Adagio in E for Violin and Orchestra (Mozart)

1776 composition by W. A. Mozart

1777 portrait of Mozart

The Adagio in E major for Violin and Orchestra, K. 261, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1776. It was probably a replacement movement for the original slow movement of his Violin Concerto No. 5 in A. It is believed that Mozart wrote it specifically for the violinist Antonio Brunetti, who complained that the original slow movement was "too artificial".[1] The work is scored for solo violin, two flutes, two horns in E and strings.

It is one of the few compositions Mozart wrote in the key of E major: Piano Trio No. 4, K. 542; the incomplete Horn Concerto, K. 494a; the incomplete fugue, Anh. C27.10.

## Notes

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1. ^ "About this Recording", (Violin Concertos Nos. 3 and 5 (Takako Nishizaki, Cappella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Naxos Records)

## External links

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*   * Adagio in E für Violine und Orchester: Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
* Adagio in E major, K. 261: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
* Animated score on YouTube, Arthur Grumiaux, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Raymond Leppard, 1967

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Concertos and other concertante works for violin by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Violin Concertos|

* No. 1 in B-flat major, K. 207
* No. 2 in D major, K. 211
* No. 3 in G major, K. 216 (Straßburg)
* No. 4 in D major, K. 218
* No. 5 in A major, K. 219 (Turkish)

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* Adagio in E major, K. 261
* Rondo in B-flat major, K. 269/261a
* Rondo in C major, K. 373

Multiple instruments|

* Concertone for Two Violins and Orchestra in C major, K. 190/186E
* Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra in D major, K. Anh. 56/315f (fragment)
* Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-flat major, K. 364/320d
* Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola, Cello and Orchestra in A major, K. Anh 104/320e (fragment)

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* Violin Concerto (No. 7) in D major, K. 271a/271i (Kolb)

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* Violin Concerto (No. 6) in E-flat major, K. 268/365b/Anh.C 14.04, attributed to Johann Friedrich Eck
* Violin Concerto in D major, K. Anh. 294a/Anh.C 14.05 (Adélaïde), by Marius Casadesus

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