Sonatas No. 12 and 13 in D Major

No. 12
Started: 6-16-2008, 8:22 PM
Finished: 6-16-2008, 8:54 PM
Huntington Beach, CA

No. 13
Started: 6-16-2008, 9:09 PM
Finished: 6-16-2008, 9:50 PM
Huntington Beach, CA

There are only two pairs of sonatas in D major in my entire set, and this one happened to be picked randomly.

The first of the pair is a very simple Solerian sort of sonata, just like something Soler would have written himself, except not very good! Soler is my absolute favorite composer, and I feel that drawing serious comparisons between me and him is undeserved praise for me or an undeserved affront to him. Both maybe, and neither one is healthy, so let me simply say this first sonata of the pair is very easy to play -- a beginner sonata, maybe -- and meant to be a decent bit of fun, too. The left hand mocks the right and vice versa, with one passing over the other first, and then, well, vice versa.

I'm going to call the second sonata whimsical because I feel that I'm using "playful" to death in these descriptions. In terms of technical demands, it's really just about as easy to play as the first. I tried to end each section with a sort of mischievous little figure.

Both sonatas were intended to be cute, and I hope I accomplished that.

Enjoy!