04-09-2016, 15:23
Yeah but sonata form is called that because most classical period sonatas are in this form no matter who composed it, what kind of sonata it is, the length, number of movements, etc. But this piano sonata not being in sonata form and composed by Mozart is an odd combination. If anyone composed sonatas that weren't in sonata form, I would have thought it was Beethoven since he was 1 major expander of classical music. I mean Mozart might have written the first sonata but symphonies and concertos were already there during the Baroque period as were most other types of pieces that Mozart wrote so while he did expand it, he didn't do it nearly as much as Beethoven.
And I do believe that sonata form has 2 layers, 1 sonata layer and 1 movement layer. The sonata layer would basically be all the movements of the sonata(or symphony or concerto since these tend to also be in sonata form. In fact, a symphony is basically an orchestral sonata) and the normal sequence(3 movements, Allegro, Slow, Rondo, 4 movements, Allegro, Slow, Minuet, Rondo, 5 movements, not sure) The movement layer would be all the different parts of the movements. This is usually very prominent in the Allegro movement where you have exposition, development, and recapitulation.
Since there is no obvious recapitulation in the first movement, I would say that Mozart's first piano sonata is not in sonata form. But this is odd for Mozart's time, especially considering that almost all his sonatas and all his symphonies and concertos are in sonata form.
And I do believe that sonata form has 2 layers, 1 sonata layer and 1 movement layer. The sonata layer would basically be all the movements of the sonata(or symphony or concerto since these tend to also be in sonata form. In fact, a symphony is basically an orchestral sonata) and the normal sequence(3 movements, Allegro, Slow, Rondo, 4 movements, Allegro, Slow, Minuet, Rondo, 5 movements, not sure) The movement layer would be all the different parts of the movements. This is usually very prominent in the Allegro movement where you have exposition, development, and recapitulation.
Since there is no obvious recapitulation in the first movement, I would say that Mozart's first piano sonata is not in sonata form. But this is odd for Mozart's time, especially considering that almost all his sonatas and all his symphonies and concertos are in sonata form.