Sonata in C minor for clavier
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On October 14, 1784, Mozart entered the Piano sonata in C minor, KV 457 into his own handwritten catalog of works. A manuscript copy with an autograph title page is dedicated to his piano student Therese von Trattner, the wife of Mozart’s landlord Johann Thomas von Trattner. The first edition of the sonata, published by Artaria in December 1785, was likewise dedicated to his pupil. In the print, the three-movement sonata is preceded by the Fantasia in C minor for clavier, KV 475. It appears that the middle movement was the seminal cell of the entire sonata and originated independently as a slow rondo movement. In the autograph manuscript, the last movement immediately follows the first, leaving no space for the Adagio, which must have therefore already been written.
Did you know that the Piano sonata in C minor, KV 457 is the most lucid example for Mozart’s art of embellishment? Sources of piano works that Mozart wrote for himself or his students typically contain almost no entries relating to performance practice. For publications, Mozart often added additional dynamic marks and wrote out passages that he or his student would have embellished. For KV 457, several sheets with embellishments have survived along with the autograph, showing that it took Mozart at least three attempts before he was satisfied with the written-out ornamentation of the slow movement.
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, 1784
[without original title]
Partitur: 9 Bl. (14 beschr. S.)
Abschrift, 1790
Phantasie et Sonate/ pour le Forte Piano/ composées pour/ Madame Therese de Trattnern/ par/ le Maitre de Chapelle/ W. A. mozart./ oeuvre 11:
Partitur: 24 S.
Abschrift, 1780-1800
Phantasia/ per il/ Clavicembalo/ o/ Forte Piano./ Del Sig.re 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/ Composées par/ W: A: Mozart
Partitur:23 S.
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, 1800
Three/ Sonatas/ for the/ Grand and Small/ Piano Forte/ Composed by/ W. A. Mozart
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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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