Mozart: Grande sestetto concertante (arr. for string sextet)
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Editor: Christopher Hogwood (1941-2014) Instrumentation: String Sextet (2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos) Work: Grande sestetto concertante (after K. 364) Binding: Paperback ISMN: 9790006533572 Size: 9.1 x 11.8 inches Pages: 61 Urtext / Critical Edition Description Mozart's Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola, K. 364 (320d), is his only complete surviving work in this genre. He wrote it in 1779 after returning from Paris and Mannheim . For two decades it was known only in a few copyists' manuscripts. The first edition did not appear until 1802. The work achieved great popularity that same year, particularly the arrangements for piano four-hands and piano trio. This arrangement for string sextet, dating from 1808, is interesting not only for its unusual scoring but also for the way the two concertante instruments interact with the other strings. Our edition revives this arrangement after almost two centuries, drawing pri