few bars were lost in the autograph as well.
References
- ^ "Sonate No. 10, für das Pianoforte von W.A. Mozart", Mozarts Werke (sheet music).
External links
- Piano Sonata No. 10 (Mozart): Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
- Piano sonata in C major, K. 330(1300h) (interactive score) on Verovio Humdrum Viewer (Alte Mozart-Ausgabe version)
- Piano Sonata No. 10 (Mozart): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Piano Sonata No. 10 sheet music is available at Musopen.com
- Audio recording available at Musopen.com
- Video recording of all 3 movements available at by Saten Simonyan