Piano Sonata No. 17 (Mozart) Explained

Subtitle:No. 17
Composer:W. A. Mozart
Key:B major
Catalogue:K. 570
Style:Classical period
Movements:Allegro, Adagio, Allegretto

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 17 in B major, K. 570, dated February 1789,[1] is a sonata in three movements:

A typical performance takes about 18 minutes.

There is an accompanying violin part of doubtful origin in many 1800 editions; the piano part is exactly the same as for piano solo. Neue Mozart-Ausgabe (NMA) describe it as an addition by either Johann Anton André or .[2]

References

  1. Score at NMA
  2. http://dme.mozarteum.at/DME/objs/ed/ucb20_197_-17.jpg Description at Mozarteum

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