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The short answer
A small piece within a larger notebook. Keyboard Piece in B-flat major, K. 15ii is a piece by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from the Classical era. PlayPiano puts it at Level 3, an estimate.
- notebook piece
- Classical
- Key of B-flat major
- gentle
Also known as W.A. Mozart - Andante in B-flat K. 15ii.
History
The Neue Mozart-Ausgabe lists this piece as number 34 in the London keyboard notebook. Its place in that notebook gives it a historical collection context, rather than treating it as an isolated later sonata. The table of contents establishes identity and order, not an exact composition date or the lineage of our modern digital edition.
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What to listen for
An opening contour gains wider answers
The opening expands into broader responses. Follow its shape as the register widens.
Decoration leads to the first repeat
A decorated continuation carries the phrase toward the first repeat. Hear its longer direction beneath the small detail.
The opening returns transformed
The contour reappears with a changed continuation. Compare the familiar gesture with its new response.
A decorated descent closes the second span
The final decoration descends through registers toward the repeat. Hear the phrase resolve across the moving notes.
How to practise it
Keep small upper gestures and rests clear above the lower route.
- Connect decorations to their main notes.
- Keep upper rests audible.
- Read altered notes individually.
How hard is it
A compact texture needs balanced hands and clear articulation without uniform accents on every note.
About this piece
- Licence
- CC0
- Source
- musescore.com
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