Piano Literature

Mozart II
Readings: see previous class assignment.

Music:

    Fantasie and Sonata in C minor, K. 475 and K. 457 (1784-85)
    Sonata in D major, K. 576 (1789)
    Rondo in A minor, K. 511 (1787)

Compare the works on this week's assignment to last class's: How does the late D major sonata compare with K. 284? How does thae dramatic and emotional content of the C-minor Fantasie and Sonata compare to earlier works? How does the A-minor Rondo compare with the A-minor Sonata? How do these works compare with CPE Bach's contemporaneous compositions Für Kenner und Liebhaber?

You might also compare the Mozart works with contemporary works by Haydn that we have already looked at. How do their approaches differ? What are "typical" movement structures? Why do you think their approaches are different?