Large Ensemble B-Flat Clarinet, B-flat Clarinet, Bassoon, Double Bass, Flute, Horn, Oboe - Level 4 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1195142
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Arranged by Ray Thompson. This edition: pdf, streaming. Chamber, Classical, Comedy. 92 pages. RayThompsonMusic #794318. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.1195142).
Arranged symphonic wind dectet/bass
A Musical Joke (in German: Ein musikalischer Spaß) K. 522, (Divertimento for two horns and string quartet) is a composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; the composer entered it in his Verzeichnis aller meiner Werke (Catalogue of All My Works) on June 14, 1787. Commentators have opined that the piece's purpose is satirical – that "[its] harmonic and rhythmic gaffes serve to parody the work of incompetent composers" – though Mozart himself is not known to have revealed his actual intentions.
The title A Musical Joke might be a poor rendering of the German original: Spaß does not necessarily connote the jocular, for which the word Scherzwould more likely be used. In Fritz Spiegl's view, a more accurate translation would be Some Musical Fun. The sometimes-mentioned nicknames "Dorfmusikantensextett" ("village musicians' sextet") and "Bauernsinfonie" ("farmers' symphony") were added after Mozart's death.
The piece consists of four movements and takes about 20 minutes to perform.
Allegro (sonata form), F major
Menuetto and trio, F major (trio in B-flat major)
Adagio cantabile, C major
Presto (sonata rondo form), F major
In a modernised version by Waldo de los Rios, the opening of the finale of A Musical Joke was used for many years as the theme tune to the BBC's Horse of the Year Show.
The mp3 is of the Finale.
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Large Ensemble B-Flat Clarinet, B-flat Clarinet, Bassoon, Double Bass, Flute, Horn, Oboe - Level 4 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1195142
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Arranged by Ray Thompson. This edition: pdf, streaming. Chamber, Classical, Comedy. 92 pages. RayThompsonMusic #794318. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.1195142).
Arranged symphonic wind dectet/bass
A Musical Joke (in German: Ein musikalischer Spaß) K. 522, (Divertimento for two horns and string quartet) is a composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; the composer entered it in his Verzeichnis aller meiner Werke (Catalogue of All My Works) on June 14, 1787. Commentators have opined that the piece's purpose is satirical – that "[its] harmonic and rhythmic gaffes serve to parody the work of incompetent composers" – though Mozart himself is not known to have revealed his actual intentions.
The title A Musical Joke might be a poor rendering of the German original: Spaß does not necessarily connote the jocular, for which the word Scherzwould more likely be used. In Fritz Spiegl's view, a more accurate translation would be Some Musical Fun. The sometimes-mentioned nicknames "Dorfmusikantensextett" ("village musicians' sextet") and "Bauernsinfonie" ("farmers' symphony") were added after Mozart's death.
The piece consists of four movements and takes about 20 minutes to perform.
Allegro (sonata form), F major
Menuetto and trio, F major (trio in B-flat major)
Adagio cantabile, C major
Presto (sonata rondo form), F major
In a modernised version by Waldo de los Rios, the opening of the finale of A Musical Joke was used for many years as the theme tune to the BBC's Horse of the Year Show.
The mp3 is of the Finale.
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global
self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters.
ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular
titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.
About Digital Downloads
Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on
your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music,
you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and
you don't have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play!
PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page
that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are
only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not
digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not
print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).
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