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The six string quartets, K. 155-160, were composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in late 1772 and early 1773. Because they were composed in Milan while he was working on his opera Lucio Silla, they are popularly known as the Milanese Quartets. Before this set was composed, Mozart had written one earlier string quartet (K. 80 in 1770), so these six quartets are ordinally numbered from No. 2 to No. 7. The quartets are written in a plan of keys of D-G-C-F-B♭-E♭ following the circle of fifths.
All six quartets have only three movements. Four of the quartets (K. 156-159) have slow movements in the minor mode. The finales are generally lightweight, usually minuets or rondos.
Quartet No. 4 in C major, K. 157
Written at the end of 1772 in Milan and premiered in early 1773.
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Presto
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The six string quartets, K. 155-160, were composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in late 1772 and early 1773. Because they were composed in Milan while he was working on his opera Lucio Silla, they are popularly known as the Milanese Quartets. Before this set was composed, Mozart had written one earlier string quartet (K. 80 in 1770), so these six quartets are ordinally numbered from No. 2 to No. 7. The quartets are written in a plan of keys of D-G-C-F-B♭-E♭ following the circle of fifths.
All six quartets have only three movements. Four of the quartets (K. 156-159) have slow movements in the minor mode. The finales are generally lightweight, usually minuets or rondos.
Quartet No. 4 in C major, K. 157
Written at the end of 1772 in Milan and premiered in early 1773.
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Presto
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![Mozart - String Quartet No. 4 in C, K. 157 [complete]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wrLTQa1F-r0/hqdefault.jpg "Mozart - String Quartet No. 4 in C, K. 157 [complete]
The six string quartets, K. 155-160, were composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in late 1772 and early 1773. Because they were composed in Milan while he was working on his opera Lucio Silla, they are popularly known as the Milanese Quartets. Before this set was composed, Mozart had written one earlier string quartet (K. 80 in 1770), so these six quartets are ordinally numbered from No. 2 to No. 7. The quartets are written in a plan of keys of D-G-C-F-B♭-E♭ following the circle of fifths.
All six quartets have only three movements. Four of the quartets (K. 156-159) have slow movements in the minor mode. The finales are generally lightweight, usually minuets or rondos.
Quartet No. 4 in C major, K. 157
Written at the end of 1772 in Milan and premiered in early 1773.
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Presto
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![Mozart - A Musical Joke, K. 522 [complete] (Ein musikalischer Spaß)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wzaQixVGoQg/hqdefault.jpg "Mozart - A Musical Joke, K. 522 [complete] (Ein musikalischer Spaß)
A Musical Joke (in German: Ein musikalischer Spaß) K. 522, (Divertimento for two horns and string quartet) is a composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; the composer entered it in his Verzeichnis aller meiner Werke (Catalogue of all my Works) on June 14, 1787. The music is intentionally written to be funny, being liberally sprinkled with obtrusively clumsy, mechanical and over-repetitive composition, together with passages evidently designed to mimic the effects of inaccurate notation and inept performance. Commentators have opined that the pieces purpose is satirical—that [its] harmonic and rhythmic gaffes serve to parody the work of incompetent composers though Mozart himself is not known to have revealed his actual intentions.The piece consists of four movements, using forms shared with many other classical divertimenti:
1. Allegro. (In sonata form)
2. Menuetto and Trio.
3. Adagio cantabile.
4. Presto. (Sonata rondo form)
Nevertheless, the music has potential to appeal to the average audience of that time as a comedy, including:
-use of asymmetrical phrasing, or not phrasing by four measure groups, at the beginning of the first movement, which is very uncommon for the classical period,
-use of secondary dominants where subdominant chords are just fair,
-the use of discords in the French horns, satirizing the incompetence of the copyist, or the hornist grabbing the wrong crook,
-use of a whole tone scale in the violinists high register, probably to imitate the players floundering at the high positions.
