Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K. 457
This guide follows Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K. 457 (1784) in three parts: Allegro molto (sonata form), Adagio (rondo) and Allegro assai (sonata-rondo).
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The first is a bold rising C minor figure in octaves, answered by soft sighing phrases, and it is played again an octave higher. The is a graceful tune in E flat major over an Alberti bass (a broken-chord accompaniment). A short leads to the , which passes through C major, F minor and G minor. Then the first , now with the in C minor. The fades into the low .
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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