Adagio in B minor (Mozart)
The Adagio in B minor, K. 540, is a composition for piano solo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He entered it into his Verzeichnis aller meiner Werke (Catalogue of all my Works) on 19 March 1788.
At 57 measures, the duration of the piece is largely based on the performer's interpretation, including the decision of whether to do both repeats; it may last between 5+1⁄2 and 16 minutes. The key of B minor is very rare in Mozart's compositions; it is used in only one other instrumental work, the slow movement from the Flute Quartet No. 1 in D major, K. 285. Mozart specifically noted the key of B minor in his catalogue, which he did for no other piece.
In 1841 Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart used themes from this composition in his own Fest-Chor.
The Austrian composer and academic Gerhard Präsent has made an arrangement for string quartet in four movements Fantasy Quartet in D in which this piece acts as the third one.[1]
The autograph is at the Stiftelsen Musikkulturens Främjande Library, Stockholm.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "www.alea.at". Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
- ^ "Adagio–B minor; Autograph manuscript; KV 540; S-Smf MMS 1003" RISM 190015165
External links
[edit]- Adagio in h, KV 540: Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
- Adagio in B minor, K. 540: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- "Discography and three performances", piano (Péter Nagy), Hammerklavier (Luc Devos), organ (János Sebestyén) – via International Mozarteum Foundation
- Adagio in B minor, K. 540 (audio) on YouTube, played in 6 1/2 minutes, by Vladimir Horowitz on 26 October 1986, Orchestra Hall, Chicago
- Adagio in B minor, K. 540 (audio) on YouTube, played in 10 1/2 minutes by Richard Fuller on fortepiano
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