The 'Larghetto and Allegro in E-flat' manuscript was once owned by Archduke Rudolph of Austria, who mistakenly attributed it to Christoph Willibald Gluck.
Compositional Technique
Mozart's Sonata in F, KV 497, is considered his first mature and only 'true' four-hand piano work from his later period, with closely interwoven primo and secondo parts.
Composition History
The manuscript for the 'Larghetto and Allegro in E-flat' was found in Mozart's apartment after his death and was initially mistaken for an unfinished piano trio by G. N. Nissen.
Compositional Technique
In the 'Larghetto and Allegro in E-flat', Mozart composed the 'Larghetto' entirely and the first piano part of the 'Allegro' completely, with Maximilian Stadler completing the second piano part and the development and recapitulation sections.
Compositional Technique
The slow movement of Mozart's F major Sonata, KV 497, features a theme that is a melodic variant of the Romanza from his Horn Concerto in E-flat major, KV 495, composed in the same year.
Composition History
The 'Larghetto and Allegro in E-flat' by Mozart was a newly discovered fragment in the autograph manuscript, completed by Mozart's friend Maximilian Stadler.
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