Violin Sonatas, KV 26–31 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's set of six sonatas for keyboard and violin, K. 26–31 were composed in early 1766 in The Hague during the Mozart family's grand tour of Europe. They were dedicated to Princess Caroline of Nassau-Weilburg on the occasion of the eighteenth birthday of her brother, William V, Prince of Orange.^[1] They were published as Mozart's Opus 4.

These works show an improvement in compositional technique over the sets for Paris (K. 6–9) and London (K. 10–15),^[1] although like the previous sets, the keyboard part dominates and the violin may be considered optional.

Mozart composed all three early sets of accompanied sonatas while touring northwest Europe. These types of sonatas were not favored at home in Salzburg.^[1] Mozart would not revisit this genre until 1777–78 on a trip to Mannheim and Paris.

Sonata in E-flat major, K. 26

Allegro molto
Adagio poco andante (in C minor)
Rondeaux (Allegro)

Sonata in G major, K. 27

Adagio poco andante
Allegro

Sonata in C major, K. 28

Allegro maestoso
Allegro grazioso

Sonata in D major, K. 29

Allegro molto
Menuetto and Trio

Sonata in F major, K. 30

Adagio
Rondeaux (Tempo di Menuetto)

Sonata in B-flat major, K. 31

Allegro
Tempo di Menuetto (Moderato) Theme and six variations

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Sadie, Stanley. Mozart: The Early Years, 1756–1781, p. 94–108, New York: W. W. Norton & Co. (2006) ISBN 0-393-06112-4.

External links

Sonata in Es KV 26: Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
Sonata in G KV 27: Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
Sonata in C KV 28: Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
Sonata in D KV 29: Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
Sonata in F KV 30: Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
Sonata in B KV 31: Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
Violin Sonata in E-flat major, K. 26, Violin Sonata in G major, K. 27, Violin Sonata in C major, K. 28, Violin Sonata in D major, K. 29, Violin Sonata in F major, K. 30, Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K. 31: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
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[sadie-1] Sadie, Stanley. Mozart: The Early Years, 1756–1781, p. 94–108, New York: W. W. Norton & Co. (2006) ISBN 0-393-06112-4.

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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. 630 ^a
^a Composer's name currently unknown. ^b Now attributed to Hermann Friedrich Raupach. List of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart