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Quintet KV. 581, for Clarinet, 2 Violins, Viola and 'Cello, by W. A. Mozart (1756-1791) |
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Quintet KV. 581, for Clarinet, 2 Violins, Viola and 'Cello
by W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)
| Instrument(s): Clarinet and String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, 'Cello |
Style: Classical |
| Opus: KV 581 |
Date of composition: 1789 |
| Source: Breitkopf und H盲rtel (1883) |
Copyright: Public Domain
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| Last updated: 2003/Jul/17 |
Music ID Number: Mutopia-2003/07/17-337 |
| Typeset using: GNU LilyPond, version 1.7.21 |
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The B&H edition I typeset is the so-called "Alte Mozart Ausgabe", made in the 1870-1880s by an unknown editor (probably Brahms or Joachim). I own a reprint made by Dover Publications in 1978. This reprint lacks any editorial note which states what was the source text (the autograph of K. 581 is lost). If you are interested in a modern and carefully checked edition of this quintet, search for the Neue Mozart Ausgabe or the Barenreiter Score (the latter is based on the former, but seems to be a little cheaper). As already said, the autograph is lost; it is therefore difficult to determine what was the original score. In my opinion, some dynamics seem to be arbitrary additions: for instance, this is the only Breitkopf & Haertel score of Mozart chamber music which uses < and > signs to indicate crescendi and decrescendi (usually they use "cresc." and "decresc." only). These signs are often used in a "romantic" way which is not the classic Mozart style (e.g. mvt. II, bars 30 and 32, clarinet part). I suspect them to have been added by the unknown XIX-century editor. |
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