Mozart - Piano Sonata in Bflat, K.333: movement I

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  • Created on: 29-01-17 17:35

Context

  • Composed this piece in 1738 --> when compositions were being recognised in Vienna.
  • His piano sonatas --> pupils to play
  • This sonata --> published in 1784 in Vienna.
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Performance Forces and Handling

  • Mozart --> virtuosic performer --> child prodigy
  • He was soloist in his piano concertos
  • He'd teach piano to get money
  • Mozart wrote for fortepiano.
  • More delicate than modern piano --> could play loudly/softly depending on player's touch.
  • Subtle dynamics --> many bars have no dynamic markings.
  • Fortepiano markings in b39
  • No extreme dynamics.
  • Alberti bass accompaniment (broken chord --> note prog: low-high-middle-high) b71
  • Pitch range = narrow.
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Texture

  • Melody dominated homophony
  • Simple 2 part textures (beginning) RH melody & LH broken chords
  • Alberti bass in F minor section (b71)
  • b43 RH in octaves
  • monophonic b8 --> scalic
  • 6 note chord b23 --> fuller texture
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Structure

  • Exposition (bb 1-63) - 1st subect (bb 1-10) B flat major. Short main theme starts w. anacrusis. Ends --> perf cad in tonic. - Transition (bb 11-22) B flat major to F major. Ends --> imperfect cad at bb 21-2 - 2nd subject (F major) bb 23-50 - Codetta (bb 50-63) F major
  • Development bb 63-93 (F - Gm - Fm - Cm - Gm)
  • Recapitulation bb 93 - end (B flat major) - 1st subject bb 93 - 103 - Transition bb 104-118 - 2nd subject bb 119 - 152 - Coda bb 152 - end
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Tonality

  • Functional tonality
  • Modulates --> closely related keys
  • Begins in B flat major --> modulates in transition.
  • 2nd subject in dominant key
  • Development --> several keys - Gm bb 67-8 - Fm b 71 - Cm b 75 - Gm b 80
  • Dominant preparation bb 87-92 --> back to tonic for recapitulation
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Harmony

  • Functional harmony
  • Perfect cadence bb 9-10
  • Transition ends --> imperfect cadence bb 21-2
  • Interrupted cadence bb 83-4
  • Dominant 7th Alberti Bass b3
  • Cadential 6/4 bb 57-9
  • Circle of 5ths bb 143-146
  • Double appoggiatura b 4
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Melody

  • Balanced phrasing
  • Melody = diatonic
  • Chromatic notes --> feature of Mozart's style.
  • Conjunct --> opening group of 6 notes
  • B22 broken chords
  • Ornamented --> b 18 mordents
  • B 58 trill
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Rhythm and Metre

  • Common time
  • Simple quadruple
  • Starts w. anacrusis
  • Syncopation b5
  • Quavers and semiquavers
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