Mozart - Duo for violin and viola no. 1, KV 423 (3/3)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Duo no. 1 K.V. 423 for violin and viola (summer 1783, Salzburg?)
3. Rondeau; Allegro

Arthur Grumiaux, violin
Arrigo Pellicia, viola

String Duo No. 1 in G major for violin and viola, K. 423, the first of the two Mozart wrote to complete Michael Haydn's set of six for the Archbishop Colloredo, was written in the summer of 1783.

While both Mozart's and Haydn's duos give the viola lots of double stops, Mozart's duos differ in that the viola also gets many passages in sixteenths, almost in equal proportion to the violin. H. C. Robbins Landon notes in particular of K. 423 that Mozart had retained the knowledge he gained in writing the String Quartet in G major, K. 387. (the finale of which was in turn influenced by Haydn's Symphony No. 23).

The set of six was presented as all Haydn's, and Colloredo was unable to "detect in them Mozart's obvious workmanship."

By transposing the viola part an octave down and changing to bass clef, the piece is readily playable on cello. Werner Rainer edited such a transcription for Verlag Doblinger.

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[bartje11]

IMSLP had not the complete duo available. Only the violin part.

[Darkbat667]

 Viola all the way!

[imhotyournotdaym]

WOOOOO VIOLA <3

[THEMUSICALDREAMER100]

Mozart was himself a very fine viola player, and his feeling for the instrument is as much in evidence in some of his works.

[nuggie9511]

i know im kind of picky but I wish they were more in sync with each other.

[MrConvivator]

Danke, habe Link gesetzt