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    I. Allegro di molto II. Andante III. Menuetto. Allegretto IV. Finale. Allegro Mozart's K.614 String Quintet was completed on the 12th April 1791 (8 months before he died) and was Mozart’s last major chamber composition. Different in tone than his later quartets it’s one of...
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    I. Larghetto - Allegro II. Adagio III. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio IV. Allegro Mozart's last 2 string quintets were composed between the the winter of 1790 and spring of the following year. Both were published in 1793 and dedicated to an anonymous ‘Hungarian amateur’ believed to...
  3. Classical Music Discussion
    There seems to be a kind of received consensus in some circles that Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9, K. 271 is his first great masterpiece. Obviously debatable (my choice would be either Symphony No. 25 or Serenata Notturna), but it makes me wonder which works prior to that one are preferred by...
  4. Identifying Classical Music
    What is the name of this musical composition by mozart? Im watching some documentary on einstein and i came across some tunes in it. music starts from 47:58
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    I was listening to Mozart´s requiem and I realized it sounded more romantic than strictly classical. It was definitely not neat and balanced and tidy. It was just about as dramatic as Beethoven´s ninth symphony, overflowing with emotions. Would you agree? Would it be right to assume that...
  6. Classical Music Discussion
    Context: I am, one might say, a classicist? A classical era fanatic? I have spent the previous decade of my life delving deep into the vast and wonderful repertoire of the classical era. So many wonderful composers. From Cimarosa and Cherubini to Stamitz and Salieri. JC Bach: However no one’s...
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    Why we know so many original autograph scores (composer's handwritting) of Mozart, and not so many by other composers? You can see on RISM or IMSLP, that the big majority of avaiable scores of Bach, Beethoven, Handel, Haydn among others are copies by other person, but when we talk about Mozart...
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    The two greatest flat earthists in musicology were honored in 2022 by the Traetta Society: "in recognition of their passion in musicological research with important contributions in the redefinition of the historiography of 18th century music"... was it given erroneously by an ignorant judge? Is...
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    There is a new publication (2023) of Neal in his page on Cornell University (here), named: Köchel-Verzeichnis: Thematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke von W. A. Mozart, begründet von Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (Neuausgabe 2023). But I could't find any book or article about, to buy or...
  10. Classical Music Discussion
    Hey guys, I have a big collection of Mozart’s books, and I’m thinking about buying the book “Mozart: Tha Fall of the Gods”… I’d love to see some opinions, the book seems interesting but very strange and uncommon informations.
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    Hey guys... I was studying this Mozart piano concerto, and after some read I found this specfi quote in wikipedia (amoung other sites): "As he intended to perform the work himself, Mozart did not write out the soloist's part in full.", so I followed the music with the original autograph on the...
  12. Classical Music Discussion
    Hi guys, I’m not here to support any theory or to be unpleasant… I’m just curious to listen your opinions after many years since the Robert Newmann allegations that we all know. After all, had Newmann some point of truth? And Taboga? Is there any evidences, manuscripts, letters, that appears...
  13. Blog
    I. Allegro II. Menuetto. Allegretto III. Andante IV. Allegro Mozart composed the C Major String Quintet in the spring of 1787, at the same time as its darker twin, the G minor Quintet. The 1st movement begins persistently in sonata with the first violin answering the cello...
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    In 1787, Mozart wrote a pair of revolutionary quintets, the "viola quintets" (as opposed to the doubling of cellos in the "cello quintets" of Boccherini and Schubert). Mozart decided to make these quintets very different too, embuing the major chord K.515 with a bright, sunny disposition and...
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    Mozart’s 13th string quartet is the last of his six ‘Viennese' quartets and was written when the composer was just 17 years old. It was completed in 1773 but not published until 10 years after Mozart's death. It was the only one of his Viennese set to be in a minor key and only one of two SQs...
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    The K387 was the first of the six Haydn quartets to be composed, and was completed on the last day of 1782, in Vienna. It was published by Artaria in 1785. The first movement, Allegro vivace assai, has two themes full of dynamic contrasts (getting these right is a major challenge for ensembles)...
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    I. Allegro non troppo II. Andante con moto III. Menuetto. Allegro IV. Allegro vivace Composed in 1783, this is the 3rd of the 6 quartets Mozart dedicated to Haydn. He wrote this quartet after moving from Salzburg to work as a freelance composer in Vienna where he often visited...
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    Mozart completed his 15th quartet, the 2nd of the quartets dedicated to Haydn, in the summer of 1783, whilst his wife was in labour with their first child. The quartet, in d minor, is very different to the others around it, being the only one in a minor key (minor keys were rarely used at the...
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