The piece is also notable for the earliest known use of polytonality, creating the gesture of complete collapse with which the finale ends. This may be intended to produce the impression of grossly out-of-tune string playing, since the horns alone conclude in the movements tonic key: the lower strings behave as if the tonic has suddenly become B flat, while the violins and violas switch to G major, A major and E flat major respectively. Some theorists believe that A Musical Joke is a parody of works by clumsy composers of Mozarts time. With such an assumption, one might find some points of the score humorous, such as the more elementary developments of the theme, where the poor composer might feel the agony that he/she had to proceed with the development. Other theorists disagree with that view, saying that perhaps Mozart used parody and comedy as an excuse to try things that at the time were not in practice; the piece would then be intended in a more serious tone than so advertised but only for the composer himself.
The use of asymmetrical phrasing, whole-tone scales, and multitonality is quite foreign to music of the classical era. However, these techniques were later revisited by early 20th century composers like Claude Debussy and Igor Stravinsky, who were searching for a new musical language. In this later context, these conventions were seen as legitimate new techniques in serious music. In Mozarts time, however, these non-classical elements give the piece its comedy and express the composers sense of musical humor.
Ironically, A Musical Joke is the first piece entered in Mozarts list of works following the death of his father Leopold on May 28. The established English title A Musical Joke is a poor rendering of the German original: as Fritz Spiegl pointed out, Spaß does not strongly connote the jocular—for which the word Scherz would normally be required. In Spiegls view, a more accurate translation would have been Some Musical Fun. Perpetuum mobile: Ein musikalischer Scherz op. 257, a polka by Johann Strauss II is likewise (and more correctly) translated as A Musical Joke. In a modernised version by Waldo de los Rios, the opening of the finale of A Musical Joke was used for many years as the theme tune to the BBCs Horse of the Year Show.
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![Mozart - Violin Sonata No. 21 in E minor, K. 304 [complete]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/x2T4eCTI12Y/hqdefault.jpg "Mozart - Violin Sonata No. 21 in E minor, K. 304 [complete]
Violin Sonata No. 21 in E minor, K. 304 is a work by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was composed in 1778 while Mozart was in Paris. The piece was composed during the same period that Mozarts mother, Anna Maria Mozart, died, and the sonatas mood reflects this. It is the only instrumental work by Mozart whose home key is E minor.
1. Allegro
2. Tempo di Menuetto
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![Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 11 in A, K. 331 [complete] (Alla Turca)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/x7Pd2OqxfnU/hqdefault.jpg "Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 11 in A, K. 331 [complete] (Alla Turca)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K 331 (300i) is a sonata in three movements:
1. Andante grazioso — a theme with six variations
2. Menuetto — a minuet and trio
3. Alla Turca: Allegretto in A minor and major.
All of the movements are in the key of A major or A minor; therefore, the work is homotonal. A typical performance of this entire sonata takes about 20 minutes. It is uncertain where and when Mozart composed the sonata; however, Vienna or Salzburg around 1783 is currently thought to be most likely (Paris and dates as far back as 1778 have also been suggested).
The last movement, Alla Turca, popularly known as the Turkish Rondo or Turkish March, is often heard on its own and is one of Mozarts best-known piano pieces. 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 music, including Mozarts own opera The Abduction from the Seraglio. For more on this style of work, see Turkish music (style)
In Mozarts time, the last movement was sometimes performed on pianos built with a Turkish stop, allowing it to be embellished with extra percussion effects; see Fortepiano.
Moreover, this third movement is implicitly related to the first one, because the beginning of the Rondo can be seen as an additional variation of the Tema of the first movement, varied in the Janissary style. The theme of the first movement was used by Max Reger in one of his best known works, the Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart (1914) for orchestra.
Contrary to popular assumption, Dave Brubeck did not base the melody or harmony of his Blue Rondo à la Turk on those of the Turkish Rondo. During a 2003 interview, Brubeck commented that he shouldve just called [his composition] Blue Rondo, because the title just seemed to confuse people.
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![Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 3 in B flat, K. 281 [complete]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xRCGxDeKTTM/hqdefault.jpg "Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 3 in B flat, K. 281 [complete]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts Piano Sonata No. 3 in B flat major, K 281 (189f) (1774) is a sonata in three movements:
1. Allegro
2. Andante amoroso
3. Rondo (allegro)
A typical performance takes about 14 minutes.
This piano sonata is one of the most virtuosic pieces Mozart ever composed, written during the visit Mozart paid to Munich for the production of La finta giardiniera from late 1774 to the beginning of the following March.
