Mozart W.a. - Piano Sonata D Major K. 576

Wunderkind-Sonatas Volume III K. 26-31 Editor: Wolf-Dieter Seiffert Fingering: Ariane Haering The Six Sonatas for Piano K. 26-31 that can also have a violin accompaniment were composed in The Hague. They were published in 1766 and were dedicated to Princess Caroline von Nassau-Weilburg. These jewels by the Wunderkind Mozart have only been known in the form of violin sonatas up to now (also see Henle Urtext edition HN 1079). Our edition for solo piano, the first time it has ever been printed in this form, is now available for piano teachers to make use of in their lessons, as well as for all lovers of Mozart. Piano Sonata (Wunderkind) E flat major KV 26 Piano Sonata (Wunderkind) G major KV 27 Piano Sonata (Wunderkind) C major KV 28 Piano Sonata (Wunderkind) D major KV 29 Piano Sonata (Wunderkind) F major KV 30 Piano Sonata (Wunderkind) B flat major KV 31

Piano Sonata D major K. 284 (205b) Editor: Ernst Herttrich Fingering: Hans-Martin Theopold The Sonata in D major is the last of the Six Sonatas K. 279-284 that Mozart had in his luggage when he set off for Paris in September 1777. He had already successfully performed this music in Munich, Augsburg and Mannheim, a fact he proudly told his father back at home. He gave the works particularly rich dynamic markings and also found unusual solutions concerning their formal aspect, for instance having a slow Rondeau en Polonaise as the middle movement of the Sonata in D major. The six sonatas, which were previously only published together in the complete volumes (HN 1 and 3), are now all available as single editions with new prefaces. Mozart dedicated this Sonata to a Freiherr Thaddäus von Dürnitz - which is why it has often been called the Dürnitz-Sonata. It is undoubtedly the best, the most brilliant and the most technically demanding of these six early Sonatas. Understandably, Mozart retained a special affection for it and continued to perform it himself. It was this Sonata of which he said that it sounded incomparable on Stein's new fortepianos. FIRST MOVEMENT A first version of the beginning of the first movement, written on one and a half pages, was cancelled by Mozart. On the same page, he started anew to write the final version underneath. The thematic material of this opening movement (and to a lesser degree also that of the following movements) is laid out on a more ample, nearly orchestral scale, a departure from the intimacy of the early sonatas. The tremolo effect in measures 13-16 and the unison announcements of the first subject read very much like a piano reduction of an orchestral tutti. The second subject, a supple melodic line, unaccompanied in its opening bar, incorporates a descending chain of first inversions a favourite harmonic formula of the baroque and classical periods. (There are analogous passages in the subsidiary themes in Gluck's overture Iphigénie en Tauride and the first movements of J. S. Bach's Italian Concert). This functions as a solo passage in contrast to the ensuing tutti entries in m.30. The development moves through a circle of minor keys before the recapitulation begins in measure 72. SECOND MOVEMENT Mozart called the second movement a Rondeau en Polonaise, so it is a dance. The opening four measures from a kind of dialogue (like the theme of the first movement of the preceding G major Sonata), and Mozart subjects them to felicitous counter-statement is heightened by Mozart's meticulous dynamic markings. THIRD MOVEMENT The last movement of the Sonata is a pianistically rewarding, cheerful set of variations, which, up to the adagio variation, has the character of a gavotte. It shows Mozart's special gift for writing variations at its most brilliant. The superficial impression of a diffuse form does not stand up to a closer inspection: it would not be at all easy to omit one of the twelve variations, or to add an extra one. The adagio variation is on special interest to Mozart scholars, for it gives us some insights into his concept of impromptu ornamentation. The autograph is only modestly ornamented, and Mozart presumably embellished it in performance as his fancy dictated. But a richly ornamented version survived in the first edition, published during Mozart's lifetime, and undoubtedly this embellished version is Mozart's own work. Who else could embellish in such an ingenious way? It illuminates Mozart's ideas on ornamentation in general and in particular. Paul and Eva-Badura-Skoda

