Johann Sebastian Mozart - Mozart Moments Ep. 4 with Sara Davis Buechner

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In the 1920's the Marx brothers were the biggest ticket on Broadway. One night, during a production of their stage play "Animal Crackers", Groucho got sick. Someone had to go on stage! So brother Zeppo filled in - he put on the famous mustache - and did the whole play without anyone realizing that it was not Groucho on stage.
Mozart studied the music of J.S. Bach so much that he could write a piece of music that sounded exactly like the Baroque master! So here's the challenge - I play a bit of the Courante in E-flat major, KV 399 by Mozart, and a selection from Bach's French Suite No. 4, BWV 815, put together seamlessly. Can you tell which is which?
Pianist Sara Davis Buechner will be performing the entire cycle of Mozart Piano Sonatas at Alti Hall in Kyoto, Japan in a series of four recitals in September 2018. For more information, visit saradavisbuechn...

[@ThePianoFiles]

Wonderful!

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Lol it kind of averaged out in my head to: it’s not Mozart, but kind of not JS Bach… is it JC Bach or something? Guess I was wrong 😂

[@ProfDrislane]

The beginning is the Allemande from Bach's 4th French Suite. This then segues into the Courante from K.399 by Mozart. It's actually Handel keyboard suite movements that Mozart is more likely emulating in K.399, as it seems Mozart was only familiar with Bach's preludes and fugues (WTC) and Art of Fugue (see Mozart's arrangements of selected fugues for strings!). We remember too that Mozart arranged the ENTIRE Messiah with new orchestration. Finally, the influence of Fux in Mozart's compositions and teaching cannot be ignored. It is Beethoven who shows much more of Bach's influence: see the Diabelli Variations and especially Op.109 (with it's homage to the Goldberg Variations)..

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@@ProfDrislane Wonderful insights, thank you very much.