Mozart Violin Sonata K547: Transcribed For Cello

This three-movement Mozart Violin Sonata, of which only the second movement is here transcribed for cello, is not the complex, difficult “late” work that its high Köchel (chronological catalogue) number would suggest, but rather is one of Mozart’s most simple violin sonatas, intended as a “beginners sonata”. The first movement sounds quite childish while in the last movement (Theme and Variations) the piano has almost all the protagonism. For these reasons, neither of those two outer movements has been transcribed here. The sparkling second movement is another world however: it is as though it comes from a completely different sonata!  So here it is, the second movement …… alone.

SECOND MOVEMENT: Allegro

Bars 174-182 have been taken down an octave even in the “Concert Version”. To balance this, bars 184-187 have been transposed up an octave, with a note change (voicing) in the double-stop of bar 187. No other notes or registers have been changed in the “Concert Versions”.

1.   Edited Concert Version
2.   Clean Concert Version
3.   Easier Version
4.   Literal Transcription

Here below is a piano accompaniment for this second movement. Three bars of piano introduction have been added to allow us to know when to start without the need for an intrusive click-track. There is no repeat with this accompaniment which is provided kindly by the excellent YouTube channel “Piano Accompaniment Concerts”.