Piano Concerto No. 5 (Mozart)

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Piano Concerto in D major
No. 5
by W. A. Mozart
Martini bologna mozart 1777.jpg
The composer, a 1777 copy of a lost painting
Key D major
Catalogue K. 175
Composed1773 (1773)
MovementsThree (Allegro, Andante ma un poco adagio, Allegro)
Scoring
  • Piano
  • orchestra

Instrumentation

The work is scored for 2 oboes, 2 horns in D, 2 trumpets in D, timpani, and strings and was the only concerto with trumpets and timpani until No. 10, K. 365. The second movement omits the trumpets and timpani.

Movements

The three movements of the concerto are listed as follows:

  1. Allegro
  2. Andante ma un poco adagio (in G major)
  3. Rondo: Allegro

This concerto was a favorite of Mozart's and is mentioned in many of his letters. [1] The autograph manuscript, which was last reported to be in the possession of F. A. Grassnick in 1862, is now lost. Before 1860, it was in the possession of Johann August André and was bound together with K. 238. According to the Köchel catalogue, it bore the heading Concerto per il Clavicembalo del Sgr. Cavaliere Amadeo Wolfgango Mozart nel Decembre 1773, and comprised 54 folios with 107 sides used. [2]

Notes

  1. Hutchings, pp. 49–50
  2. Köchel, p. 165

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