Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart's Sonata op. 10 differs from his father's works by linking the return of the main key after the development to the second theme, a characteristic of the 'Mannheim school'.
Compositional Technique
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart's Sonata op. 10, with its four-movement structure and extensive outer movements, fantasia-like slow movement, and minuet and trio, is more akin to Beethoven's middle-period sonatas than his father's.
Composer Biography
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, the son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was known during his lifetime as 'W. A. Mozart Sohn' or 'W. A. Mozart fils'.
Composer Biography
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart received composition lessons from Sigismund Neukomm, who was Haydn's favorite pupil, and from Johann Georg Vogler.
Recording & Production
This recording uses a modified Kirnberger 3 tuning at a' = 418 Hz, and features a muffler stop on the fortepiano to replicate historical instrument effects.
Composition History
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart's mother wrote in 1803 that her eleven-year-old son was already composing 'little sonatas and variations' for her feast days.
Composer Biography
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart studied piano with Johann Nepomuk Hummel and composition with Johann Georg Albrechtsberger and Antonio Salieri.
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