Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
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Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581 is a seminal chamber work for clarinet and string quartet, celebrated for its lyrical beauty, innovative writing for the clarinet, and lasting influence on later composers.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
chamber music composition
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clarinet quintet ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionYear | 1789 ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | K. 581 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonTitle |
Clarinet Quintet
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Stadler Quintet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Anton Stadler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | Classical period chamber music ⓘ |
| hasMovement |
Allegro in A major
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Finale: Allegretto con variazioni ⓘ Larghetto in D major ⓘ Menuetto with two trios ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
among the earliest major works for clarinet and string quartet
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expanded the clarinet’s role in chamber music ⓘ |
| influenced |
Carl Maria von Weber’s clarinet works
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Johannes Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 NERFINISHED ⓘ later clarinet chamber music ⓘ |
| key | A major ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Italian ⓘ |
| movementCount | 5 ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
innovative integration of clarinet with string quartet
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prominent lyrical writing for clarinet ⓘ use of basset clarinet’s extended lower range ⓘ |
| originalInstrument | basset clarinet in A ⓘ |
| performancePractice |
historically informed performances use reconstructed basset clarinet
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often performed on modern A clarinet ⓘ |
| period | Classical era ⓘ |
| placeInOeuvre | one of Mozart’s late chamber works ⓘ |
| reception |
frequently programmed in chamber music concerts
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widely regarded as a masterpiece of the clarinet repertoire ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scoredFor |
cello
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clarinet in A ⓘ two violins ⓘ viola ⓘ |
| structure |
minuet and trio third movement
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slow second movement with cantabile clarinet line ⓘ sonata-form first movement ⓘ theme and variations finale ⓘ |
| style |
intimate chamber texture
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lyrical ⓘ |
| tonalCenterFinale | A major ⓘ |
| tonalCenterFirstMovement | A major ⓘ |
| tonalCenterSecondMovement | D major ⓘ |
| tonalCenterThirdMovement | A major ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceDuration | about 30 minutes ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
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