Rondo in A minor, K. 511

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1,756–1,791)

Key: A minor
Style: Classical
Level: Licentiate
Roughly: RCM LRCM · ABRSM LRSM · Trinity LTCL · Henle 8
Lesson: L.5 Keep chromatic return and ornament in proportion
Musicianship: L.5 Augmented-sixth cadences
Focus: Shape the returning theme and keep the ornamented lines clear

What its lesson teaches

L.5 Keep chromatic return and ornament in proportion

Prepare Mozart’s complete A-minor Rondo, K. 511. Compare its returning material with contrasting episodes and follow the chromatic connections into each arrival. Test an ornament slowly against the bass before choosing its timing in the phrase. Keep a source choice distinct from an adaptation for the room or instrument, and avoid using continuous pedal to conceal unclear finger connection.

Ideas: Rondo
The chromatic scale
The trill
Theory cards: Reading historical ornament tables
Source and adaptation
Technique: A harmonic minor scale in double thirds, hands together, 2 octaves (faster: Licentiate tempo)
A harmonic minor scale in sixths, hands together, 2 octaves (faster: Licentiate tempo)

Edition and licence

Score: Musalea, from a public-domain edition · public domain

Rondo in A minor, K. 511

Edition: Vienna: Hoffmeister, [1787], first edition, plate 109, RISM A/I M 6841

Published: 1787

Source: https://digitale-sammlungen.ulb.uni-bonn.de/6401998

Public-domain source edition(s).

Checked bar by bar against ULB Bonn 6401998 (Hoffmeister, Vienna, 1787, plate 109), 2026-10-28: every bar compared; 9 bars corrected (bars 81, 128, 137, 148, 161, 174, 176, 178 and 180).

Adapted by Musalea: corrected from the print, converted to MusicXML and prepared for interactive practice.

The other lesson pieces of Licentiate

Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, BWV 849 — complete pair, Johann Sebastian Bach
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor “Tempest”, Op. 31 No. 2: I. Largo – Allegro, Ludwig van Beethoven
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23, Frédéric Chopin
Prelude and Fugue in E-flat minor / D-sharp minor, BWV 853 — complete pair, Johann Sebastian Bach
Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38, Frédéric Chopin
Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 869 — complete pair, Johann Sebastian Bach
Images, première série: Hommage à Rameau, L. 110 / CD 105, Claude Debussy
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52, Frédéric Chopin
Rondo à la mazur in F major, Op. 5, Frédéric Chopin
Images, première série: Mouvement, L. 110 / CD 105, Claude Debussy
Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10 No. 4, Frédéric Chopin
Étude in D-flat major, Op. 25 No. 8, Frédéric Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11: I. Allegro maestoso, Frédéric Chopin

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