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![Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat, K. 447 [complete]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xrNoe7HEbd8/hqdefault.jpg "Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat, K. 447 [complete]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major, K. 447 was completed between 1784 and 1787, during the Vienna Period. The composition was written as a friendly gesture for the hornist Joseph Leutgeb (his name is mentioned few times in the score), and Mozart probably didnt consider it as particularly important, since he failed to enter it to the autograph catalogue of his works. The autograph score remained well preserved; it is stored in the British Library in London.The concerto is scored for 2 clarinets in B♭, 2 Bassoons, Solo Horn in E♭ and strings.The work is in three movements:
I. Allegro (4/4)
II. Romance (Larghetto) (4/4)
III. Allegro (6/8)
This concerto has clarinets besides bassoons and string for accompaniment. They bring warmth and light colouring to this most attractive work, and in spite of unadventurous support they partner the bassoons in many typical phrases.
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![Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat, K. 417 [complete]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xzCiVyWx-Tk/hqdefault.jpg "Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat, K. 417 [complete]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major, K. 417 was completed in 1783. The work is in three movements:
I. Allegro maestoso
II. Andante
III. Rondo Più allegro 6/8
Mozarts good-natured ribbing of his friend is evident in the manuscript inscription W. A. Mozart took pity on Leitgeb, ass, ox and fool in Vienna on 27 May 1783. This is one of two horn concerti of Mozart to omit bassoons. It is also one of Mozarts two horn concerti to have ripieno horns (horns included in the orchestra besides the soloist), though in contrast to K. 495, the solo horn in this one does not duplicate the first ripieno horns part in the tutti passages.
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![Mozart - Violin Sonata No. 36 in F, K. 547 [complete] (For Beginners)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/y2m0Z8qJ3nU/hqdefault.jpg "Mozart - Violin Sonata No. 36 in F, K. 547 [complete] (For Beginners)
The Sonata in F for Violin and Keyboard, K. 547, was completed on July 10, 1788 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The sonata is often nicknamed For Beginners and was completed two weeks after the similarly nicknamed piano sonata in C major, K. 545. Unlike the previous few keyboard sonatas, where the violin played in equal role, this sonata is dominated by the keyboard part. In that regard, only the violin part is easy and the keyboard part is not for beginners. There are three movements all in the tonic key of F major:
1. Andante cantabile
2. Allegro
3. Andante con variazioni
The movements are ordered in a non-standard manner with the slow movement first and the expansive Allegro in sonata form form placed second. There is significant dialogue between the violin and keyboard in the opening movement, but the keyboard dominates the latter two. The sonata ends with a set of six variations on a simple theme. The fourth variation is the only variation to feature the violin prominently and the fifth variation is in F minor for keyboard alone. The second movement was arranged for solo piano along with a transcription of the finale of the piano sonata in C, K. 545 to form the Piano Sonata in F major, K. 547a.
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![Mozart - Symphony No. 16 in C, K. 128 [complete]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/y5gB2b9bPwk/hqdefault.jpg "Mozart - Symphony No. 16 in C, K. 128 [complete]
Symphony No. 16 in C major, K. 128, was the first of three symphonies composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in May, 1772, when Mozart was sixteen years old. This symphony is one of many written during the period in which Mozart stayed in Salzburg, between two trips to Italy. The autograph of the score is preserved in the Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin. The symphony has the basic scoring of two oboes, two horns, and strings. The form is that of a standard three-movement Italian overture:
1. Allegro maestoso, 3/4
2. Andante grazioso, 2/4
3. Allegro, 6/8.
The first movement, which a C major essay in sonata-allegro form, sounds at first to be in 9/8 due to the presence of triplets. However, as it enters the second half of the exposition section it becomes clear that the meter of this movement is actually 3/4. The development section is short, but filled with dense modulations. Some of this developmental spirit carries over into recapitulation, which turns out not to be perfectly literal.
The oboes and horns drop out of the second movement, which is another essay in sonata-allegro form, written for the strings alone. They return, however, for the third movement, in C major, which is a cheerful dance cast in an altered rondo form, with a coda.
