The Long Line
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed the Horn Quintet in E♭ major, K. 407 (386c), in 1782 for the soloist Joseph Leutgeb. The work calls for one horn, one violin, two violas and one cello, which differs from the typical string quartet arrangement that includes two violins.
Movements
- 1=Allegro, A major, time = , 197 bars, where bars 1 to 79 and bars 80 to 197 are repeated. with exposition, development, and recapitulation.
- 2=Larghetto, D major, time = , 85 bars
- 3=Menuetto with Trio I in A minor and Trio II in A major, time = , 31 + 41 + 51 bars. Here, too, the individual sections are repeated.
- 4=Allegretto con variazioni, A major , time = . The presentation of the theme with 16 bars is followed by four variations with three times 16 and one time 20 bars. This is followed by two basically independent small movements: an Adagio with 21 bars and an Allegro with 36 bars. Here, too, repetition · A minor