What is the timbre or tonecolor of EINE KLEINE NACHMUSIK
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Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525
COMPOSED BY
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1756-1791
ORCHESTRATION
strings
I. Allegro
II. Romanze
III. Menuetto
IV. Rondo: Allegro
Composed 1787.
The symphonies that bookend this evening’s program were two of the last works Mozart wrote in Salzburg before striking out on his own in Vienna. Together, they represent the end of an era. In 1772, Hieronymus Colloredo had been declared the Prince Archbishop of Salzburg and begun a series of political, social, and cultural reforms modeled on those of Emperor Joseph II, a so-called “enlightened despot.” Colloredo’s reforms included radical reductions to the musical activities in Salzburg that depended on his patronage. In response, Mozart and his father left for Vienna in July of 1773 to seek a court appointment there.