Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K 330 (300h) is among one of the three works in the cycle of piano sonatas K.330-332. The sonata was composed in 1783, when Mozart was twenty-seven years old. A typical performance of this sonata lasts around twenty minutes.
The work is considered one of Mozart's most popular piano sonatas, and has been featured in classical music-related films, such as Sparky's Magic Piano.
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The sonata is in three movements:
The first movement typically takes about five minutes to nine minutes to perform. Basically, the movement shows a happy, playful mood.
The movement is composed of a main theme, a bridge and a recapitulation of the main theme.
The main theme starts in key of C major, modulates to G major, and stays in G major. The bridge is intense and shows clever passages and modulations. In the recapitulation, the main theme starts in C major, modulates to G major, and then modulates back to C major.
The second movement takes between five and seven minutes to perform. The very end of the movement which Mozart wrote was misplaced. Editors have resolved to employ the best possible "Mozart" idea to replace the lost autograph.
The third movement is the most energetic movement among the movements in the sonata. Performance times range from three to five minutes. Use of arpeggios is prevalent throughout the piece. Like the second movement, the last few bars were lost in the autograph as well; editors tried again to employ a "Mozart" idea to replace the lost content.