Piano Sonata No. 8 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310/300d, was written in 1778 and consists of three movements:

	Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor 1. Allegro maestoso 2. Andante cantabile con espressione 3. Presto performed by Randolph Hokanson
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Allegro maestoso, common time
Andante cantabile con espressione, F major, 3/4
Presto, 2/4

A typical performance takes about 22 minutes.

The A minor sonata is the first of only two Mozart piano sonatas in a minor key (the other being No. 14 in C minor, K. 457). It was written in one of the most tragic times of his life: his mother had just died. The last movement in particular has an obsessive, haunted quality about it, heightened near the end by the interruption of the relentless drive to the conclusion by repeated and chilling quiet falling passages.

External links

Media related to Piano Sonata No. 8 (Mozart) at Wikimedia Commons

Sonate in a KV 310 (300^d): Score and critical report (German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
Piano Sonata No. 8: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

Piano sonatas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Solo	No. 1 in C major, K. 279 No. 2 in F major, K. 280 No. 3 in B-flat major, K. 281 No. 4 in E-flat major, K. 282 No. 5 in G major, K. 283 No. 6 in D major, K. 284 No. 7 in C major, K. 309 No. 8 in A minor, K. 310 No. 9 in D major, K. 311 No. 10 in C major, K. 330 No. 11 in A major, K. 331 No. 12 in F major, K. 332 No. 13 in B-flat major, K. 333 No. 14 in C minor, K. 457 No. 15 in F major, K. 533/494 No. 16 in C major, K. 545 No. 17 in B-flat major, K. 570 No. 18 in D major, K. 576

Early	Sonata movements included in the London Sketchbook, K.15 a–ss

Two pianists	Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K. 448

Spurious and doubtful	Sonata in C major for keyboard four-hands, K. 19d "No. 19" in F major, K. 547a "No. 20" in B-flat major, K. 498a

List of solo piano compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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