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It has been argued that Mozart's Sonata k331 has a weak 1st movement as it has a series of short passages lacking in continuity, tonal variety and musical development - Discuss.
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It has been argued that Mozart's Sonata k331 has a weak 1st movement as it has a series of short passages lacking in continuity, tonal variety and musical development. Discuss. To answer this question fully, we must look at each criticism in turn- lack of continuity, lack of tonal variety and lack of musical development- individually before concluding using all the evidence. The first movement of Sonata K331 is comprised of a theme, six variations and a coda. The theme comprises of 18 bars: four times four bar phrases with an 'extension' tacked onto the end. Mozart followed this strict binary theme but this does not mean that the music is at all predictable; he uses different techniques to bring the best out of this form, as detailed later. The extension is an example of Mozart surprising the listener and enhancing the journey to the end of the theme. Each of the...
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