Mozart: Piano Sonata K333: For Cello and Simple Accompaniment
Here is the sheet music for Mozart‘s Piano Sonata in Bb Major K333, in a transcription for cello and simple accompaniment. To make it more easily playable on the cello the entire sonata has been transposed down by a minor third, which places the first and third movements in G major and the second movement in C major.
MOVT I: Allegro
The only notes that have been changed from the piano version are an octave transposition down for bars 90-93 and 156-158.
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MOVT II: Andante
The notes of the second triplet of the first beat of bar 20 have been changed to make the passage sound better on the cello.
MOVT III: Allegretto grazioso
Despite the presence of the word “grazioso” (gracious, playful) in its title, this movement is quite a monster of endurance and virtuosity. Like many of the final movements of other Mozart Piano Sonatas, it is very long, very fast, and packed with notes. In fact there is not even one bar of rest for the cellist, which means that all of the notes have to be squeezed onto three pages of music in order to avoid needing two music-stands (there is no time anywhere for a page-turn).
The high-speed technical challenges of some of the higher passages make the “Easier Version” especially necessary and attractive.