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A 5 page research paper that focuses on Mozart's sonatas and specifically on the first movement of K.311 in D major. The write offers a brief review of critical analysis of this work before also offering personal analysis. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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sonatas are accessibility to many pianists, as they combine "agile passagework with a charming melodic gift" (Irving ix). However, despite their seeming simplicity, the sonatas are not "easy." Professionals recognize
that Mozarts sonatas contain difficulties in interpretation that few pianists would claim that they have mastered to their complete satisfaction (Irvin ix). Substantiating this assessment, Machlis points out that
Mozarts sonatas do not contain even a touch of peasant or folk music, but rather are an "indoor art" (208). Mozarts sonatas are "sophisticated, rooted in the culture of two
musical cities -- Salzburg and Vienna" (Machlis 208). The reason that Mozarts sonatas are frequently perceived as simplistic is because of Mozarts genius, which makes the most "complex operations of
the musical mind" appear "effortless" (Machlis 208). It is this "deceptive simplicity that allows art to conceal complexity. The following examination looks at the first movement of Mozarts K.311
in D major. This sonata is typically grouped with two others, K.309 and K.310. These three works were composed by Mozart during a visit to Mannheim and Paris that Mozart
took with his mother between September of 1777 and January of 1779 (Irving 62). All three works were apparently composed in less than a year, with K.311 completed by
mid-November 1777 (Irving 62; Landon 304). It is a remarkable feature of Mozarts genius that he could imagine a work in such detail that he could simply put pen
to paper that send the result to publishers. In other words, there are no "rough" copies of Mozarts work, as he modified very little as he composed, so that there
was no need for recopying (Irving 61). K.311 This sonata in D major consists of three movements: Allegro con spirito; Andante con espressione; and Rondo: Allegro (Landon 304). The
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