On Dramatic Elements Of Mozart's Piano Sonatas

Mozart's piano music often reminds people of his opera music. This is because that he is first a master in opera and drama. His extraordinary sense of drama made him successful to use musical forms to express delicate characters' portay in opera,the emotional world of the drama between the characters and conflicts. Based on Mozart's opera genius, this paper used the methods of researching on "19 Mozart Piano Sonatas", as well as the three major Mozart opera scores: "The Marriage of Figaro" ,"Don Juan" and "The Magic Flute" and DVDS. Through a comparative analysis between his opera and piano sonatas I can find a large number of elements of his opera, such as aria, recitativ, quartet, chorus, decorative colorature and strong conflicts of paragraphs from the summary Mozart's Piano Sonatas in a dramatic factor.Based on the indispensable role that Mozart had made in the history of piano music, as well as his tremendous influence on his later composers, Mozart Piano Sonatas are no daubt to be played by the children as well as the professional concert masters. Because of his works have high requirements in the voice continuity, tone control, the exact syntax, style, and other aspects of the master demandings. It is also difficult to grasp and perform perfectly on the surface simple notes. Therefore, how to play Mozart's piano music correctly often becomes the touchstone of pianists' success. For this reason, the paper intent to analyse Mozart's Piano Sonatas from the dramatic perspective. It should be great significance on both performing and theaching for Mozart Piano Sonatas.