Oboe Quartet (Mozart)

The Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370 (K368b), was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in early 1781. The quartet is scored for oboe, violin, viola and cello. In 1780, Mozart was invited to Munich to visit Elector Karl Theodor, who had commissioned the opera Idomeneo for a carnival celebration.^[1] While in Munich, Mozart renewed an acquaintance with Friedrich Ramm, a virtuoso oboist in the Munich orchestra. It was for Ramm that Mozart composed the quartet.^[1]

Structure

There are three movements:

• I. Allegro
• II. Adagio
• III. Rondeau: Allegro

An average performance takes around 15 minutes.

Media

	Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370 1. Allegro 2. Adagio 3. Rondeau: Allegro Performed by Laila Storch (oboe) with the Philadelphia Quartet
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Notes

References

• Berger, Melvin (2001). Guide to Chamber Music. Mineola, New York: Dover. ISBN 0-486-41879-0. 

External links

• Quartett in F für Oboe, Violine, Viola und Violoncello: Score and critical report (German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
• Oboe Quartet, K. 370: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• "Liner Notes to MOZART: Oboe Quartet, K. 370 / Horn Quintet, K. 407 / A Musical Joke, K. 522, Naxos 8.550437". Naxos Records. 1992. Retrieved May 2013. 
• Odom, Sally (2001). "Liner Notes to Oboe Quartet, Horn Quintet & other works, Hyperion CDH55390". Hyperion Records. Retrieved May 2013. 
• "WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART:Quartet in F Major for Oboe and Strings, K.370 - Program notes". La Jolla Music Society. Retrieved May 2013. 
• Darwin, Chris. "Mozart: Oboe Quartet". Retrieved May 2013. 
• Horner, Keith (10 March, 2013). "Program: Sundays with the St Lawrence - Mozart Oboe Quartet". Retrieved May 2013.  Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Buttall, Philip R (2006). "Program notes to a performance of the Quartet by the Endellion String Quartet & David Walter". Retrieved May 2013. 
• Pajot, Dennis. "K370/368a The Oboe Quartet in F". Retrieved May 2013. 
• Gallant, Thomas. "W.A. Mozart - Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370". Retrieved May 2013. 
• "Is it possible? - Mozart's Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370 - Professor Christopher Hogwood". Gresham College. 21 February, 2012. Retrieved May 2013.  Check date values in: |date= (help)

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