Piano Sonata No. 15 (Mozart)
Work by W. A. Mozart
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 15 in F major, KV 533/494 (finished 3 January 1788) is a sonata in three movements:
| Piano Sonata in F major | |
|---|---|
| No. 15 | |
| by W. A. Mozart | |
Drawing of Mozart in silverpoint by Dora Stock in 1789 | |
| Key | F major |
| Catalogue | K. 533 |
| Style | Classical period |
| Composed | 1788 |
| Movements | Three (Allegro, Andante, Rondo: Allegretto) |
A typical performance takes about 23 minutes.
The Rondo was originally a stand-alone piece composed by Mozart in 1786 (Rondo No. 2, K. 494 in the Köchel catalogue). In 1788, Mozart wrote the first two movements of K. 533 and incorporated a revised version of K. 494 as the finale, having lengthened it in order to provide a more substantial counterpart to the other two movements.[1]
Other arrangements
Edvard Grieg arranged this sonata for 2 pianos, by adding further accompaniment on the secondo part, whilst the primo part plays the original.[2] This attempt to "impart to several of Mozart's sonatas a tonal effect appealing to our modern ears" serves to document the taste of Grieg's late nineteenth-century Norwegian audience.[3] A notable recording is that of Elisabeth Leonskaja and Sviatoslav Richter.
