Fantasy in c for Clavier
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Mozart entered the Fantasia in C minor for clavier, KV 475 on Mai 20, 1785 into his own handwritten catalog of works. In the first edition, it served as an introduction to the Piano sonata in C minor, KV 457, composed the previous year. The fantasia is the most impressive document for the improvisational skill for which Mozart was famous in his time. The work consists of several sections of different character, some of which allude to motifs from the sonata. Only the opening and concluding section are in C minor, the key of the sonata.
Did you know that the Fantasia in C minor for clavier, KV 475 should rightly be called a chromatic fantasia? The beginning of the fantasia may best be understood as a bass line that moves predominantly in half tone steps; on this melody, Mozart built keen harmonies which change from measure to measure. After just 16 measures, Mozart reached the key of F-sharp major, as distant as possible from the home key of C minor. At that point Mozart scratched out the key signature of three flats which he had entered in his autograph, indicating the accidentals instead wherever they were needed.
Most modern editions of Mozart’s keyboard sonatas consist of the same 18 three-movement sonatas. However, at least three early sonatas are lost and only their incipits are known. The Sonata in F, KV 547a, which is closely related to the Violin Sonata in F, KV 547, only consists of 2 movements. In 1774–1775, Mozart composed a set of 6 sonatas, KV 279–284, which in the family were referred to as the “difficult sonatas”. All are in three movements and closely follow a model that Joseph Haydn had established with his so-called Esterházy sonatas, Hob. XVI:21–26. The next series of sonatas were published in groups of three (KV 309–311 and KV 330–332), while the sonatas composed from late 1783 onwards were written and published individually.
Autograph, 1785
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Partitur: 9 Bl. (14 beschr. S.)
Abschrift, 1790
Phantasie et Sonate/ pour le Forte Piano/ composées pou/ Madame Therese de Trattnern/ par/ le Maitre de Chapelle/ W. A. Mozart
Partitur: 24 S.
Abschrift, 1780-1800
[Kopftitel?: ] Fantasia Fr. Mozart
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Abschrift, 1780-1800
Phantasia/ per il/ Clavicembalo/ o/ Forte Piano/ Del Sigre Wolfgango Amadeo Mozart.
Partitur: 16 Bl. (31 beschr. S.)
Erstdruck, 1785
FANTAISIE et SONATE/ Pour le Forte – Piano/ composées pour/ MADAME THERESE de TRATTNERN/ par le Maitre de Chapelle/ W. A. MOZART./ Oeuvre XI./ [links:] C. P. S. C. M. [rechts:] Prix fl. 1. 30./ Publieé a Vienne chez Artaria Comp./ 70.
Partitur: 22 S.
Erstdruck, 1785
FANTAISIE et SONATE/ Pour le Forte – Piano/ composées pour/ MADAME THERESE de TRATTNERN/ par le Maitre de Chapelle/ W. A. MOZART./ Oeuvre XI./ [links:] C. P. S. C. M. [rechts:] Prix fl. 1. 30./ Publieé a Vienne chez Artaria Comp./ 70.
Partitur: 22 S.
Frühdruck, 1786
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Frühdruck, 1790
Fantaisie/ et/ Sonate/ Pour le/ Forte Piano/ Composés par/ W: A: Mozart
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Frühdruck, 1791
Fantasia et Sonata/ Pour le/ Clavecin ou Piano Forte/ Composé Par/ Mr. W. A. Mozard/ Oeuvre IV
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Frühdruck, 1798
Fantaisie et Sonate/ pour/ le Forte Piano/ composé/ par/ W. A. Mozart/ Collection complette Nro. 3
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Frühdruck, 1825
[Bandtitel:] Oeuvres de Mozart./ cahier VI./ contenant/ XIV Différentes Pièces/ pour le Pianoforte. [Reihentitel:] OEUVRES COMPLETTES/ de/ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart./ Au Magasin de Musique de Breitkopf & Härtel/ à Leipsic. [Innentitel:] XIV Différentes Pièces pour le Pianoforte/ par/ W. A. Mozart./ [Incipits]/ Au Magasin de Musique de Breitkopf et Härtel,/ à Leipsic./ VI.
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Frühdruck, 1841
Billigste und correcte/ Original– Ausgabe./ Sonaten/ für Pianoforte allein/ componirt/ von W. A. Mozart
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Frühdruck, 1895
URTEXT / Klassischer Musikwerke / Hrsg. auf Veranlassung und unter Verantwortung / der Akademie der Künste in Berlin / W. A. MOZART / Sonaten und Phantasien für Klavier [2 Bde.)]
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