Mozart Piano Sonatas

A collection of detailed analytical notes of the piano sonatas by Mozart. A helpful guide that analyzes the structural, harmonic and thematic frame of each sonata. Based on “The sonata, its form and meaning as exemplified in the piano sonatas by Mozart : a descriptive analysis” by F. Helena Marks.

Mozart: Piano Sonata No.1 in C major, K.279 Analysis

Analysis First Movement (Allegro) Form: Sonata Form. C Major. EXPOSITION: Bars 1-5: First Subject in Tonic. The first subject is very short. It consists of two three bar phrases which overlap; the…
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Mozart: Piano Sonata No.2 in F major, K.280 Analysis

Analysis First Movement (Allegro Assai) Form: Sonata Form. F Major. EXPOSITION: Bars 1-13: First Subject in Tonic. First Subject in Tonic. The first subject commences with a six-bar phrase, the extension being caused…
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Mozart: Piano Sonata No.4 in E-flat major, K.282 Analysis

Mozart Piano Sonata No.4 in Eb major, K.282 Analysis 1

Analysis First Movement (Adagio) Form: Binary Form. Eb Major. PART I: Bars 1-4: Melody in E flat major (tonic). There is a perfect cadence in the tonic, Bars 3-4. Bars 4-8: A passage…
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Mozart: Piano Sonata No.3 in B-flat major, K.281 Analysis

Mozart Piano Sonata No.3 in Bb major, K.281 Analysis 1

Analysis First Movement (Allegro) Form: Sonata Form. Bb Major. EXPOSITION: Bars 1-12: First Subject in Tonic. The first subject is an eight-bar sentence ending on a perfect cadence, after which it is…
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Mozart: Piano Sonata No.5 in G major, K.283 Analysis

Analysis First Movement (Allegro) Form: Sonata Form. G Major. EXPOSITION: Bars 1-16: First Subject in Tonic. The first subject is a theme of ten bars (4 + 6), extended to sixteen by…
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Mozart: Piano Sonata No.6 in D major, K.284 Analysis

Analysis First Movement (Allegro) Form: Sonata Form. D Major. EXPOSITION: Bars 1-9: First Subject in Tonic. It should be noted that the first phrase is written in unison, and that the second…
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Mozart: Piano Sonata No.8 in A minor, K.310 Analysis

Analysis First Movement (Allegro Maestoso) Form: Sonata Form. A Minor. EXPOSITION: Bars 1-9: First Subject in Tonic. The first subject is an eight-bar sentence prolonged to nine by a sequential repetition of…
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Mozart: Piano Sonata No.9 in D major, K.311 Analysis

Analysis First Movement (Allegro Con Spirito) Form: Sonata Form. D Major. EXPOSITION: Bars 1-7: First Subject in Tonic. The first subject is only seven bars in length. It is an eight bar…
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Mozart: Piano Sonata No.10 in C major, K.330 Analysis

Analysis First Movement (Allegro Moderato) Form: Sonata Form. C Major. EXPOSITION: Bars 1-16: First Subject in Tonic. The first subject is a sentence of twelve bars prolonged by cadential extensions to Bar…
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Mozart: Piano Sonata No.11 in A major, K.331 Analysis

Analysis First Movement (Andante Grazioso) Form: Air with Variations. A Major. The construction of this sonata is unusual because it contains no movement whatever in sonata form, and because of…
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