String Quintet No. 1 (Mozart)
The String Quintet No. 1 in B flat major, K. 174, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in December 1773. Unlike Mozart's other viola quintets which are scored for two violins, two violas and cello- this early work is scored for two violins, two violas and basso.
Mozart composed this quintet a few months following the composition of the Viennese Quartets, K. 168-173 – indeed this work immediately follows that set in the first edition of the Köchel catalogue.
Movements
The work is in standard four movement form:
- I. Allegro moderato
in B-flat major - II. Adagio
in E-flat major - III. Menuetto ma Allegro 3
4 in B-flat major, with trio in F major - IV. Allegro 2
4 in B-flat major
References
- Charles Rosen, "The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven", 1997, Norton
External links
- Quintett in B: Score and critical report (German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
- Performance of String Quintet No. 1 by the Orion String Quartet with Ida Kavafian (viola) from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format
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