Piano Concerto No. 17 (Mozart)

Piano Concerto in G major
No. 17
by K . 453
Composed	1784 (1784)
Movements	Three (Allegro, Andante, Allegretto – Presto)
Scoring	Piano orchestra

The Piano Concerto No. 17 in

, was written in 1784.

The work is orchestrated for solo piano, flute, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns, and strings. Like most of Mozart's concertos, it is in three movements:

1. Allegro, ⁴
   ₄
2. Andante, ³
   ₄ in C major
3. Allegretto – Presto, ²
   ₂

According to the date that the composer himself noted on the score, the concerto was completed on April 12, 1784.

The date of the premiere is uncertain. In one view, the work is said to have been premiered by Mozart's student

. As a general consensus for researchers, it can be said with relative certainty that the work premiered during the mid-to-late spring of 1784, following its completion.

The finale is a variation movement whose theme was sung by Mozart's starling.

References

• Hutchings, A. A Companion to Mozart's Piano Concertos, Oxford University Press.
• Lorenz, Michael (2006) "New And Old Documents Concerning Mozart's Pupils Barbara Ployer And Josepha Auernhammer", Eighteenth-Century Music 3/2, (Cambridge University Press).

External links

• Konzert in G KV 453: Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
• Free scores by Piano Concerto No. 17 (Mozart) at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)Piano Concerto No. 17 (Mozart): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project