Adagio in E for Violin and Orchestra (Mozart)
1776 composition by W. A. Mozart
The Adagio in E major for Violin and Orchestra, K. 261, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1776. It was probably a replacement movement for the original slow movement of his Violin Concerto No. 5 in A. It is believed that Mozart wrote it specifically for the violinist Antonio Brunetti, who complained that the original slow movement was "too artificial".[1] The work is scored for solo violin, two flutes, two horns in E and strings.
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\key e \major
\tempo "Adagio"
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It is one of the few compositions Mozart wrote in the key of E major: Piano Trio No. 4, K. 542; the incomplete Horn Concerto, K. 494a; the incomplete fugue, Anh. C27.10.
Notes
- ^ "About this Recording", (Violin Concertos Nos. 3 and 5 (Takako Nishizaki, Cappella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Naxos Records)
External links
- Adagio in E für Violine und Orchester: Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
- Adagio in E major, K. 261: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Animated score on YouTube, Arthur Grumiaux, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Raymond Leppard, 1967
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Concertos and other concertante works for violin by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- No. 1 in B-flat major, K. 207
- No. 2 in D major, K. 211
- No. 3 in G major, K. 216 (Straßburg)
- No. 4 in D major, K. 218
- No. 5 in A major, K. 219 (Turkish)
- Adagio in E major, K. 261
- Rondo in B-flat major, K. 269/261a
- Rondo in C major, K. 373
- Concertone for Two Violins and Orchestra in C major, K. 190/186E
- Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra in D major, K. Anh. 56/315f (fragment)
- Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-flat major, K. 364/320d
- Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola, Cello and Orchestra in A major, K. Anh 104/320e (fragment)
- Violin Concerto (No. 7) in D major, K. 271a/271i (Kolb)
- Violin Concerto (No. 6) in E-flat major, K. 268/365b/Anh.C 14.04, attributed to Johann Friedrich Eck
- Violin Concerto in D major, K. Anh. 294a/Anh.C 14.05 (Adélaïde), by Marius Casadesus
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