Violin Concerto No. 2 (Mozart)
| Violin Concerto No. 2 | |
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| by W. A. Mozart | |
 1773 miniature of Mozart | |
| Key | D major |
| Catalogue | K. 211 |
| Composed | 1775 |
| Movements | 3 |
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Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 211 was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1775.[1] The concerto has the usual fast–slow–fast structure.
Stanley Sadie describes the first movement as uncharacteristic of Mozart, almost clumsily written and curiously old-fashioned. He points out that the last movement, a rondo in the style of a minuet, instead of bringing back the original thematic material at the end as would be expected, uses material from the second section.[2]
Structure
The movements of the work have the tempo indications :
- Allegro moderato
- Andante
- Rondeau: Allegro
The concerto lasts around 20 minutes. It is scored for 2 oboes, 2 horns in D and strings.
Like the Violin Concerto No. 4 and the Violin Concerto No. 5, the solo exposition and the recapitulation are completed by tutti exposition's codetta.[1]
References
- 1 2 Simon, Edwin J. "Sonata into Concerto. A Study of Mozart's First Seven Concertos". Acta Musicologica 31, no. 3/4 (1959): 170–185. doi:10.2307/931392
- ↑ Sadie, Stanley (2006). Mozart: The Early Years, 1756–1781 (1st ed.). New York: Norton. pp. 372–373. ISBN 978-0-393-06112-3.
External links
- Concerto in D K. 211: Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
- Violin Concerto No. 2: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- "Work details, sound file", Köchel-Verzeichnis, International Mozarteum Foundation
- "Animated score Video on YouTube, Arthur Grumiaux, violin, London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis; includes program note
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