Classical Period

Mozart
Piano Sonata No.16 in C Major,
K. 545, 1st movement
(Sonata Facile)

BCL 2323 Piano Pedagogy 2

Liaw Yan Ting 1002161598
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756~1791)

Salzburg — Vienna (Austria)

Great musician
5~35 years old
Touring child prodigy
More than 600 compositions
22 operas, 55 symphonies, 23
piano concertos, 19 piano
sonatas, 26 string quartets, etc.
Mozart
Piano Sonata No.16 in C Major, K. 545, 1st movement
(Sonata Facile)

ABRSM: Garde 6
RCM: Grade 8
Introduce to student about the performance practices of
Classical pieces through the practice of dynamics control,
trills, finger pedalling, with the understanding of tempo
indication.
Ex: Bar 1~12 Tempo indication

Allegro
Indicates the
character
Cheerful
Jovial

Elegant is the
characteristic of
Classical Period
Ex: Bar 1~12
Dynamics indication
Starting with
p — crescendo —f

Don’t exaggerate
Maintain elegance
 How to play the trills in this piece?
Normal case Ex: Bar 14~15

Starts on the beat

Starts with note above and
trill with the written note
(A-G-A-G)
 How to play the trills in this piece?
Ex: Bar 24~25

Starts on the beat

Starts with note above and
trill with the written note
(B-A-B-A---G-A-G)
 How to play the trills in this piece?
Special case Ex: Bar 4

Starts on the beat

Starts with note itself and
trill with note above
(F-G-F)
Watch out of these
Ex: Bar 22~23

Not to play it too short like

an acciaccatura
Follow the slurs?
Ex: Bar 1~4

Longer phrase
Play as written will sounds too fragmented
 Finger pedaling for alberti bass
Ex: Bar 24~25

Hold the first note of

every semiquavers group
D(s) in bar 24~25
 Conclusion

Follow the performance practices as much as we can

With understanding
Do appropriate changes/exceptions with reasonable reason
Do not be too dramatise but to hold elegance while performing
Thank you !