K. 31, Sonata in B Flat
Sorry for the time since my last post. I have been on vacation. I was rec. coordinator at a camp. Good news though. I offered a riddle clue referring to Mozart, and a kid actually got it. I wanted it to be difficult. This child that was in the 3rd or 4th grade recognized it. To top it off, he was a bit a rambunctious kid. Not, the type you'd expect to listen to Mozart. As some other troglodyte I know.
Anyway... On to K. 31
I hear many elements of other of Mozart's earlier sonata work's in this piece. The first movement echos that familiar melody way back from K. 14. I don't know what it is about that particular ditty that stays in my head, or makes it memorable. It's got to be Mozart's Camptown Races. The second movement seem to interject familiar melodies as well. I wonder if the work is simply an amalgamation of comforting tunes for the young Mozart.
