Mozart: Minuet in F K. 2 in F Major

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Wolfgang Amadéus Mozart : Minuet in F, K. 2
Key: F Major	Year: 1762
Level: 2	Period: Classical
Piano score: PS Urtext (24 kB)
Minuet in F K. 2 - FREE SAMPLE (mp3 file)

Mozart in his playroom

One of the characteristics of the classical period is a strong preference for using dissonances and surprise harmonies to add expression to the music. This can be seen clearly even in Mozart’s very first compositions, such as this Minuet, composed when Mozart was very young (probably only 5 or 6 years old!). Listen to the last measure of every four-bar phrase and think about how the non-chord tones contribute to the overall impression. What would this piece be like if they were not there and the right hand just played an f already on the first beat of the fourth measure? Perhaps that is what a less gifted composer than Mozart would have come up with.

The deceptive cadence to d minor in measure 28, emphasized with a fermata, is the other thing that makes this Minuet something more than just a composition exercise. Here, a five-year old kid creates something perfect out of the simplest building blocks possible.

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