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Mozart cultivated the string quintet especially during his late Vienna years; it appears that Mozart intended their publication from the beginning, although three of them—KV 406, KV 593 and KV 614—appeared in print only shortly after his death. As with other composers in Southern Germany and Austria, Mozart’s string quintets, starting with KV 174 (his only contribution to the genre from the Salzburg years), are scored for 2 violins, 2 violas, and violoncello. Mozart’s Viennese string quartets are invariably in four movements, with a minuet and trio as the third (or occasionally the second) movement.
The two quintets with strings and one woodwind were composed for specific virtuosos. KV 581, the so-called “Stadler Quintet”, with clarinet, is similar to the string quintets, while KV 407, written for the horn player Joseph Leitgeb, has only three movements and also shows characteristics of a concerto.
Autograph, 1787
Partitur: 24 Bl. (47 beschr. S.)
Abschrift, 1788
Quintetto / à / 2. Violini / 2. Viole / e / Violoncello / di / W: A: Mozart.
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Abschrift, 1760-1800
Quintetti/ Del. Sig: Mozart:
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Erstdruck, 1789
Grand/ QUINTETTO/ per/ due Violini due Viole e Violoncelle/ del/ SIG. MOZART/ In Vienna presso Artaria Comp./ [links:] 283.] [rechts:] fl. 2.
Stimmen: 36 S.
Frühdruck, 1795
Menuetto et Trio/ Pour/ Le Clavecin ou Piano Forte/ Par/ Mr. W. A. Mozart
Klavierauszug: 2 S.
Frühdruck, 1797
Trois / QUINTETTI / Pour / Deux Violons deux Altos et un Violoncel / composés / Par W: A: Mozart / 2.e Livre de Quintetti / Enregistré à la Bibliothèque Nationale.
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Frühdruck, 1801
No. 2/ des cinq principaux/ QUINTETTI,/ pour/ deux Violons, deux Violes/ & Violoncelle,/ composés/ par/ W. A. MOZART.
Stimmen: 33 S.
Frühdruck, 1801
Quintetto/ per/ 2. Violini, 2. Viola, e Violoncello/ Composto/ Dal Sig. W. A. Mozart/ No. 1
Stimmen: 36 S.
Frühdruck, 1804
[Titelblatt:] Collection/ COMPLETTE/ des QUATUORS/, Quintetti & Trio / DE/ A. MOZART/ Gravée par Richomme/ A PARIS
Stimmen: 165+ 4 S.
Frühdruck, 1803-1804
QUINTETTO/ Pour/ Deux Violons, 2 Alto et Violoncelle/ composé/ Par/ W. A. MOZART./ N=o V.
Stimmen: 35 S.