Mozart - Piano and Violin Sonata in C Major KV6 - Mov. 3-4/4

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
*With a bit of Daddy Mozart's help ;)

Sonata for keyboard and violin in C Major KV6

3. Menuet I & II

4. Allegro molto

Performed by Rachel Podger, violin
Gary Cooper, fortepiano

*Sonata in C for Keyboard and Violin, KV 6, is one Mozart's earliest works. It does in fact encompass several of Mozart's firsts as a composer: for example, it was Mozart's first work incorporating the violin, it was his first work with more than a single instrument, and it was his first work in sonata form. In fact, previous to this, all his works had been short solo-pieces for the harpsichord. K6 also happens to be his first piece in more than one movement.

It was composed by a budding Mozart between 1762 and 1764. The precise date and location of its composition, however, are disputed: some suggest that it was written in Salzburg, the boy's home town, in 1762 or 1763; others suggest that it was written in Paris in 1763 or 1764, during Mozart's first visit to that city. It was published in Paris in February 1764, along with another violin sonata, K7, as Mozart's "Opus 1". (Two other violin sonatas, K8 and K9, were published together as "Opus 2" the following April.) Mozart would have been between 6 and 8 years of age when he composed K6; hence it is believed by many that it was written down for the boy by his father, Leopold: all four of these early sonatas are preserved in Leopold's handwriting.

The Notenbuch für Nannerl contains versions for solo piano of the first three movements of this sonata. It is thought that the first and second of these movements and the Menuet I from the third movement were inscribed in the Notenbuch by Leopold in Brussels in 1763. A version for solo piano of Menuet II (together with a piano version of the third movement of Leopold's Serenade in D) can also be found in Leopold's hand in the Notenbuch with the comment, di Wolfgango Mozart d. 16ten Julÿ 1762 ("by Wolfgang Mozart on 16 July 1762); Mozart was in Salzburg on that date.

Like all Mozart's early violin sonatas, K6 is really a keyboard sonata with violin accompaniment, a fact which is made clear from the original title of the four sonatas K6-9: Sonates pour le clavecin qui peuvent se jouer avec l'accompagnement de violon ("Sonatas for the keyboard, which may be played with violin accompaniment"). It is quite legitimate, therefore, to perform these works on a keyboard alone.

In composing these early sonatas, Mozart may have been influenced by the German keyboard player and composer Johann Schobert, who was living and working in Paris when the Mozarts arrived there in November 1763. Schobert, in fact, had already published a number of keyboard sonatas with violin accompaniment, which possibly served as models for the young Mozart.

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[061mozart123]

I can play that on piano.Its a great piece by mozart.

[zatarashanasunako]

i love it... it's a very playful but beautiful piece... love it....

[PiroozAzDirooz]

Violinist's performance is great, but diminished by the forte piano jumping the gun and playing too fast in comparison with the violin pace. This violinist deserves a better forte piano player!

[moiterzz]

2:10 <3 !!

[Darkboy2525]

man I believe this will even be fun without VIOLIN :O !

[MrStickywicket]

@doha13 No you are wrong. The classical period came in between the two correct; had it not been for the classical era, the romantic movement would not have existed had it not been for classicism. But yes, Mozart was not a romantic composer, nor was he baroque like what aliapointe thought. His pieces may be more baroque than romantic, but that is debatable and he certainly is not baroque, he is indeed classical, yet I never said he was a romantic composer.

[doha13]

@MrStickywicket

Mozart was purely a classical composer, which era was between baroque and romantic, and some of his pieces are similar to the baroque stlye, his music has nothing to do with romantica.

[omgwtfrofln]

Does anyone know where i can find a free pianosheet of this lovely music?

I would be so happy if someone can help me =)

[MrStickywicket]

@alilapointe1 yeah, I hope you know there are no recordings of mozart playing, only the writings of his compositions. Mozart was not necessairly baroque either, he was kind of a bridge to the later romanticism during the classical era

[alilapointe1]

what a poser and what a talent !!!mozart plays baroque style

delightfull

[bookkeeper57]

Mozart was a genuine prodigy. He first crawled up on a piano bench after his sister's lesson, at the age of nearly three,

'and began picking out perfect chords. At

the age of five, he came up with a composition that Leopold scored. Mozart's touch was light and spry. There

is some work by Leopold: another style

altogether.