: Rondo Alla Turca from Piano Sonata No. 11, (audio + sheet music) Thurz

Performed by: Zoltán Thurzó - piano Recorded on 12th of November, 2017 Partium Christian University Oradea (Nagyvárad /Großwardein), Romania Please subscribe to my channel if you like this piano piece. III. Alla Turca – Allegretto The last movement, “Alla Turca“, popularly known as the “Turkish March“, is often heard on its own and is one of Mozart's best-known piano himself titled the rondo “Alla Turca“. It imitates the sound of Turkish Janissary bands, the music of which was much in vogue at that time. Various other works of the time imitate this Turkish style, including Mozart's own opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail. In Mozart's time, the last movement was sometimes performed on pianos built with a “Turkish stop“, allowing it to be embellished with extra percussion effects. The form of the rondo is A-B-C-D-E-C-A-B-C-coda, with each section (except the coda) being repeated twice. Enj