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Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major, K. 282

177511 min

This guide follows Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major, K. 282 (1775) in three parts: Adagio (sonata form), Menuetto (minuet and trio) and Allegro (sonata form).

Recording: Daniel Barenboim (piano)

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  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II · Minuet and trio
  3. III · Sonata form
ISonata form0:08–5:21

A slow, expressive in E flat major. The main melody opens the , a short follows, and then the second melody arrives. The is only six long. When the music , the head of the is missing, and the second melody comes back. Mozart supplies the missing opening idea belatedly in the .

  1. Melody /
IIMinuet and trio5:29–9:13
IIISonata form9:16–11:30

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Wolfgang Amadeus MozartPiano sonatasClassical periodE-flat majorSonata formMinuet and trio

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