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?