Drawing of Mozart in silverpoint,
made by Dora Stock during Mozart's visit
to Dresden, April 1789
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart[a] (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart,[b] was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period.
요제프 하이든과 더불어 18세기 빈 고전주의 악파의 대표적인 인물이며, 오페라, 실내악, 교향곡, 피아노 협주곡 등 여러 양식에 걸쳐 방대한 작품을 남겨 전시대를 통틀어 음악의 천재 중 한 사람으로 알려졌다.
1762년 첫번째 음악 여행에서 요한 크리스티안 바흐를 만났고 거기서 그의 첫번째 교향곡을 썼다. 1769년 이탈리아 여행에서 하이든의 현악 4중주를 보았고 첫번째 이탈리안 오페라를 썼다. 1780년대 후반 〈피가로의 결혼〉·〈돈 조반니〉·〈코지 판 투테〉등의 작품으로 그는 최고의 성공을 거두었다. 모차르트는 35살에 병으로 죽었는데, 이처럼 짧은 생애 동안 위대한 업적을 남긴 작곡가는 없다. [다음백과]
Violin Sonata No. 18, G Major K.301
W. A. Mozart Sonata for violin and piano in G major, K.301/293a (No.18).
[Allegro con spirito] [Allegro]
Hilary Hahn (violin/violon)
Natalie Zhu (piano)
1. Allegro con spirito
2. Allegro
The G Major Sonata is the first of a group of six sonatas for piano and violin (K301 - K306) composed in Mannheim and Paris during the course of the tour undertaken by Mozart and his mother during 1777 and 1778. The genesis of their composition apparently derived from early in the tour while the couple were in Munich in the fall of 1777. on October 6, 1777, Mozart explained in a letter to his father how he had come across a set of violin sonatas by the Dresden Kapellmeister Joseph Schuster (1748 - 1812): "I send my sister [Nannerl] herewith six duets for clavicembalo [harpsichord] and violin by Schuster, which I have often played here. They are not bad. If I stay on I shall write six myself in the same style, as they are very popular here. My main object in sending them to you is that you may amuse yourselves à deux." Two important points emerge form Mozart's words. The order in which he mentions the instruments underlines the perceived dominance of the keyboard part in sonatas of this kind at the time, while in sending them home he provides a reminder that, like the solo keyboard sonata, such works were the province of domestic music making rather than concert pieces.
The first three sonatas date from the early months of 1778, although no exact chronology is possible since the autograph manuscript is lost. The implication in the letter quoted above that Mozart had found something new in Schuster's sonatas is probably explained by what Mozart's biographers Wyzewa and Saint-Foix describe as "the absolutely independent role between the two instruments." Certainly the sonatas composed by Mozart in Mannheim and Paris attain a greater equality, though listeners (and violinists!) may demur at the suggestion of absolute independence. Like all but the last of the group, the G major Sonata is in only two movements, an Allegro con spirito followed by an Allegro in rondo form, its minor mode episode providing a rare example of the violin attaining undisputed dominance. It has been suggested that the sonata was originally intended for flute rather than violin. All six sonatas were published in Paris in 1778 as "Opus 1, No's 1-6." The title page bears a dedication to Maria Elisabeth, Electress of the Palatinate, the origination of the frequently used designation "Palatine Sonatas."
Henryk Szeryng, violin and Ingrid Haebler, piano[2017. 6. 14]