Piano Sonata No. 17 (Mozart)

Piano Sonata in B major
No. 17
by W. A. Mozart
Drawing of Mozart in silverpoint by Dora Stock in 1789
KeyB major
CatalogueK. 570
StyleClassical period
ComposedFebruary 1789 (1789-02)
MovementsAllegro, Adagio, Allegretto
I. Allegro

II. Adagio

III. Allegretto
performed by Bernd Krueger

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

  1. Allegro in 3
    4
  2. Adagio (E major) in 4
    4
  3. Allegretto in 2
    4

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 Johann Mederitsch [de].[2]

References

  1. ^ Score at NMA
  2. ^ Description at Mozarteum
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Piano sonatas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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
  • Sonata movements included in the London Sketchbook, K.15 a–ss
Two pianos
  • Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K. 448
Piano four-hands
Spurious
Doubtful
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