Gallimathias musicum

1766 composition by W. A. Mozart

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Gallimathias musicum (also spelled Galimathias musicum) in D major, K. 32, is a quodlibet composed in March 1766 by the ten-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart during his grand tour of Europe. It was first performed at The Hague on 11 March 1766. A typical performance of this piece lasts twenty minutes.

Instrumentation and structure

The work is scored for two oboes, two horns in D (and C and F), bassoon, mainly colla parte with double bass, harpsichord and strings, and consists of seventeen movements:

Molto allegro
Andante in D minor
Allegro
Pastorella in G major
Allegro
Allegretto in A major
Allegro
Molto adagio in G major
Allegro in C major
Largo in D minor
Allegro
Andante in F major
Allegro in E-flat major (harpsichord solo)
Menuet in F major
Adagio in D minor
Presto
Fugue in F major

A galimatias is a term for nonsense, gobbledygook, a hodgepdge. Not all instruments feature in every movement. No. 8 contains the lyrics, Eitelkeit! Eitelkeit! Ewig's Verderben! Wenn all's versoffen ist, gibts nichts zu erben. [Vanity! Vanity! Eternal ruin! When everything is boozed away, no inheritance is left.], but no singing voice is specified.

References

External links

Gallimathias musicum: Score in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
Gallimathias musicum, K. 32: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Audio on YouTube, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, conducted by János Rolla [hu]