Mozart and Mechanical Organs
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed three works for the mechanical organ and organ clock. These pieces were commissioned by Count Joseph Deym von Stritetz under the alias of “Mr. Müller”.[1]
History
Count Deym wanted to use the first piece as a funeral mass to lament Ernst Gideon von Laudon. Mozart, seeking money, hesitantly accepted the commission.[1] On 3 October 1790, Mozart wrote to his wife, Constanze:
I have now made up my mind to compose at once the Adagio for the clockmaker and then to slip a few ducats into the hand of my dear wife. And this I have done; but as it is a kind of composition which I detest, I have unfortunately not been able to finish it. I compose a bit of it every day—but I have to break off now and then, as I get bored. And indeed I would give the whole thing up, if I had not such an important reason to go on with it. But I still hope that I shall be able to force myself gradually to finish it.[2]
Mozart completed these three pieces by the end of May 1791.
Works
- Adagio and Allegro in F minor for a mechanical organ, K. 594
- Fantasia in F minor for a Mechanical Organ, K. 608 (in Mozart's own hand, "Ein Orgelstücke für eine Uhr" [An organ piece for a clock])
- Andante in F for a Small Mechanical Organ, K. 616
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mechanical Mozart!". interlude.hk. 21 October 2013.
- ↑ "Wolfgang Amadè Mozart's Allegro and Andante ("Fantasy") in F Minor for Mechanical Organ, K. 608 | A Guide to the Moldenhauer Archives | Articles and Essays | the Moldenhauer Archives – the Rosaleen Moldenhauer Memorial | Digital Collections | Library of Congress". Library of Congress.
External links
- Adagio und Allegro in f für ein Orgelwerk: Score in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
- Allegro und Andante (Fantasie in f) für eine Orgelwalze: Score in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
- Andante in F für eine Orgelwalze: Score in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
- Adagio and Allegro in F minor, K. 594, Fantasia in F minor, K. 608, Andante in F major, K. 616: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
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