Rondo in B-flat for Violin and Orchestra (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Rondo in B♭ for Violin and Orchestra, K. 269/261a, likely was composed between 1775 and 1777 as a replacement finale for the Violin Concerto No. 1, K. 207.

Like the Adagio in E and Rondo in C, the Rondo in B♭ was requested by Italian violinist Antonio Brunetti and Mozart composed the new finale for that work. It is not performed as such by modern orchestras, however, but presented as a separate work that is performed by itself.

The work is scored for solo violin, two oboes, two horns, and strings.

Analysis

The Rondo is marked Allegro and its time signature is ⁶
₈.

$\relative c'' { \key bes \major \time 6/8 \tempo "Allegro" \partial 8 f8 | f(g) es-! d4 d8 | d(es) c-! bes4 a8 | bes(d) a-! bes(d) c-! | d(f) e-! f4 }$

External links

Rondo in B für Violine und Orchester KV 269 (261^a): Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
- Recording, Emmy Verhey, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Eduardo Marturet, Brilliant Classics – via NMA
- Recording, Takako Nishizaki, Cappella Istropolitana, Johannes Wildner, Naxos Records – via NMA
Rondo in B-flat major, K. 269/261a: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Animated score on YouTube

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Biography

Music

Editions	Köchel catalogue Alte Mozart-Ausgabe Neue Mozart-Ausgabe

Family

Leopold Mozart (father)
Anna Maria Mozart (mother)
Maria Anna Mozart (Nannerl) (sister)
Constanze Mozart (wife)
Maria Anna Thekla Mozart (Bäsle) (first cousin)
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (son)
Karl Thomas Mozart (son)
Johann Georg Mozart (paternal grandfather)
Franz Mozart (paternal great-grandfather)
Joseph Lange (brother-in-law)
Cäcilia Weber (mother-in-law)
Josepha Weber (sister-in-law)
Aloysia Weber (sister-in-law)
Sophie Weber (sister-in-law)

Influences

Category

v t e Concertos and other concertante works for violin by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concertos	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)
Individual movements	Adagio in E major, K. 261 Rondo in B-flat major, K. 269/261a Rondo in C major, K. 373
Multiple instruments	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)
Doubtful	Violin Concerto (No. 7) in D major, K. 271a/271i (Kolb)
Spurious	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
List of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Köchel catalogue