Description
A short piece from 1789, when Mozart stopped in Leipzig on a journey towards Berlin, said to have been composed just after he encountered Bach's manuscripts there. It conveys, in the form of a brief dance, the stimulus the late Mozart took from Bach.
In G major and 6/8, it borrows the form of the gigue, a Baroque dance, while weaving in chromatic harmony and twisting melodic lines that are characteristically Mozart's. The gigue is a fast dance with a leaping rhythm, and here too the voices move forward in contrapuntal interplay.
It is rated intermediate. Although it lasts under a minute, it holds 457 notes and demands the concentration to bring out its contrapuntal interplay. Fingering that keeps the leaping rhythm going without blurring the voices is what lifts the performance. The range is G1 to D6. Slow the playback to check the notes in the chromatic passages, and repeat them with the A-B loop while using the hand colours to see which hand carries each voice.
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About the Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria, and achieved fame as a child prodigy before establishing his career in Vienna. In a life of only 35 years, he produced masterpieces across symphonies, operas, chamber music, and keyboard works. His style combines clarity and formal balance with rich emotional depth. This site includes movements of the Sonatas K. 545 and K. 331, the Fantasia in D minor, K. 397, and several fugues.
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