Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the classical era.

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Piano Sonata No. 5 in G major, K.283 (189h)
arranged for 2 Pianos by Edvard Grieg, E.G. 113, No. 1 (1876-77)
to John Paulson (1851-1924)

1. Allegro (0:00)
2. Andante (5:53)
3. Presto (11:50)

Heide Goertz & Tina Margareta Nilssen

Sonata K.283 was composed when Mozart was in Munich for premiere of "La finta giardiniera", probably as travelling repertoire that might be readily copied for would-be patrons. The six Sonatas K.279-284 were all written in rapid succession, either December 1774 or early 1775. Precise dates are unclear.

When Grieg added an accompaniment for a second piano to Mozart’s keyboard sonatas, he did it primarily with teaching in mind. It was apparently common practice in the 1880s for teachers to accompany their pupils on a second piano (my own teacher was still perpetuating the custom 80 years on). But the resulting compositions soon found their way into the concert-hall where, according to Grieg, “the whole thing sounded surprisingly good”.
And so it does today. In trying to “impart to several of Mozart’s sonatas a tonal effect appealing to our modern ears” Grieg left a telling little document or two on just what those late nineteenth-century Norwegian ears expected.