The Adagio and Rondo, K. 617, is a quintet composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola and cello. [1] Completed on May 23, 1791 (the date indicated in Mozart's own list of his works [2]), it was written for Marianne Kirchgessner, a blind glass harmonica virtuoso, who played the first performance in the Burgtheater Akademie on June 10, 1791, and subsequently performed it at the Kärtnertortheater on August 19, 1791. [1]
The autograph manuscript is in the British Library as part of the Stefan Zweig Collection. It was purchased by Zweig from a Berlin auction house in 1930. [3]
The work was first published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1799. [1]
The adagio, in C minor, is 58 bars long, while the rondo, in C Major, contains 230 bars. [1]
According to Willi Apel, "Among various compositions for the glass harmonica, Mozart's Adagio in C major (K. 356) and Adagio and Rondo (K. 617)...both composed in 1791, are the most interesting. They seem to require an instrument equipped with a keyboard mechanism such as that constructed in 1784." [4]
References
- ^ a b c d Köchel 1964, p. 703.
- ^ Federhofer 1957, p. 79.
- ^ British Library website Zwig MS 61, accessed 17 December 2022
- ^ Apel, Willi (1969). "Glass harmonica", Harvard Dictionary of Music, p.347. Harvard. ISBN 9780674375017.
Sources
- Köchel, Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1964). Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis sämtlicher Tonwerke Wolfgang Amade Mozarts : nebst Angabe der verlorengegangenen, angefangenen, von fremder Hand bearbeiteten, zweifelhaften und unterschobenen Kompositionen. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel. pp. 703–704.
- Federhofer, Hellmut (1957). Kritsche Bericht: Quintette, Quartette und Trios mit Klavier und mit Glasharmonika. Vol. Serie VII, Werkgruppe 22, Abteilung 1. Kassel: Bärenreiter. pp. 79–82.
External links
- Adagio and Rondo for Glass Harmonica, Flute, Oboe, Viola and Cello: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Adagio and Rondo for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola and cello: Score in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
- Zweig MS 61 (digitized manuscript from the British Library)
- Adagio and Rondo in C, K.617 on YouTube
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The Adagio and Rondo, K. 617, is a quintet composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola and cello. [1] Completed on May 23, 1791 (the date indicated in Mozart's own list of his works [2]), it was written for Marianne Kirchgessner, a blind glass harmonica virtuoso, who played the first performance in the Burgtheater Akademie on June 10, 1791, and subsequently performed it at the Kärtnertortheater on August 19, 1791. [1]
The autograph manuscript is in the British Library as part of the Stefan Zweig Collection. It was purchased by Zweig from a Berlin auction house in 1930. [3]
The work was first published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1799. [1]
The adagio, in C minor, is 58 bars long, while the rondo, in C Major, contains 230 bars. [1]
According to Willi Apel, "Among various compositions for the glass harmonica, Mozart's Adagio in C major (K. 356) and Adagio and Rondo (K. 617)...both composed in 1791, are the most interesting. They seem to require an instrument equipped with a keyboard mechanism such as that constructed in 1784." [4]
References
- ^ a b c d Köchel 1964, p. 703.
- ^ Federhofer 1957, p. 79.
- ^ British Library website Zwig MS 61, accessed 17 December 2022
- ^ Apel, Willi (1969). "Glass harmonica", Harvard Dictionary of Music, p.347. Harvard. ISBN 9780674375017.
Sources
- Köchel, Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1964). Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis sämtlicher Tonwerke Wolfgang Amade Mozarts : nebst Angabe der verlorengegangenen, angefangenen, von fremder Hand bearbeiteten, zweifelhaften und unterschobenen Kompositionen. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel. pp. 703–704.
- Federhofer, Hellmut (1957). Kritsche Bericht: Quintette, Quartette und Trios mit Klavier und mit Glasharmonika. Vol. Serie VII, Werkgruppe 22, Abteilung 1. Kassel: Bärenreiter. pp. 79–82.
External links
- Adagio and Rondo for Glass Harmonica, Flute, Oboe, Viola and Cello: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Adagio and Rondo for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola and cello: Score in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
- Zweig MS 61 (digitized manuscript from the British Library)
- Adagio and Rondo in C, K.617 on YouTube
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