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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: A Musical Joke K. 522

for 2 Violins, Viola, Basso and 2 Horns

sheet music

Setting: Mixed Ensemble
Length: 56 pages
Weight: 0.238 kg
Publisher: G. Henle Verlag
Item number: HN1281
Other reference: HN 1281
ISMN: 9790201812816
This Henle edition is full of mistakes! The publisher can freely admit this, because the odd notes here all come from Mozart himself ╩ he consciously inserted them into his Musical Joke. In this amusing and mischievous piece, Mozart does not chiefly parody musicians who play wrong notes (the later title ''Village Musicians'' was not his). Rather, in this chamber music joke he aims an angry side-swipe at dilettante composer-colleagues of his time, whose lack of imagination and artless composition
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