Violin Sonata No. 33 (Mozart)

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Violin Sonata No. 33 in E-flat major (K. 481) was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna on December 12, 1785. It was published on its own by Franz Anton Hoffmeister, a German composer and music publisher to whom Mozart's String Quartet No. 20 (K. 499) is dedicated. While much is unknown about the history of this sonata, it is nevertheless a very mature work, written in what one may call Mozart's period of greatest mastery (during his life in Vienna).

Structure[]

The work consists of three movements:

Each of the three movements has its own distinct structure: the first movement is in sonata form (although with three clear subjects in the exposition as opposed to the standard two), the second is a rondo, while the finale is a set of variations based on a theme which is twenty measures in length.

References[]

Notes

Sources

• Keefe, Simon P. (2007). Mozart's Viennese Instrumental Music: A Study of Stylistic Re-invention. Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-1-84383-319-2.
• Zaslaw, Neal; Cowdery, William, eds. (1990). The Complete Mozart: a Guide to the Musical Works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. New York: W.W. Norton. ISBN 0393028860.

External links[]

• Violin Sonata No. 33 (Mozart): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• Violin Sonata No. 33 (Mozart): Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
• "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata in E-flat major, K.481". LA Philharmonic.