The Mozart family met Johann Christian Bach, the music master of Queen Charlotte Sophia, for the first time during their second court concert in London on May 19, 1764.
Compositional Technique
Sonata KV 14 contains the first example of a rondo in Mozart's works, and its Menuetto II en carillon features the piano's right hand playing in the highest registers like a carillon.
Composition History
Leopold Mozart, Wolfgang's father, had six of his son's sonatas engraved as Op. III and dedicated them to Queen Charlotte Sophia, who paid 50 guineas.
Compositional Technique
The sonatas KV 11, 12, 14, and 15 show an Italian style, reminiscent of Johann Christian Bach's Six Sonatas Op. 2 for harpsichord and violin.
Compositional Technique
The original instrumentation for these sonatas is debated, with some versions suggesting a piano trio and others pure piano sonatas with optional violin and flute.
Composition History
The Sonatas KV 10-15 were sold by the Mozarts from their lodgings in Thrift Street, Soho, at the corset maker Thomas Williamson's home.
Composer Biography
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, at eight years old, composed several piano pieces during his father's four-week illness in July 1764.
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