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Mozart - Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, K. 493

Bawoo 2018. 4. 28. 14:12


Mozart


Mozart (unfinished) by Lange 1782.jpg

                    The composer in 1792, unfinished portrait by Joseph Lange


Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, K. 493


Mozart's Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, K. 493, was written after Franz Anton Hoffmeister released Mozart from the obligation of writing three piano quartets.


Mozart received a commission for three quartets in 1785 from the publisher Franz Anton Hoffmeister. Hoffmeister thought the G minor Quartet (K. 478) was too difficult and that the public would not buy it, so he released Mozart from the obligation of completing the set. Nine months later, Mozart composed this quartet anyway, completing it on 3 June 1786.[


The work is in three movements:

  1. Allegro, common time
  2. Larghetto, 3/8, A-flat major
  3. Allegretto, cut time