Dolci Show #6: Mozart Violin Sonata #24

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) wrote his Violin Sonata in F major, KV 376, in 1781 as a showpiece for his student, the pianist and composer Josepha Barbara von Auernhammer (1758-1820). She performed its premiere in Vienna with Mozart playing the violin part, and later supervised its publication. 

In Dolci’s adaptation, the oboe rolls through the double and triple-stopped chords of the violin part, transposes a few notes up or down an octave to fit the oboe’s range, and trades brief passages with the piano. Other departures from Mozart’s score can only be attributed to human error.

The three movements are marked:

      I.         Allegro
     II.         Andante
    III.         Rondo: Allegretto grazioso