Who doesn’t know Mozart’s “Sonata facile” of 1788? Yet those who practice this extremely popular piano sonata in C major will realize that it is by no means so “easy” to play. Its nickname does not come from Mozart, but from the title page of the first edition, which was printed only posthumously. No cause for premature celebration, however: in his own autograph catalogue of works, Mozart himself identified it as “a little piano sonata for beginners.”
誰人不知莫札特1788年創作的「簡易奏鳴曲」(Sonata facile)?然而,練習這首廣受歡迎的C大調鋼琴奏鳴曲的人會發現,它絕非「容易」演奏。它的暱稱並非莫札特所起,而是源自於其首版扉頁的標題,而該版本是在莫札特去世後才印刷的。不過,現在慶祝也為時過早:莫札特本人在其親筆作品目錄中,也將其稱為「一首適合初學者的鋼琴小奏鳴曲」。