Mozart finished composing this Sonata in 1784 during his residence in Vienna after he moved from Salzburg. He dedicated the Sonata to one of his pupils in Vienna , Therese van Trattner.
He composed six sonatas during that time, but this was perhaps one of the most personal because of its tonality in C minor. Mozart was extremely careful in choosing his tonalities and this Sonata is only one of two in the minor key. The other is K 310 in A minor, written six years earlier, around the time of the death of Mozart's mother.
This sonata feels prophetic of Beethoven’s Pathetique Sonata in C minor. This is evident especially in the spacious second movement, which Mozart orchestrates very carefully. The outer movements have two uncommon codas which call for crossing hands and give a dramatic and oratorical mood to the Sonata. Riyad Nicolas
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Minor, K. 457 Play
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Mozart finished composing this Sonata in 1784 during his residence in Vienna after he moved from Salzburg. He dedicated the Sonata to one of his pupils in Vienna , Therese van Trattner.
He composed six sonatas during that time, but this was perhaps one of the most personal because of its tonality in C minor. Mozart was extremely careful in choosing his tonalities and this Sonata is only one of two in the minor key. The other is K 310 in A minor, written six years earlier, around the time of the death of Mozart's mother.
This sonata feels prophetic of Beethoven’s Pathetique Sonata in C minor. This is evident especially in the spacious second movement, which Mozart orchestrates very carefully. The outer movements have two uncommon codas which call for crossing hands and give a dramatic and oratorical mood to the Sonata. Riyad Nicolas
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