Adagio in E for Violin and Orchestra (Mozart)

The Adagio in E major for Violin and Orchestra, K. 261, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1776. It was probably a replacement movement for the original slow movement of his Violin Concerto No. 5 in A. Mozart wrote it specifically for the violinist Antonio Brunetti, because, as Mozart's father Leopold noted in a letter, the original movement was 'too studied' for Brunettle's liking.[1]

The work is scored for solo violin, two flutes, two horns in E and strings.

It is one of the few compositions Mozart wrote in the key of E major along with the Piano Trio No. 4, K. 542; the incomplete Horn Concerto, K. 494a; and the incomplete fugue, Anh. C27.10.

References

  1. ^ Keefe, Simon P (2008). "Violin concertos and the Sinfonia concertante". In Eisen, Cliff (ed.). The Cambridge Mozart encyclopedia (Repr ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-521-85659-1.
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