Klarinet Archive - Posting 000308.txt from 1998/11

From: Note Staff Unlimited <notestaff@-----.ch>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mozart and a "new concerto"
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 22:54:11 -0500

> > > Hey Dan, whoah, not so fast! I also always thought that Mozart only wrote five
> > > violin concertos (and was always jealous as a clarinettist with only one!) but
> > > there *is* a work for violin and orchestra which *may* be by Mozart. It's
> > > called "Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in Eb Major K 268". Yes, it even has
> > > a Koechel number! You can buy a pocket score from Eulenburg. It's Edition
> > > Eulenburg Nr. 718.
>
> Sorry. This dog won't bark. K. 268 (as wellas K. 271a) is a work of
> seriously disputed authorship, Eulenburg score nothwithstanding and has
> been moved to that section of the Kochel catalog reserved for
> "doubtful and spurious" pieces.
>
> The following is a complete list of works for solo violin and
> orchestra that are by Mozart:
>
> 1. K. 207 in B-flat
> 2. K. 211 in D
> 3. K. 216 in G
> 4. K. 218 in D
> 5. K. 219 in A
>
> There are also three works for solo violin and orchestra that are only
> one movement long and thus do not conform to the concerto form.
>
> They are K. 261 in E, K. 269 in B-flat, and K. 373 in C.
>
> There is also the concertone for two violins which in no way fits
> the description of the work under discussion, and the concertante
> for violin, viola and orchestra, same story.
>
> There is no 6th violin concerto and it is unlikely that Klocker
> has found a work of Mozart. It may be wonderful and delightful,
> but it is almost certainly not by Mozart.
>
> =======================================
> Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
> leeson@-----.edu
> =======================================
>
> Dan,

I wonder how you can be so sure? Do you know the piece? Who might the composer be? Who
else would have been capable of creating such a delightful work? Why was it moved to
the doubtful list? Perhaps because it was a poor arrangement of his Eb clarinet
concerto??? Perhaps we will never know ... alas. But, to me, it is of secondary
importance who wrote the piece. It is wonderful music. And, having only one Mozart
concerto, can you blame me for desiring another?

David
David Glenn
notestaff@-----.ch

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