Piano Sonata C major K. 309 (284b) Editor: Ernst Herttrich Fingering: Hans-Martin Theopold I wish to do it to reflect the character of Mad:selle Rose, Mozart replied when asked how he intended to set out the Andante of his Sonata in C major. In autumn 1777 he had got to know Rosina Cannabich in Mannheim and during her lessons immediately introduced her to the Sonata K. 309 that he had composed for her. Indeed, in December 1777 according to her teacher she was already able to perform it excellently. So that a great many other pupils might follow in her footsteps, we are now publishing this small gem that shows Mozart‘s great skill in composing for the piano as a single edition with a new preface by the editor; it was previously only available in the complete volumes (HN 1 and 3). FIRST MOVEMENT The first movement of the C major Sonata K 309 is a model teaching sonata form structure. With sonata forms, as with Bach fugues, no formal dogmas underlie the process of composition, but each sonata varies anew a basic principle. For Mozart, this entailed strict adherence to certain fundamental patterns without his creative freedom. In his sonata movements in major keys, for example he favoured a distinct second subject in the dominant as most contemporary composers did. Haydn, on the other hand, reveled in experiment at this point. A brief analysis may help to demonstrate Mozart's standard sonata allegro form and the first movement of it is an ideal example for such an investigation. The first subject is a distinctive, marcato opening followed by a five-bar response. The falling fourth and rising sixth of the opening is one of Mozart's favourite motifs, his common melodic device. He often uses it in the minor as well as the major, and many of his themes start with this motif (e.g. the second movement of the A major Sonata K 331, the Adagio in B minor K 540, and subjects in the Symphonies K 114, 124, 319/II and 551/II). The seven measures of the main theme are repeated, slightly varied. Measures 15 to 21 conclude the first subject group with an answering phrase (3+3 bars). The transition consists of new material and then, in measure 35 (after two measures of preparation comes a second cantabile theme, in the dominant (G major) comprising 2x4 bars, which is also repeated and proceeds to a spirited closing theme (concluding group) using passage-work (m. 43) and incorporating a delightful diminuation of measures 35 36 in measure 45. The exposition ends with a codetta of five bars. The development presents the opening motif first in g minor, and then the various ideas of the first subject are worked out. With this procedure Mozart is keeping much more closely to textbook principles than he usually does. Two further statements of the opening motif lead back to the recapitulation in measure 94. The second subject, now in the tonic, has surprisingly changed place with its accompaniment. The opening is recalled again in an effectively assertive coda. SECOND MOVEMENT The second movement of this sonata is an introspective Andante un poco adagio. In a letter Mozart stated his desire to make this Andante match the character of the young pianist Rosa Cannabich for whom he wrote it: ...she is a sweet, pretty girl, just like the andante. For her age she is sensible and level-headed; she is serious, and doesn't talk too much, though what she says is pleasing and sympathetic. THIRD MOVEMENT An elegant and smoothly flowing Rondo of unusually large proportions concludes this Sonata. Paul and Eva Badura-Skoda

revised edition Compositeur : Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Instrumentation : Piano solo Editeur Musicologique : Scheideler, Ullrich Couverture Reliée Contenu : Piano Sonata No. 23 f minor op. 57 [Appassionata]

Bartók taught piano at the Music Academy in Budapest from 1907 to 1934. In his first years as a professor the Budapest music publishers Rozsnyai and Rózsavölgyi commissioned him to prepare so-called instructive editions (including suggestions, commentaries and fingerings for the performer) of several classics of the piano repertoire, altogether more than two thousand pages of music. Following Bach and Beethoven, Mozart was the third classical titan of whom Bartók ventured to undertake a performing edition necessary for music education and the sheet music trade in Hungary. Károly Rozsnyai entrusted the work to him. Bartók worked on revisions of the sonatas between 1910 and 1912, and in 1912 or 1913 the pieces were published in a single-volume version. The two-volume form was published later, perhaps during the years of inflation following the First World War, on poorer quality paper and with gray cover. Bartók's editing reflects contemporary ideas about performance, but is for the most part more detailed and elaborate than in other similar instructive editions at the turn of the century.
For the present edition we have corrected known printing errors by retouching the score, and we have deleted abbreviation letters referring to analysis of the form of the sonatas, which Bartók agreed to only at the explicit request of the publisher. We have added an English translation to the footnotes in Hungarian and German. The reader's attention is drawn to significant problems of authenticity and text in new editorial footnotes.
To the new edition we have added an afterword by László Somfai which details the circumstances of the first publication, Bartók's sources and his working methods. Bartók's Mozart concept is outlined in detail, and the author reveals the problems surrounding the composer's edition and the significant distortions in the musical text, and puts into a historical context the performance indications used by Bartók. / Partitions classique / Piano - instruments à clavier / Piano / EMB (Editio Musica Budapest)

