Mozart Piano Sonata Nº 6 in D K284: Transcribed For Cello And Simple Accompaniment

Here is Mozart‘s Sixth Piano Sonata K284 in D major, in a transcription for cello and simple accompaniment. The entire sonata has been transposed down by a tone, in order to find both the best register and the best key for the cello adaptation. This brings the outer movements into C major and the slow movement into G major. The simple accompaniments are offered in two versions: one for piano (or guitar/harp) and another for a second cello.

FIRST MOVEMENT: Allegro

1. Cello Part: EDITED
2.      Cello Part: CLEAN
3.      Cello Part: EASIER VERSION
4.      Accompaniment Score (Piano)

1. Cello Duo Version: STUDY SCORE
2.       Cello Duo Version: SECOND CELLO PART

1. Engraving Files (XML)

SECOND MOVEMENT: Andante: Rondeau en Polonaise

Bars 78-84 are taken down an octave to make them easier.

1. Cello Part: EDITED
2.    Cello Part: CLEAN
3.    Cello Part: EASIER VERSION
4.    Accompaniment Score (Piano)

1. Cello Duo Version: STUDY SCORE
2.     Cello Duo Version: SECOND CELLO PART

1. Engraving Files (XML)

THIRD MOVEMENT: Theme and Variations

This movement is a monster! With its theme and twelve variations (including an almost four-minute magical adagio variation [No. 11]), it lasts approximately fifteen minutes and requires a minimum of five pages of music for the cello part.

The last two notes of bar 32 (Variation I) have been altered to make this extremely difficult passage more playable on the cello.

1. Cello Part: EDITED
2.     Cello Part: CLEAN
3.     Cello Part: EASIER VERSION
4.      Accompaniment Score (Piano)