Mozart's Chords

CR: 48
Year: 2007
Duration: 15'
Instrumentation: Ensemble
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Flute (doubling Piccolo)
Clarinet in Bb
Bassoon

Trumpet in C
Trombone

Violin
Cello

Percussion (3 players)
Triangle
Crash Cymbal (suspended)
Suspended Cymbal
Piccolo Side Drum without snares
Side Drum with snares
Side Drum without snares
Tenor Drum without snares
Tam-tam
Bass Drum

Piano

Bass Guitar

In 1787, Mozart wrote Ein musikalischer Spaß. The piece ends with three complex chords that are notated as if being in 5 tonalities at the same time: F major, G major, A major, E-flat major, and B-flat. In Mozart's Chords, sections based on these three chords are alternated with episodes that contain different material. This formal procedure refers to the rondo form, which was often used by Mozart and his contemporaries.

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