Wunderkind-Sonatas Volume II K. 10-15 Editor: Wolf-Dieter Seiffert Fingering: Ariane Haering In 1764 the eight-year-old Mozart wrote the Sonatas K. 10-15 in London. Leopold Mozart was only able to understand his son's musical genius in terms of it being a God-given wonder: That my boy [...] knows all of this with his 8 years that could be expected of a man of forty years. In short: whoever has not seen or heard it, cannot believe it. According to the title page the six sonatas can either be played as piano trios, violin sonatas or simply piano solo. As we have already published them in the form of piano trios and violin sonatas (HN 1078), we are now presenting them in an Urtext edition for piano solo. Piano Sonata (Wunderkind) B flat major KV 10 Piano Sonata (Wunderkind) G major KV 11 Piano Sonata (Wunderkind) A major KV 12 Piano Sonata (Wunderkind) F major KV 13 Piano Sonata (Wunderkind) C major KV 14 Piano Sonata (Wunderkind) B flat major KV 15

Par SUZUKI SHINICHI. The New International Edition of Suzuki Piano School, Volume 4, includes French, German and Spanish translations as well as a newly recorded CD performed by internationally renowned recording artist Seizo Azuma. Now the book and CD can be purchased together or separately. The contents have changed to include a new piece, Tcherepnin's 'Bagatelle. ' Mozart's 'Minuet III' and 'Minuet VIII, ' from 8 Minuets have been removed, and Burgmuller's 'Arabesque' and 'By the Limpid Stream' have been moved here from Book 5. Titles: Rondo, from Divertimento in D Major, K. 334 (W. A. Mozart) * Minuet I, from 8 Minuets, K. 315g (W. A. Mozart) * Arabesque, from 25 ProgressivePieces, Op. 100, No. 2 (Burgmuller) * By the Limpid Stream, from 25 Progressive Pieces, Op. 100, No. 7 (Burgmuller) * Musette in D Major, from J. S. Bach s Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (Anonymous) * Sonata in G Major, Op. 49, No. 2 (Allegro, ma non troppo; Tempo di minuetto) (Beethoven) * Bagatelle, Op. 5, No. 9 (Tcherepnin) * Gavotte, from Suite in G Minor (J. S. Bach) * Minuets I and II, from Partita in B-flat Major (J. S. Bach) * Gigue, from Partita in B-flat Major (J. S. Bach). / Méthode / Méthode / Piano

Franz Xaver Mozart était le plus jeune fils de W. A. Mozart. Poussé dès son plus jeune âge par sa mère à embrasser une carrière de musicien, il marcha sur les traces de son père, mais ne put, de son vivant, se libérer de l'ombre de celui-ci. Notre édition en deux volumes (le Volume II, HN 959) publie pour la première fois l'intégrale de ses oeuvres pour piano à deux ou trois mains. Le premier volume comporte neuf cycles de variations, certains étant très développés (l'un d'eux édité pour la première fois), une Fantaisie en La majeur (aussi en toute première édition) de grande envergure et la Sonate op. 10 en quatre mouvements. Le recueil se termine de manière originale par un cycle de variations à trois mains.? / Piano / 147 pages / Partition

Par SUZUKI SHINICHI. Haruko Karaoka performs each selection from Suzuki Piano School Volume 3 three times in succession before continuing to the next piece. / Pédagogie / Date parution : 1905-06-15/ Accessoire / Piano