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The Piano Concerto No. 8 in C major, K. 246, or Lützow Concert was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in April 1776 in the same year as the Haffner Serenade (K. 250). [ 1] Countess Antonia Lützow, who was 25 or 26 years old at the time, was the second wife of Johann Nepomuk Gottfried Graf Lützow, the Commander of the Hohensalzburg Fortress.
Chopsticks (waltz) Concert Allegro (Elgar) Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra (Mozart) Concerto for Free Bass Accordion. Concerto for Two Trumpets (Vivaldi) Concerto in C major, RV 558. Concerto in C major, RV 559. Concerto, BWV 525a. Concertone for two Violins and Orchestra.
See also List of symphonies in C major.) Many masses and settings of the Te Deum in the Classical era were in C major. Mozart and Haydn wrote most of their masses in C major. [3] Gounod (in a review of Sibelius' Third Symphony) said that "only God composes in C major". Six of his own masses are written in C. [4]
In the Classical period, C major was the key most often chosen for symphonies with trumpets and timpani. Even in the Romantic period, with its greater use of minor keys and the ability to use trumpets and timpani in any key, C major remained a very popular choice of key for a symphony. The following list includes only the most famous examples.
An Italian term which meant more than one soloist with an accompanying orchestra, similar to a symphonie concertante. Leopold Mozart also called the work a concertone in his copy. The title page of the score only refers to two solo violins and orchestra. But the music contains notable solo writing for the oboe, cello and with a few passages for ...
The very end of the movement which Mozart wrote, an F major coda, was misplaced in the autograph but appears in the 1784 publication. This key is F major, the subdominant of C major. After the A section is heard, the music then modulates to the B section in the parallel key of F minor, and its relative key (A-flat major). The movement then ...
Glossary of music terminology. A variety of musical terms are encountered in printed scores, music reviews, and program notes. Most of the terms are Italian, in accordance with the Italian origins of many European musical conventions. Sometimes, the special musical meanings of these phrases differ from the original or current Italian meanings.
Arcangelo Corelli. Twelve concerti grossi, Op. 6, is a collection of twelve concerti written by Arcangelo Corelli probably in the 1680s but not prepared for publication until 1714. They are among the finest and first examples of concerti grossi: concertos for a concertino group (here a 1st violin, a 2nd violin and a cello) and a ripieno group ...