Mozart FANTASIA in D minor: What's up with the Ending? - Analysis

Mozart's Fantasy or Fantasia in D minor is somewhat unusual in several respects. First, the form is free from the usual sonata structure and instead presents a collection of ideas and themes after each other. Second, the character is much darker than the typical Mozart in major keys (until the second part arrives in D major). And third, Mozart didn't actually write the ending that have come to be part of the piece as we know it! Find out all about it in this video with pianist Henrik Kilhamn.

0:37 Introduction
1:35 Analysis
18:43 Ending controversy
21:16 Alternative ending (Mitsuko Uchida)

Correction: 17:48 should obviously be a B minor, not D major.

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W. A. Mozart: Fantasia in D minor, K.397 (1782)
📄 Score: Breitkopf & Härtel edition, 1878, https://imslp.org

Sources:
- Paul Hirsch: “A Mozart Problem” (1944)
See also:
- Ephraim Hackmey: "Mozart's Unfinished Fantasy - Thoughts about the Fantasy in D minor, K. 397" (2012)
- Michael Davidson. “Mozart and the Pianist: a Guide for Performers and Teachers to Mozart’s Major Works for Solo Piano” (2001)

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