Ernesto HARTMANN, Aline Mendonça PEREIRA, Gabriel Azevedo GUERRA

Schemata’s interchangeability and inter-functionality of Schemata in Themes with Variations of Mozart’s Sonatas for Piano and Violin

Intercambialidade e interfuncionalidade das Schemata nos Temas com Variações das Sonatas para Piano e Violino de Mozart

Published in Art, beauty and aesthetic contemplation

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In this article we examine in Theme and Variations set of the Sonatas for Piano and Violin by W. A. Mozart (1756-1791) the relations between Schemata’s interchange, interpolation and inter-functionality. For this, we analyze the schematic composition of each movement, paying attention to the substitutions that the composer makes. In the theoretical basis we dialogue with the authors who discuss the relationship between Topic and Schemata. The work is structured as follows: conceptualization of Schemata, brief discussion about the problem of relationship between Schemata and Topic, analysis of selected works and final considerations. It is concluded that the functionality of each Schema, concept implied by Gjerdingen, is the way to understand the logic that regulates the substitutions observed in the works.