Mozart piano concerto 20 - oliver aldort
Mozart piano concerto 20 analysis!
Mozart piano concerto 20 - oliver aldort
Piano Concerto No. 20 (Mozart)
Concertante work by Mozart
| Piano Concerto in D minor | |
|---|---|
First page of the autograph | |
| Key | D minor |
| Catalogue | K.
466 |
| Genre | Concerto |
| Style | Classical period |
| Composed | 1785 (1785) |
| Performed | February 11, 1785; 239 years ago (1785-02-11) Mehlgrube Casino, Vienna |
| Movements | 3 |
| Scoring | |
The Piano Concerto No.
20 in D minor, K. 466, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1785. The first performance took place at the Mehlgrube Casino in Vienna on 11 February 1785, with the composer as the soloist.
Background
A few days after the first performance, the composer's father, Leopold, visiting in Vienna, wrote to his daughter Nannerl about her brother's recent success: "[I heard] an excellent new piano concerto by Wolfgang, on which the copyist was still at work when we got here, and your brother didn't even have time to play through the rondo because he had to oversee the copying operation."
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