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's Rondo in B for Violin and Orchestra, K. 269/261a, likely was composed between

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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

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s, two horns, and strings.

Analysis

The Rondo is marked ''Allegro'' and its

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, Eduardo Marturet,

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