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Originally Posted by jsoldi
I've been analyzing some Mozart sonatas and didn't know they were so simple, I mean they are 2 + 2 = 4. I thought WTF they are all the same thing but after hearing them again just for joy I allmost cryed they are justo so...... (sorry, no word exists for this). I mean even the name M.O.Z.A.R.T makes me laugh for sweetnes his an angel.
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Mozart's music, not only his sonatas, is extremely sophisticated. Even his simplest pieces (the "little" C major sonata, for example) were achieved through years of study and his uncanny musical intellect and sensibility. When we try to write in his style we often get stuck with those trademark passage-works and I-ii-V-I progressions - common language of the time - which he used in abundance, but were usually preceded and followed by very refined harmonic and melodic turns. His chamber music, operas and piano concertos are something not even Beethoven could surpass. The latter had to find his own way to bring music ahead, since the "Mozart style" had already reached perfection. I would recommend reading Charles Rosen's famous book "The Classical Style" to appreciate both composers even more - as well as Papa Haydn.
Good luck with your studies!