CCCLXV. MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Twenty-one.
Known as the Jeunehomme or Jenamy.
Well which is it?
Two 19th-century scholars thought it was written for a "young man" (jeunehomme) who was visiting Mozart at the time.
However, a 21st-century -- Michael Lorenz -- has determined that it was written for Victoire Jenamy, the daughter of Jean-Georges Noverre, a dancer who was Mozart's friend.
We know how old Mozart was, but how 'bout Jenamy? 😐
We know how old Mozart was, but how 'bout Jenamy? 😐
First Movement
Anticipating Beethoven, the piano joins in right away -- completing the orchestra's phrases in bars 2 and 3, and 5 and 6, and then plays for another 28 bars before yielding to the violins on a tonic cadence...
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C Minor, with the first and second violins in a one-beat canon.
When the solo piano enters, it is quite decorative compared to the simple accompaniment:
When the solo piano enters, it is quite decorative compared to the simple accompaniment:
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Third Movement
Bat-out-of-hell territory. The piano starts alone:
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Moving to the dominant, look at these four bars of fantastic contrary motion in the strings:
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The piano alone, in rhapsodic mode:
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and then -- surprise! -- we suddenly have a cantabile minuet:
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with more solo rhapsodizing, before leading back to the presto, and a grand finish:
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