Violin Sonata No. 21 (Mozart)

Violin Sonata K. 304 – 2. Tempo di Menuetto

Performed by Carrie Rehkopf (violin) with pianist

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Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 21 in E minor (K. 304/300c) is a work by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was composed in 1778 while Mozart was in Paris. The piece was composed during the same period that Mozart's mother, Anna Maria Mozart, died, and the sonata's mood reflects this. It is the only instrumental work by Mozart whose home key is E minor.^[1]

Allegro (in E minor)
Tempo di Menuetto (in E minor)

Martin-Joseph Mengal arranged the two movements to wind quintet and incorporated them in his Quintetto tiré des œuvres de Mozart.

References

^ Romijn, Clemens. Liner notes to Mozart: Complete sonatas for keyboard and violin, Volume 4 (Channel Classics Records CCS SA 24607)

External links

Sonata in e KV 304: Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
Full recording by Corey Cerovsek (violin) and Jeremy Denk (piano) from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format
Violin Sonata in E Minor Full Score, Parts and Recordings on the Pertucci Music Library.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Biography

Music

Editions	Köchel catalogue Alte Mozart-Ausgabe Neue Mozart-Ausgabe

Family

Leopold Mozart (father)
Anna Maria Mozart (mother)
Maria Anna Mozart (Nannerl) (sister)
Constanze Mozart (wife)
Maria Anna Thekla Mozart (Bäsle) (first cousin)
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (son)
Karl Thomas Mozart (son)
Johann Georg Mozart (paternal grandfather)
Franz Mozart (paternal great-grandfather)
Joseph Lange (brother-in-law)
Cäcilia Weber (mother-in-law)
Josepha Weber (sister-in-law)
Aloysia Weber (sister-in-law)
Sophie Weber (sister-in-law)

Influences

Category

v t e Violin sonatas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Childhood sets (1762–66)	Violin Sonatas, KV 6–9 Violin Sonatas, KV 10–15 Violin Sonatas, KV 26–31
Mature sonatas (1778–88)	No. 17 in C major, K. 296 No. 18 in G major, K. 301 No. 19 in E flat major, K. 302 No. 20 in C major, K. 303 No. 21 in E minor, K. 304 No. 22 in A major, K. 305 No. 23 in D major, K. 306 No. 24 in F major, K. 376 No. 25 in F major, K. 377 No. 26 in B flat major, K. 378 No. 27 in G major, K. 379 No. 28 in E flat major, K. 380 No. 29 in A major, K. 402 No. 30 in C major, K. 403 No. 31 in C major, K. 404 No. 32 in B flat major, K. 454 No. 33 in E flat major, K. 481 No. 35 in A major, K. 526 No. 36 in F major, K. 547 B flat major, K. 372
Spurious	Violin Sonatas, KV. 55-60 ^a Violin Sonata in A major, K. 61 ^b Violin Sonata in D major, K. deest ^a
^a Composer's name currently unknown. ^b Now attributed to Hermann Friedrich Raupach. List of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart