W.A.Mozart -Divertimento No. 17 in D major, K. 334

 

W.A.Mozart

Posthumous painting by Barbara Krafft in 1819

 

Divertimento No. 17 in D major, K. 334

[해설:Kim's Sound]

모차르트는 디베르티멘토를 약 25곡 만들었는데, "디베르티멘토(divertimento)"는 18세기 중⋅후반에 유행한 기악 모음곡의 일종이다. 희유곡(嬉遊曲) 이라고 번역되기도 하는 이 악곡은 교향곡이나 현악 4중주곡에 비해 한결 자유로운 형식을 취하고 있어 "여흥음악" 내지 "오락음악"의 성격을 띠고 있다. 제17번 D장조는 연주시간이 약 40여 분에 달하는 대작으로, 많은 이들이 모차르트의 가장 아름답고 세련된 디베르티멘토로 꼽는 명작이다. 아마도 1777년과 이듬해에 걸쳐 운명적인 ‘만하임-파리 여행’을 겪으면서 몰라보게 성숙해진 모차르트의 인간적⋅음악적 면모가 드러나 있기 때문이리라. 별명인 ‘로비니히’는 잘츠부르크의 명문가의 이름으로, 이 곡은 그 집안의 장남인 지크문트가 잘츠부르크 대학을 졸업한 일을 기념하여 작곡된 것으로 추정된다.

 

The Divertimento No. 17 in D major, K. 334 was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart between 1779 and 1780 and was probably for commemorating the graduation of a close friend of Mozart's,Sigmund Robinig, from his law studies at the University of Salzburg in 1780.^[1] Lasting about 42 minutes,^[2] it takes the longest to perform among the divertimenti by Mozart.

 

The third movement (the first Menuetto) from the divertimento remains so popular that it is often

referred to as Mozart's Minuet, although this is clearly not the only minuet by Mozart. An excerpt from this movement was used in the animated film Yellow Submarine (1968) when the string quartet was being annihilated by the Blue Meanies.

 

 

[Instrumentation]

This divertimento is scored for 2 violins, viola, basso (double bass) and 2 horns.

[Movements]

This divertimento consists of 6 movements:

1. Allegro (in D major and in sonata form)
2. Tema con variazioni (Andante) (in D minor, theme and 6 variations, fourth variation in D major)
3. Menuetto - Trio (in D major and in compound ternary form, trio in G major)
4. Adagio (in A major and in sonata form)
5. Menuetto - Trio I - Trio II (in D major and in rondo form, where the first trio is in D minor and the second trio is in B minor)
6. Rondo (Allegro) (in D major and in sonata rondo form)

In Kurt Sanderling's recording of this piece, both the Adagio and the second Menuetto are omitted.

In the recording with Florian Heyerick conducting the Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim, part of the Rondo is omitted.