Sonata for Two Pianos | |
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by W. A. Mozart | |
![]() Beginning of the sonata | |
Key | D major |
Catalogue | K. 448 (375a) |
Style | Classical period |
Composed | 1781 |
Movements | Three (Allegro con spirito, Andante, Molto allegro) |
The Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K. 448 (375a), is a work composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1781, when he was 25. It is written in sonata-allegro form, with three movements. The sonata was composed for a performance he would give with fellow pianist Josepha Auernhammer. [1] Mozart composed this in the galant style , with interlocking melodies and simultaneous cadences. This is one of his few compositions written for two pianos.
The autograph manuscript of the sonata is preserved in Veste Coburg. [2]
The sonata is written in three movements:
Mozart's K. 448 was the composition used in the original study that led to the theory of the so-called Mozart effect, which posited that listening to the piano sonata improved spatial reasoning skills, later widened in pop-science to an increase in IQ in general. [3]
Recordings on historical keyboards include: