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D major,
K. 32, is a
quodlibet composed in March 1766 by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart during
his grand tour of Europe. It was first performed at
The Hague on 11 March 1766. A typical performance of this piece lasts twenty minutes.
Instrumentation and structure
The work is scored for
strings
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, two
horns, two
oboes,
bassoon
The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family, which plays in the tenor and bass ranges. It is composed of six pieces, and is usually made of wood. It is known for its distinctive tone color, wide range, versatility, and virtuo ...
and
harpsichord
A harpsichord ( it, clavicembalo; french: clavecin; german: Cembalo; es, clavecín; pt, cravo; nl, klavecimbel; pl, klawesyn) is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. This activates a row of levers that turn a trigger mechanism ...
and consists of seventeen
movements:
# Molto allegro
# Andante in
D minor
D minor is a minor scale based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, F, G, A, B, and C. Its key signature has one flat. Its relative major is F major and its parallel major is D major.
The D natural minor scale is:
Changes needed for t ...
# Allegro
#
Pastorella in
G major
# Allegro
# Allegretto in
A major
A major (or the key of A) is a major scale based on A, with the pitches A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. Its key signature has three sharps. Its relative minor is F-sharp minor and its parallel minor is A minor. The key of A major is the only k ...
# Allegro
# Molto adagio in G major
# Allegro in
C major
C major (or the key of C) is a major scale based on C, consisting of the pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. C major is one of the most common keys used in music. Its key signature has no flats or sharps. Its relative minor is A minor and ...
# Largo in D minor
# Allegro
# Andante in
F major
# Allegro in
E-flat major
#
Menuet in F major
# Adagio in D minor
# Presto
#
Fugue
In music, a fugue () is a contrapuntal compositional technique in two or more voices, built on a subject (a musical theme) that is introduced at the beginning in imitation (repetition at different pitches) and which recurs frequently in the c ...
in F major
Sources of the music
The piece has some movements which were composed on the basis of other existing pieces not by Mozart.
Manuscripts
''Gallimathias musicum'' survives in four manuscripts which represent two different versions of the work.
References
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Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
The Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra ('':hu:Liszt Ferenc Kamarazenekar, Liszt Ferenc Kamarazenekar'') is a chamber orchestra based in Budapest, Hungary.
The Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra took the name of the great composer, to pay homage to the ge ...
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1766 compositions
Compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart