Piano Sonata No. 17 (Mozart)

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Piano Sonata in B major
No. 17
by W. A. Mozart
Mozart drawing Doris Stock 1789.jpg
Drawing of Mozart in silverpoint by Dora Stock in 1789
KeyB major
CatalogueK. 570
StyleClassical period
ComposedFebruary 1789 (1789-02)
MovementsAllegro, Adagio, Allegretto

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 17 in B major, K. 570, dated February 1789,[1] is a sonata in three movements:

  1. Allegro in 3
    4
  2. Adagio (E major) in 4
    4
  3. Allegretto in 2
    4

A typical performance takes about 18 minutes.

There is an accompanying violin part of doubtful origin in many 1800 editions; the piano part is exactly the same as for piano solo. Neue Mozart-Ausgabe (NMA) describe it as an addition by either Johann Anton André or  [de].[2]

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