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A familiar sonata published after Mozart's death. Piano Sonata in C major, K. 545, movement III: Rondo is a sonata by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from the Classical era. PlayPiano puts it at Level 6, an estimate.
- sonata
- Classical
- Key of C major
- playful
Also known as Piano Sonata in C major, K. 545: movement III: Rondo; Sonata Facile - Third movement.
History
The catalogue dates the parent C-major sonata to Vienna on 26 June 1788. Its first publication is recorded in 1805 by the Bureau d'Arts et d'Industrie, after Mozart's lifetime. This movement belongs to that sonata, but the parent catalogue date is not independently established as the exact day this movement was completed.
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What to listen for
One motive links different sections
Listen for the shared motive connecting refrain and episodes, even when the surrounding material changes.
How to practise it
Short chord attacks and rests; switch to a running line.
- Rehearse the short releases and count the spaces without overholding the pairs.
- Practise the change in texture without carrying the detached articulation into the connected run.
How hard is it
Rondo contrasts and quick-note gestures require clean articulation, coordinated transitions and light pulse.
About this piece
- Collection
- Sonata journeys
- Licence
- Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0
- Source
- mutopiaproject.org
- Credit
- “Sonata Facile - Third movement” by W. A. Mozart (1756 to 1791). Mutopia edition maintained by Alejandro Sierra. Source: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=1027. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. Changes to the supplied file: none; any later conversion or edit must be disclosed separately.
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