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      “Still Life with Seven Apples“ (1878) 

               Paul Cézanne

                      _____

a sonata is to the concerto what an apple

is to an apple pie, its essential component, 

after which the rest is decoration, however 

inspired

sonatas existed before Mozart, but he’s 

the one, along with Haydn, as well as

early Beethoven, who put them on the 

musical map, 1750 to 1800, more or 

less

it seems to me appropriate, therefore, 

to start my Sonata Month then

here’s something by Mozart, 1789, his 

last piano sonata, No. 18, in D major,

K. 576

three movements, fast, slow, fast – allegro, 

adagio, allegretto – a perfect example of 

the sonata as it was establishing itself

then, a piece of music consisting of 

several distinct sections, movements, 

meant to highlight contrasts, musical 

agility in the artist, compositional 

imagination

listen, enjoy

R ! chard