Piano Concerto No. 8 (Mozart)
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The Piano Concerto No. 8 in C major
, K. 246, or Lützow Concert was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
in April of 1776 in the same year as the Haffner Serenade (KV 250). Countess Antonia Lützow, 25 or 26 years old, second wife of Johann Nepomuk Gottfried Graf Lützow, the Commander of the Hohensalzburg Fortress, was a fine pianist. The solo work is not highly demanding, but it does require agility. Mozart played the Piano Concerto in Mannheim
and Munich on October 4, 1777 and used it for teaching. Three different cadenzas have survived varying difficulty, accommodating the abilities of performers from student level to professional : one for two pianos.
It is also suggested Mozart wrote a violin concerto for her brother Johann Rudolph Czernin
(and almost the same age as Mozart). Johann Rudolf, his sister and their father were in connection with Mozart at that time, while Mozart was in service of their uncle Count Hieronymus von Colloredo
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The concerto, very convenient for beginning performers, is in three movements:
C major
C major is a musical major scale based on C, with pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. Its key signature has no flats/sharps.Its relative minor is A minor, and its parallel minor is C minor....
, K. 246, or Lützow Concert was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
in April of 1776 in the same year as the Haffner Serenade (KV 250). Countess Antonia Lützow, 25 or 26 years old, second wife of Johann Nepomuk Gottfried Graf Lützow, the Commander of the Hohensalzburg Fortress, was a fine pianist. The solo work is not highly demanding, but it does require agility. Mozart played the Piano Concerto in Mannheim
Mannheim
Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....
and Munich on October 4, 1777 and used it for teaching. Three different cadenzas have survived varying difficulty, accommodating the abilities of performers from student level to professional : one for two pianos.
It is also suggested Mozart wrote a violin concerto for her brother Johann Rudolph Czernin
Johann Rudolf Czernin von und zu Chudenitz
Johann Rudolf Graf Czernin von und zu Chudenitz was a k. u. k. Austrian civil servant and theater director. He descended from the old Bohemian noble family Czernin von und zu Chudenitz...
(and almost the same age as Mozart). Johann Rudolf, his sister and their father were in connection with Mozart at that time, while Mozart was in service of their uncle Count Hieronymus von Colloredo
Count Hieronymus von Colloredo
Count Hieronymus Joseph Franz de Paula Graf Colloredo von Wallsee und Melz was Prince-Bishop of Gurk from 1761 and Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg from 1771 until 1803, when the Archbishopric was secularized.-Life:He was the second son of Count Rudolf Wenzel Joseph Colloredo von Wallsee und Melz , a...
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The concerto, very convenient for beginning performers, is in three movements:
- I. Allegro aperto.
- II. Andante
- III. RondeauRondoRondo, and its French equivalent rondeau, is a word that has been used in music in a number of ways, most often in reference to a musical form, but also to a character-type that is distinct from the form...
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