Preludes and Fugues, K.404a (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)

		Movements/Sections 12 (6 couples) Genre Categories Preludes; Fugues; For violin, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 3 players

Sheet Music

• Scores and Parts (7)

Scores and Parts

Heft I (Nos.1-3)

 Violin
*#279310 - 0.79MB, 10 pp. -  6.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (4) - C*/C*/V* - 2769x⇩

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 Viola
*#279311 - 0.71MB, 7 pp. -  3.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - C*/C*/V* - 1457x⇩

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 Cello
*#279312 - 0.68MB, 7 pp. -  5.6/10 2 4 6 8 10 (5) - C*/C*/V* - 1354x⇩

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Editor:

Johann Nepomuk David (1895-1977)

Publisher Info.:

Wiesbaden: Breitkopf, Ed.5678, n.d.[1936]. Plate 30957.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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600 dpi

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Heft II (Nos.4-6)

 Violin
*#279313 - 1.06MB, 11 pp. -  6.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - C*/C*/V* - 1265x⇩

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 Viola
*#279314 - 0.93MB, 11 pp. -  3.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (4) - C*/C*/V* - 824x⇩

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 Cello
*#279315 - 0.85MB, 10 pp. -  8.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - C*/C*/V* - 774x⇩

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Editor:

Johann Nepomuk David (1895-1977)

Publisher Info.:

Wiesbaden: Breitkopf, Ed.5679, n.d.[1936]. Plate 30957.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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600 dpi

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Adagio and Fugue in D minor (No.1)

 Complete Score
*#86938 - 0.13MB, 8 pp. -  6.9/10 2 4 6 8 10 (7) - !N/!N/!N - 7187x⇩

PDF typeset by Christoph Lahme
Christoph Lahme (2010/12/10)

Editor:

Christoph Lahme (b. 1968)

Publisher Info.:

Essen: Christoph Lahme, 2010. Version 1.1 (2010/12/10)

Copyright:

Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 [tag/del]

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Capella typeset. You may ask me for parts, MusicXML (etc.) and midi files.
P. 6: Unfortunately the text of the licence got into the staves - I'll upload a new file next day. Update: done.--Ralph Theo Misch 12:36, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

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General Information

Work Title	Preludes and Fugues, K.404a
Alternative Title	Sechs langsame Sätze und dreistimmige Fugen

Composer	Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Opus/Catalogue Number	K.404a
Movements/Sections	12 (6 couples)
Piece Style	Classical
Instrumentation	string trio: violin, viola and cello

Misc. Comments

Most of the pieces are Mozart's arrangements on works by Wilhelm Friedemann and Johann Sebastian Bach. Only 4 of the preludes, the adagios, are original compositions by W.A. Mozart.

• No.1 Adagio and Fuge in D minor: The Fugue bases on WTK I, No.8 in D♯ minor (J.S. Bach).

I have been given to understand that attribution of these works (original and arrangements- the former as works, the latter as well-done arrangements by a composer who later wrote one of the very earliest and still best substantial works for this instrumental combination) to Mozart while I would agree likely, is not certain - is there manuscript evidence, etc.? While the conjectured circumstances would be at the right time in Mozart's life for all the right reasons (involvement in Swieten's circle and introduction by him to more of the corpus of music by JS Bach, several other reasons, mentioned in Alfred Einstein's fine 1950s book - but that's not quite the same thing :) (Indeed, a couple of sources, e.g. this blog and others give either "attributed" or even "dubious". May be best to move to "Anonymous" or somesuch... (Schissel)