Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 7, K. 309 (1777) {Ingrid Haebler}

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the classical era. According to Bartje Bartmans one of the greatest and brightest stars on the firmament.

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Piano Sonata No. 7 in C major, K. 309 (284b) Nov. 1777, Mannheim
written for Rosina (Rosa) Cannabich

1. Allegro con spirito (0:00)
2. Andante un poco adagio (6:46)
3. Rondo (allegretto grazioso) (12:51)

Ingrid Haebler, piano

Manuscript score not available.

The work was composed during a journey to Mannheim and Paris in 1777-78. The sonata was completed in a few days in early November 1777. The andante movement is a "portrait" of his pupil Rosa Cannabich, the 13-year-old daughter of the Mannheim Kapellmeister Christian Cannabich. Upon reviewing a copy of the manuscript, Mozart's father Leopold wrote that it was "a strange composition. It has something in it of the 'rather artificial' Mannheim style, but so very little that your own good style is not spoilt".