Thread: On Mozart's compositions for different keyboard instruments

He did compose some music for organ. Our resident Mozart expert, hammeredklavier, will be along to fill you in.

In the meantime:

Originally Posted by consuono

He did compose some music for organ. Our resident Mozart expert, hammeredklavier, will be along to fill you in.

In the meantime:

Ah yes, I did notice his organ works but I was worried about how to describe the techniques used and changes in his music in relation to my other excerpts if that makes sense.

For example, I talked about how Mozart used ornamentation and broken chords due to the lack of a pedal and dynamics in my harpsichord excerpt. And in my fortepiano excerpt, I talked about how the dynamics change and there are longer pauses because pedalling and dynamics were possible.

I'm thinking you should broaden the scope to beyond Mozart. The fortepiano went through more changes after Mozart. Beethoven explored the possibilities of the fortepiano much more than Mozart, and he wrote for the harpsichord in earlier works.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano

Originally Posted by sandraaaaaa

I'm doing a school project and need some help. My topic is the evolution of Mozart's music through the development of the keyboard instrument. I have an excerpt for the harpsichord and the fortepiano but I'm struggling with the last one.

So here's the question:
Does anyone know if Mozart composed music for any other instruments other than the harpsichord or fortepiano?


At first I was looking at the clavichord but I didn't know if he composed any pieces specifically for it? I also looked at the tangent piano but again, same problem.

Now I'm wondering if I should just broaden my scope of composers and make my topic: the evolution of classical music through the development of the keyboard instrument?

Thank you in advance!

All the Mozart keyboard sonatas have been recorded using clavichord by Giovanno de Cecco. He talks about Mozart’s music on clavichord at length in this interview

http://heinrichvontrotta.blogspot.co...ofeta-del.html

Another place to explore are Siegbert Rampe’s notes for his Mozart series, he used a whole bunch of different instruments and wrote scholarly essays in the booklets.

Originally Posted by Phil loves classical

I'm thinking you should broaden the scope to beyond Mozart. The fortepiano went through more changes after Mozart. Beethoven explored the possibilities of the fortepiano much more than Mozart, and he wrote for the harpsichord in earlier works.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano

I think that the impact of clavichord on Mozart’s keyboard is sufficiently striking as to merit a thread of its own. The person to explore for fortepiano, IMO more interesting than Beethoven, is Scarlatti. He was right on the cusp of the piano’s bid for hegemony over other domestic keyboard instruments. WF Bach too.