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Topic: K310 Amin Mozart - teaching it. (Read 2210 times)

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K310 Amin Mozart - teaching it.

on: April 26, 2004, 07:10:12 PM

I would like suggestions re approaching this piece. How do u teach it?

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ayahav

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Re: K310 Amin Mozart - teaching it.

Reply #1 on: April 26, 2004, 11:34:41 PM

I am a student, not a teacher, but I think the historical background behind this piece can contribute a lot to one's interpretation of it.

Mozart composed this sonata and the 20th piano concerto (in D minor) shortly after his mother's death in Paris. Notably, they are two of the relatively few works that Mozart composed in minor keys - which to me only emphasises the lack of the usual Mozart brilliance, and adds an ominous effect...