KV 406
Quintet in C minor
for 2 violins, 2 violas and violoncello
406
KV 406
for 2 violins, 2 violas and violoncello
406
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: 13 Bl. (25 beschr. S.)
Abschrift, 1760-1800
Quintetti/ del Sig: Mozart:
Stimmen
Erstdruck, 1792
Grand/ QUINTETTO/ per/ due Violini due Viole e Violoncello/ del/ SIG. MOZART/ [links:] Opera 24 _/ [Mitte:] N=o [handschriftliche Ziffer:] 3/ In Vienna presso Artaria Comp./ [links:] 283. 315.388. [rechts:] fl. 2.
Stimmen: 29 S.
Frühdruck, 1792
Grand/ Quintetto/ per/ due Violini, due Viole et Violoncello/ del Sig. W. A. Mozart/ Nr. 3
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Frühdruck, 1792
Grand Quintetto/ pour Deux Violons deux Alto/ et Violoncelle/ composé par/ M=r MOZART./ Oeuvre 24=me
Stimmen: 16 S.
Frühdruck, 1793
Grand Quintetto/ Pour Deux Violons, deux Altos/ et Violoncelle/ composé par/ Mr. W. A. Mozart/ Oeuvre XI
Stimmen: 16 S.
Frühdruck, 1797
Trois / QUINTETTI / pour / Deux Violons deux Altos et un Violoncel / composés / Par W: A: Mozart. / I Livre de Quintetti / Enregistré à la Bibliothèque Nationale. / Prix 10 # / A Paris
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Frühdruck, 1803
Quintetto/ pour/ deux Violons, 2 Alto et Violoncelle/ composé/ par W. A. Mozart./ No. VII
Stimmen: 20 S.
Frühdruck, 1804
[Titelblatt:] Collection/ COMPLETTE/ des QUATUORS/, Quintetti & Trio / DE/ A. MOZART/ Gravée par Richomme/ A PARIS
Stimmen: 165+ 4 S.
Frühdruck, 1806-1815
Grand/ QUINTETTO/ per/ due Violini, due Viole, e Violoncello/ del Sig./ W. A. MOZART/ [Mitte:] N=o [handschriftliche Ziffer:] 3/ In Vienna presso Gio. Cappi./ Piazza di St. Michele N.o 4/ [Mitte durchstrichen:] 388 [ersetzt durch:] 429 [rechts: ] fl. 2.
Stimmen: 29 S.