Mozart's k.396 fantasie in c minor

[cuberdrift]

Hello all,

Can anyone give me the history behind this not-so-played Mozart piece? I am thinking to learn it for a competition.

The thing is that I read here that it wasn't even composed as a solo piano piece! That rather put me down. I thought it was composed in the same vein as, say, the all-famous d minor fantasy. 

I nevertheless love the work very much. I like its dark, dramatic, Bach-like mood. And I've been told that many are going for the d minor, so I thought I'd do something different.

So, what say you?

Regards,
cuberdrift

[birba]

I wouldn't do it for a competition.  Only the first few bars are by mozart.  It was completed by a friend/collaborator of his after he died.  It's a pleasant piece.  I would do the big c minor fantasy.

[visitor]

+1 to above,
or kick over a rock and play something rad that isn't covered much *(you did mention desire for 'seldom played' sorta)

this!

[kevonthegreatpianist]

I wouldn't do it for a competition.  Only the first few bars are by mozart.  It was completed by a friend/collaborator of his after he died.  It's a pleasant piece.  I would do the big c minor fantasy.

same

[cuberdrift]

I wouldn't do it for a competition.  Only the first few bars are by mozart.  It was completed by a friend/collaborator of his after he died.  It's a pleasant piece.  I would do the big c minor fantasy.

Really? Why would someone re-write it? And if he did, who did so? Where is your source?

And by the way, it's one of the choices in the list of pieces for the competition.

[rubinsteinmad]

OMG!!!!!!! I was thinking about that piece for a competition, too! (Not your competiton, though ). The competition doesn't require a Mozart Fantasy or anything of the sort, but I like the piece so much that I put it down in my "to-do" list, anyways! Haven't started it, though I first must get rid of, like, dozens of pieces from my list  

I've never played the piece, however, so I don't know how good it is for piano. But the composition itself is AMAZING, and to me, far better than any of his other Fantasies. (I do have a soft spot for the sweet section of the d minor fantasy, but the intro is just WAY TOO LONG!!!!!

Wikipedia says that it (27 bars of it) was composed in August or September 1782. You probably already read that, though.

[birba]

Mozart never finished it.  In fact, he barely started it.  20 bars i think he wrote?  You can google it.  Are we talking about the same fantasy?  There are two in c minor, i think.