Week 4 Thread: The Meaning in Music 
Welcome to the Main Thread for the fourth week of "Mozart & Haydn - Music from the 18th Century" challenge!
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Where is the meaning in a piece of music written in the 18th century for keyboard only? Is that music meaningless? Or was this type of music only composed for solely entertainment purposes?
Try to find the meaningful elements in the music you have studied this month
And… Post a clip of your beautiful performance!
Pick a piece from the suggested repertoire according to your level or share any piece written during the 18th century that you have been working on!
If you want to describe your process, feel free to use the following template.
- Piece(s) you have been working on:
- Things you found easy:
- Things you found difficult:
Happy sharing 
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Here is my musical offering for this month’s challenge: The Adagio of Mozart’s Sonata in F-major KV 332 Thank you for all the support, Antonella, and this wonderful community.
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Many thanks, Natalie!
Natalie Peh
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Sindre Skarelven thank you very much, Sindre!
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Andrea Buckland very nice, indeed! The main question for Week 4 was The Meaning go Music and your lovely sustained and intentional phrasing addresses that perfectly.
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Monika Tusnady thank you so much, Monika!
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Andrea Buckland well done - played with really nice style!
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Derek McConville many thanks, Derek!
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Andrea Buckland There is a tender, almost melancholy quality to this piece; a certain innocence; you have captured those qualities very well. Thank you. Don
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Don Calvert Many many thanks, Don!
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My contribution for this 18th Century challenge (with mistakes, of course
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Juan Carlos Olite What a joy to listen to your playing, Juan Carlos! Bravo!!
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Juan Carlos Olite Agree with Andrea- what a joy to listen to! Beautiful playing of a beautiful sonata!
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Andrea Buckland Vidhya Bashyam Thank you very much! You are very kind
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Juan Carlos Olite that sounds very beautiful, Juan!
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Juan Carlos Olite Wow! It sounds so much improved from the last time I listened to your recording. It is very elegant now.
And... the theme is nice and connected where it was supposed to be.
The phrasing and choice of dynamic and rallentando are very beautiful.
Congratulations on completing this challenge with this beautiful performance!
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Juan Carlos Olite what an exciting and nuanced performance! It has a lot of momentum and drama! Congratulations
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Natalie Peh Thank you very much, Natalie!
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Antonella Di Giulio Oh, thank you so much, Antonella; I have tried to follow your remarks
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Monika Tusnady Thank you very much, Monika! I see you have returned from your summer trips. With the lid opened it sounds better of course, but it is too much sound for a small room..., nevertheless from now on I will make the videos with the lid opened
, every new piece for the community is the kind of occasion which deserves it 
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Juan Carlos Olite Bravo, Juan Carlos!! I think of drama, beauty and elegance when listening to this sonata, and you have captured that very well. Always inspiring to listen to your playing!
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Juan Carlos Olite sounds wonderful and quite a project to play entirely from memory - bravo!
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Sindre Skarelven Thank you so much, Sindre! Now Bach Two part Inventions..., musical and entertaining summer we are having
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Derek McConville Thank you very much, Derek!
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Hi everyone,
My contribution this final week is the last movement (Allegretto) from K330 by Mozart which I have just about managed to play from memory.
I found it challenging to retain as much of the detail and bring out contrast when playing from memory and there are still passages which are not practiced enough.It was really nice to work on however and i found it helped me to imagine the "Gallant" style discussed in the thread!
Derek
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Derek McConville Bravo, fantastic Mozart playing ! I absolutely love it!
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Derek McConville Beautiful! Congratulation on completing this month's challenge! It is surely not easy to memorize such a piece in one month and feel confident at all times. Long term memory needs that thing call "time." It sounds very elegant and "galant" :)
Great job!
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