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1770 Verona portrait of Mozart. Symphony No. 12 in G major, K. 110/75b, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was composed in Salzburg in the summer of 1771. The symphony was apparently prepared in anticipation of Mozart's second Italian journey, which was to take place between August and December 1771. [1]
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The concertos in major keys were undervalued in the 19th century. Clara Schumann 's concert repertoire contained only the D minor, the C minor, and No. 10 for two pianos in E ♭ major, K. 365 , which she first performed in concert in 1857, 1863, and 1883 respectively. [ 13 ]
In Baroque music, G major was regarded as the "key of benediction". [1] Of Domenico Scarlatti's 555 keyboard sonatas, G major is the home key for 69, or about 12.4%, sonatas. In the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, "G major is often a key of 6 8 chain rhythms", according to Alfred Einstein, [2] although Bach also used the key for some 4
The premiere performance took place in New York City, on 12 November 1881. The soloist was Madeline Schiller , and Theodore Thomas conducted the New York Philharmonic orchestra. [ 1 ] The first Russian performance was in Moscow in May 1882 , [ 2 ] conducted by Anton Rubinstein with Tchaikovsky's pupil, Sergei Taneyev , at the piano .
The Allegro is in sonata form, opening with a G major theme played by the orchestra. The main theme is a bright and happy discussion between the solo violin and the accompaniment, followed by a modulation to the dominant D major, then to its parallel key D minor.
Allegretto in A major It was the first of a set of three keyboard concertos (with K. 413 and 415 ) that Mozart performed at his Lenten concerts in 1783. The concert rondo in A, K. 386 , has often been discussed as an alternative finale to the work; however, K. 386 cannot be performed a quattro , and autograph evidence shows that the current ...
In 1776, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed three piano concertos, one of which was the Concerto for three pianos and orchestra in F major, No. 7, K. 242. He originally finished it in February 1776 for three pianos; however, when he eventually recomposed it for himself and another pianist in 1780 in Salzburg, he rearranged it for two pianos, and that is how the piece is often performed today.