Mozart - Piano Sonata in Bb K.333

Question 1

Classical Features:

(9 points)

Answer 1

• Use of piano
• Melody-dominated homophony
• Broken chord (beginning) and
• Alberti bass (development) accompaniments
• Sonata form
• Functional tonality (modulates to related keys)
• Functional harmony
• Root, first and second inversion chords
• Periodic phrasing (antecedent and consequent

Question 2

Texture:

(5 points)

Answer 2

• Two-part textures
• Melody-Dominated Homophony
• Dominant pedal at end of development
• Monophonic scalic runs
• Sometimes fuller 6-note chords (beginning of second subject)

Question 3

Harmony:

(6 points)

Answer 3

• Functional with lots of perfect cadences
• Transition ends with imperfect cadence
• Recap contains an interrupted cadence
• Dominant 7th chords used frequently
• The circle of fifths appears in the exposition and recapitulation
• There are many appoggiaturas

Question 4

Melody:

(6 points)

Answer 4

• Balanced phrasing (anticident and consequent)
• Many melodic ideas are used, especially in the second subject group
• Appogiaturas
• Frequent chromaticism
• Largely conjunct movement
• The melody is often ornamental

Question 5

Rhythm and Metre:

(5 points)

Answer 5

• The first beat is omitted in the left hand figure at the beginning of the piece
• Frequent semi-quaver runs
• Occasional syncopation (development)
• Dotted rhythm in development
• Common time throughout

Question 6

Structure:

(5 points)

Answer 6

• Sonata form / ABA
• Three section exposition / development / recapitulation
• (Exposition ends with a) codetta
• Repeat of exposition
• Coda

Question 7

Tonality:

(12 points)

Answer 7

• Functional
• B flat major for first subject
• F major / dominant
• Lots of cadences / perfect cadences / V – I
• Modulations to related keys
• Minor keys in development
• F minor
• C minor
• G minor
• Dominant pedal
• Bb major recapitulation
• Second subject in tonic in recapitulation