Violin Concerto No. 2 (Mozart)

Violin Concerto No. 2
by W. A. Mozart
1773 miniature of Mozart
KeyD major
CatalogueK. 211
Composed1775 (1775)
Movements3
Scoring
  • Violin
  • orchestra

Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 211 was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1775. The concerto has the usual fast–slow–fast structure.

Stanley Sadie describes the first movement as uncharacteristic of Mozart, almost clumsily written and curiously old-fashioned. He points out that the last movement, a rondo in the style of a minuet, instead of bringing back the original thematic material at the end as would be expected, uses material from the second section.

Structure

The movements of the work have the tempo indications :

  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Andante
  3. Rondeau: Allegro
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The concerto lasts around 20 minutes. It is scored for 2 oboes, 2 horns in D and strings.

Like the Violin Concerto No. 4, K. 218, and the Violin Concerto No. 5, K. 219, the codetta of the tutti exposition returns to close both the solo exposition and the recapitulation.

References

  1. 1 2 Simon, Edwin J. (July–December 1959). "Sonata into Concerto. A study of Mozart's first seven concertos". Acta Musicologica. 31 (3/4): 172 (170–185). doi:10.2307/931392. JSTOR 931392.
  2. ↑ Sadie, Stanley (2006). Mozart: The Early Years, 1756–1781 (1st ed.). New York: Norton. pp. 372–373. ISBN 978-0-393-06112-3.