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![Mozart - Symphony No. 34 in C, K. 338 [complete]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zMA9FU9meFc/hqdefault.jpg "Mozart - Symphony No. 34 in C, K. 338 [complete]
Symphony No. 34 in C Major, K. 338, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1780, and completed on August 29. The work is scored for 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings. Although most symphonies have four movements, this symphony has only three, which was still common in the early classical period:
1. Allegro vivace, 4/4
2. Andante di molto (più tosto Allegretto), 2/4 in F major
3. Finale: Allegro vivace, 6/8.
The symphony features the fanfares and flourishes typical of the festive symphony or trumpet symphony, which is characteristic of Austrian symphonic writing in C major. This is the first of Mozarts C-major symphonies to exhibit this character, but the style would be revisited in his subsequent two works in this key, the 36th and 41st symphonies. The first movement is written in sonata form but also contains many styles and formal aspects of an Italian overture. There is no expositional repeat. The expositional coda contains an overture-like crescendo which is not included in the recapitulation. The development is based entirely on new material. The recapitulation on the expositions first theme is abbreviated and interrupted by a brief development of that theme. Finally, the movements coda contains nearly all of this first theme creating the appearance of a reverse-recapitulation common in Italian overtures. The second movement in F major is scored for strings sotto voce with divided violas and a single bassoon doubling the cellos and bass. Alfred Einstein advanced a theory in the third edition of the Köchel catalogue that the Minuet K. 409 was written at a later date by the composer for this work. However, there is no proof in the sources to support his thesis. Also, K. 409 calls for two flutes in its orchestration which does not match the rest of the symphony. The finale is in sonata form and features energetic tarantella or saltarello rhythms.
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![Mozart - Violin Sonata No. 13 in C, K. 28 [complete]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ziXef7OVKzM/hqdefault.jpg "Mozart - Violin Sonata No. 13 in C, K. 28 [complete]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts set of six sonatas for keyboard and violin, K. 26-31 were composed in early 1766 in The Hague during the Mozart familys grand tour of Europe. They were dedicated to Princess Caroline of Nassau-Weilburg on the occasion of the eighteenth birthday of her brother, the Prince of Orange. They were published as Mozarts Opus 4.
These works show an improvement in compositional technique over the sets for Paris (KV 6-9) and London (KV 10-15), although like the previous sets, the keyboard part dominates and the violin may be considered optional.
Mozart composed all three early sets of accompanied sonatas while touring northwest Europe. These types of sonatas were not favored at home in Salzburg. Mozart would not revisit this genre until 1777-78 on a trip to Mannheim and Paris.
Sonata in C, K. 28:
1. Allegro maestoso
2. Allegro grazioso
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![Mozart - String Quartet No. 19 in C, K. 465 [complete] (Dissonance)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zuMs8kD5Des/hqdefault.jpg "Mozart - String Quartet No. 19 in C, K. 465 [complete] (Dissonance)
The String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, KV. 465 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, nicknamed Dissonance on account of its unusual slow introduction, is perhaps the most famous of his quartets. It is the last in the set of six quartets composed between 1782-1785 that he dedicated to Joseph Haydn.
According to the catalog of works Mozart began early the preceding year, the quartet was completed on January 14, 1785. As is normal with Mozarts later quartets, it is in four movements:
1. Adagio-Allegro
2. Andante cantabile - in F major
3. Menuetto. Allegro. (C major, trio in C minor)
4. Allegro molto
The first movement opens with ominous quiet Cs in the cello, joined successively by the viola (on A♭ moving to a G), the second violin (on E♭) and the first violin (on A), thus creating the dissonance itself and narrowly avoiding a greater one. This lack of harmony and fixed key continues throughout the slow introduction before resolving into the bright C major of the Allegro section of the first movement, which is in sonata form. Mozart goes on to use chromatic and whole tone scales to outline fourths. Arch shaped lines emphasizing fourths in the first violin (C - F - C) and the violoncello (G - C - C - G) are combined with lines emphasizing fifths in the second violin and viola. Over the barline between the second and third measures of the example a fourth-suspension can be seen in the second violins tied C. In another of his string quartets, KV 464, such fourth-suspensions are also very prominent.
The second movement is in sonatina form, i.e. lacking the development section. Alfred Einstein writes of the coda of this movement that the first violin openly expresses what seemed hidden beneath the conversational play of the subordinate theme. The third movement is a minuet and trio, with the exuberant mood of the minuet darkening into the C minor of the trio. The last movement is also in sonata form.
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