Piano Concerto No. 11 (Mozart)
Piano Concerto in F major | |
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No. 11 | |
by W. A. Mozart | |
Key | F major |
Catalogue | K. 413 |
Genre | Concerto |
Style | Classical period |
Composed | 1782 |
Movements | Three (Allegro, Larghetto, Tempo di menuetto) |
Scoring |
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- Allegro in 3
4 - Larghetto in 4)
4 (in B♭ major - Tempo di menuetto in 3
4
It is scored for solo keyboard (piano or harpsichord), two oboes, two bassoons (second movement only), two horns and strings. The winds and brass do not play an important role throughout the concerto, and Mozart himself advertised an "a quattro" version, which is for string quartet and keyboard only, presumably for domestic use. As per 18th century performance practice a string orchestra could also have provided as a suitable option for the "quattro" accompaniment.
The time signatures of the concerto are slightly unusual: Mozart wrote only three other keyboard concertos with first movements in 3
4 (No. 4, K.
The second movement is in binary form.
The third movement, on the other hand, is unusual both in its minuet form, and in its variation of the normal rondo structure.
References
- Girdlestone, C. M. Mozart's piano concertos. Cassell, London.
- Hutchings, A. A Companion to Mozart's Piano Concertos, Oxford University Press.
- Mozart, W. A. Piano Concertos Nos. 11–16 in full score. Dover Publications, New York.
External links
- Konzert in F KV 413 (387a): Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
- Piano Concerto No. 11: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project