Mozart and the Keyboard Culture of His Time

 

An Early Edition of Piano Sonata K 284
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Observe the markings of measure 194: p and f are marked on every sixteenth note and the second and fourth sixteenths receive the accent. These markings seem peculiar only if one is unaware of the passage in Türk’s tutor about implied vs. notated dynamics. This style of accentuation is difficult or impossible on a modern instrument, where the tone does not fade away rapidly enough to allow incisive accents followed by immediate returns to piano. A clavichord or fortepiano, on the other hand, is perfectly suited to such effects.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, VII Sonates pour le pianoforte [1798].
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Introduction
From Sketch to Completed Work
From Print to CD
How did Mozart Compose?
The Mozart Myth: Tales of a Forgery
Mozart's Images
Mozart's Images Imagined
What the Score Doesn't Tell Us
The Piano Lesson
The Cult of Mozart
Commodification & Kitsch
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