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Mozart's piano sonata in A major was written in an attempt to win wide popular appeal in Paris - How does it differ in form from his other sonatas? What features of form and style might have proved paticularly attractive to the audience in 1778?
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H/w 29/1/02 Mozart's piano sonata in A major was written in an attempt to win wide popular appeal in Paris. How does it differ in form from his other sonatas? What features of form and style might have proved paticularly attractive to the audience in 1778? The recognised style in the classical period in which this was written was to write sonatas in Sonata form- the concept of a recapituation, development and exposition. Indeed, the majority of Mozarts other sonatas were written like this. However, this sonata has a different but very distinct form. The first movement is a theme and a set of six variations. Each variation aswell as the theme comprises of four four bar phrases, as illustrated below. This form allowed Mozart to keep simple, recurring themes throughout the movement and so gave the listener a more immediate experience compared to the complexities of counterpoint of sonata form. Within this...
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