Sonate Opus KV 331 - Menuetto
Minuet · in A major · K. 331
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756–1791
A major
Key
Minuet
Form
Tempo di minuetto
Tempo
K. 331
Catalogue
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Difficulty
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Themes & character
Second movement·Courtly dance·Central trio·From the Alla Turca sonata
At a glance
- Catalogue
- K. 331
- Key
- A major
- Tempo / character
- Tempo di minuetto
- Form
- Minuet
About the piece
The second movement of Mozart's A major sonata, K. 331, a full-scale minuet and trio standing between the opening variations and the famous Rondo alla Turca finale.
It is broader and more substantial than the minuets Mozart wrote as social dance music, with a contrasting central trio, and its poise provides the necessary calm before the sonata's exotic closing movement.
The composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1756–1791
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a Classical composer and musician. He completed more than 800 works in his life—including outstanding examples of most of the genres of his time: symphonies, concertos, chamber music, opera, and choral music—and is regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music.
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