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Piano Sonata in A minor
First page of the autograph
Key
A minor Catalogue
K . 310 / 300d Style
Classical period Composed 1778 (1778 ) Movements Three (Allegro maestoso , Andante cantabile con espressione , Presto )
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 's Piano Sonata No. 8 in
A minor ,
K . 310 / 300d, was written in
1778 . The
sonata is the first of only two Mozart
piano sonatas in a
minor key (the other being
No. 14 in C minor, K. 457 ). It was composed in the summer of 1778 around the time of
his mother 's death, one of the most tragic times of his life.
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The autograph manuscript of the sonata is preserved in the
Morgan Library & Museum .
Background
Little is known about the precise circumstances surrounding the composition of the sonata; unlike the earlier
Sonata in C major, K. 309/284b , it was little mentioned in his correspondence. The surviving manuscript was written using the same type of paper used for the
Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 297/300a , which Mozart purchased while in Paris.
The sonata is a rare
minor key composition in
Mozart's catalogue . Composed alongside the
Violin Sonata No. 21 in E minor, K. 304/300c , it has been suggested that the sudden death of
Mozart's mother may have led to the more sombre mood found in these pieces.
Structure
The composition, which typically takes around 22 minutes to perform, is in three
movements :
References
Bibliography
Further reading
Irving, John (2010).
Understanding Mozart's Piano Sonatas . Ashgate Publishing.
ISBN
978-0-7546-6769-8 .
Jaffe, Jane Vial (2015).
"Program Notes: Piano Sonata in A minor, K. 300d (K. 310)" . Parlance Chamber Concerts.
Keefe, Simon P. , ed. (2015).
Mozart Studies 2 . Cambridge University Press.
ISBN
978-1-107-04423-4 .
Levin, Robert D.
"Mozart and the Keyboard Culture of His Time" (PDF) .
Bar-Ilan University .
Moylan, Andrew L. (2014).
Venerable Style, Form, and Avant-Garde in Mozart's Minor Key Piano Sonatas K. 310 and K. 457: Topic and Structure (M.Mus). University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Thomas, Derek (2015).
"The Formal Structure and Biographical Significance of Mozart's Sonata No. 8 K. 310 Movement I Allegro Maestoso " (PDF) . Belmont University.
External links
Piano solo
No. 1 in C major, K. 279/189d
No. 2 in F major, K. 280/189e
No. 3 in B♭ major, K. 281/189f
No. 4 in E♭ major, K. 282/189g
No. 5 in G major, K. 283/189h
No. 6 in D major, K. 284/205b
No. 7 in C major, K. 309/284b
No. 8 in A minor, K. 310/300d
No. 9 in D major, K. 311/284c
No. 10 in C major, K. 330/300h
No. 11 in A major, K. 331/300i
No. 12 in F major, K. 332/300k
No. 13 in B♭ major, K. 333/315c
No. 14 in C minor, K. 457
No. 15 in F major, K. 533/494
No. 16 in C major, K. 545
No. 17 in B♭ major, K. 570
No. 18 in D major, K. 576
Early Two pianos Piano four-hands Spurious Doubtful