Mozart’s Serenade #11 for Winds
The first version of this Serenade featured pairs of clarinets, horns, and bassoons, but within a short while the Viennese court established a wind octet which added oboes to this line-up. In his haste (as …
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Ji Young Lim and Matthew Lipman Play Mozart Duo
In 1783 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed two duos for violin and viola. It is said that Mozart’s friend Michael Haydn had become ill, and was unable to complete a set of six duos for his …
Mozart’s Final Chamber Music Composition
Mozart died in Vienna on December 5, 1791. He completed his String Quintet KV 614 on 12 April 1791. At that time he was also composing his Opera, “The Magic Flute”. One of the fascinating …
Mozart’s Piano Quartet #1 KV478
The Piano Quartet in G minor, K.478, bears the date 16th October 1785 and was completed on that date in Vienna. By the 20th November Mozart was writing to Hoffmeister with some urgency, seeking money. By …
Mozart’s String Quartet #14, KV 387
Mozart composed this quartet in 1782, and we are still listening to it in the year 2020; Amazing! Of the twenty-three quartets he wrote, even among the celebrated last ten, the so-called “Haydn” quartets are …