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Piano Sonata No. 18 in D major, K. 576

178914 min

This guide follows Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 18 in D major, K. 576 (1789) in three parts: Allegro (sonata form), Adagio (rondo) and Allegretto (sonata-rondo).

Recording: Daniel Barenboim (piano)

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  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II · Rondo
  3. III · Sonata-rondo
ISonata form0:10–4:36

An in D major in six-eight, opening with a hunting-horn call played by both hands in . A decorates the call, and when it in the lower voice the upper voice adds a , so the is two real parts. The follows, and later the . The works the hunting in . The then begins, with the and the in their turn.

IIRondo4:42–9:44
IIISonata-rondo9:53–14:06

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 periodD majorSonata formRondoSonata-rondo

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