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1290763

Mozart: Ein Musikalischer Spass K522 (A Musical Joke) - symphonic wind dectet/bass (arr. Ray Thompson) Digital Sheet Music

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Mozart: Ein Musikalischer Spass K522 (A Musical Joke) - symphonic wind dectet/bass (arr. Ray Thompson)by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Performance Ensemble - Digital Sheet Music

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Artist Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Score Type
PDF, Included with PASS
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Arranger Ray Thompson
Format Digital Sheet Music
Pages 92
Arrangement Performance Ensemble
Publisher RayThompsonMusic
Product ID 1290763
Instruments Bassoon B-flat Clarinet Double Bass Flute Horn Oboe

Product Description

Arranged symphonic wind dectet/bass

A Musical Joke (in German: Ein musikalischer Spaß) K. 522, (Divertimento for two horns and string quartet) is a composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; the composer entered it in his Verzeichnis aller meiner Werke (Catalogue of All My Works) on June 14, 1787. Commentators have opined that the piece's purpose is satirical that "[its] harmonic and rhythmic gaffes serve to parody the work of incompetent composers" though Mozart himself is not known to have revealed his actual intentions.

The title A Musical Joke might be a poor rendering of the German original: Spaß does not necessarily connote the jocular, for which the word Scherzwould more likely be used. In Fritz Spiegl's view, a more accurate translation would be Some Musical Fun. The sometimes-mentioned nicknames "Dorfmusikantensextett" ("village musicians' sextet") and "Bauernsinfonie" ("farmers' symphony") were added after Mozart's death.

The piece consists of four movements and takes about 20 minutes to perform.

Allegro (sonata form), F major
Menuetto and trio, F major (trio in B-flat major)
Adagio cantabile, C major
Presto (sonata rondo form), F major

In a modernised version by Waldo de los Rios, the opening of the finale of A Musical Joke was used for many years as the theme tune to the BBC's Horse of the Year Show.

The mp3 is of the Finale.

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