Sonata Mozart

[mozartjuveniles]

I have 2 books mozart sonata. One of the sonata have a different note. I want to ask which one is right? One is peters edition and the other is wiener urtext.

thanks.

[invictious]

Personally some recordings I have heard, they follow the first example.
Knowing Mozart, however, that the intro motif, using octaves for bass is pretty unusual for his style, whereas the latter example seems to be more...Mozartian.

[mcgillcomposer]

The original source for this piece (Leopold's transcription of his son's sketch) does not reflect either edition you have. The bass note on the downbeat is doubled at the octave, but the G is not. This remains consistent throughout the movement, and from a musical standpoint, makes a lot more sense. It is the metrical strong point - the 3rd beat is not considering the piece is "felt" in 2. There is actually no forte marking at the beginning of the manuscript either, but it is assumed based on later passages.

Good luck - it's a great piece.

- Andrew

[ramseytheii]

The original source for this piece (Leopold's transcription of his son's sketch) does not reflect either edition you have. The bass note on the downbeat is doubled at the octave, but the G is not. This remains consistent throughout the movement, and from a musical standpoint, makes a lot more sense. It is the metrical strong point - the 3rd beat is not considering the piece is "felt" in 2. There is actually no forte marking at the beginning of the manuscript either, but it is assumed based on later passages.

Good luck - it's a great piece.

- Andrew

Thanks for the useful information.  Do you know if Mozart's keyboard went down to that low G?

Walter Ramsey

[mozartjuveniles]

So?? I must change my mozart sonata edition? how to find the good edition?

[richard black]

Do you know if Mozart's keyboard went down to that low G?

Almost certainly not.

[amelialw]

use this edition

http://dme.mozarteum.at/DME/nma/nmapub_srch.php?l=2

[mcgillcomposer]

Thanks for the useful information.  Do you know if Mozart's keyboard went down to that low G?

Walter Ramsey

It actually went one tone lower, to the F.

[mozartjuveniles]

Thanks, but how to download that edition?

[amelialw]

just open the pdf formated one, save it to your comp. There's an option to print on the top.