Gallimathias musicum
Galimathias musicum in D major, K. 32, is a quodlibet composed in March 1766 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart during his grand tour of Europe (first performance: The Hague, 11 March 1766). A typical performance of this piece lasts twenty minutes.
Instrumentation and structure
The work is scored for strings, two horns, two oboes, bassoon and harpsichord and consists of seventeen movements:
- Molto allegro
- Andante in D minor
- Allegro
- Pastorella in G major
- Allegro
- Allegretto in A major
- Allegro
- Molto adagio in G major
- Allegro in C major
- Largo in D minor
- Allegro
- Andante in F major
- Allegro in E-flat major
- Menuet in F major
- Adagio in D minor
- Presto
- Fugue in F major
Sources of the music
The piece has some movements which were composed on the basis of other existing pieces.
Manuscripts
Galimathias musicum survives in four manuscripts which represent two different versions of the work.
References
External links
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- Galimathias musicum: Score in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
- Galimathias musicum, K. 32: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project