Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...
's String Quartet No. 17 in
B-flat major,
K. 458, nicknamed "The Hunt", is the fourth of the
Quartets dedicated to Haydn. It was completed in 1784. It is in four movements:
# Allegro vivace assai
# Menuetto and Trio. Moderato
# Adagio, in
E-flat major
# Allegro assai
Neither Mozart nor
Artaria Artaria & Co. () was one of the most important music publishing firms of the late 18th and 19th century. Founded in the 18th century in Vienna, the company is associated with many leading names of the classical era.
History
Artaria & Co. was foun ...
(the publisher) called this piece "The Hunt." "For Mozart's contemporaries, the first movement of K.458 evidently evoked the 'chasse' topic, the main components of which were a 6/8 time signature (sometimes featuring a strong upbeat) and triadic melodies based largely around tonic and dominant chords (doubtless stemming from the physical limitations of the actual hunting horns to notes of the harmonic series)."
[Irving (1998): 69] According to Irving, Mozart's first intention was to conclude with a
polonaise
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and sketched 65 bars (p. 17).
Its popularity is reflected in its use in various films, such as ''
The Adventures of Huck Finn
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'', ''
Mystery Date
''Mystery Date'' is a 1991 American teen comedy film directed by Jonathan Wacks and starring Ethan Hawke, Teri Polo, and Brian McNamara. Shock-rockers Gwar have a brief cameo in the film.
Plot
Tom McHugh quickly learns that his perfect big brot ...
'', ''
The Royal Tenenbaums
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'' and ''
Star Trek: Insurrection''.
References
External links
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Recordingby the
Borromeo String Quartet from the
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in
MP3 format
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Compositions in B-flat major
1784 compositions
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