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String Quintet No. 5 (Mozart)

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The String Quintet No. 5 in D major, K. 593 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1790. Like all of Mozart's string quintets, it is a "viola quintet" in that it is scored for string quartet and an extra viola (two violins, two violas and cello).

Movements

The work is in standard four movement form:

  • I. Larghetto 3
    4
    - Allegro - Larghetto 3
    4
    - Primo Tempo in D major
  • II. Adagio 3
    4
    in G major
  • III. Menuetto: Allegretto 3
    4
    in D major, with trio in D major
  • IV. Allegro 6
    8
    in D major
  • According to the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe, the finale was printed, and known for some time, in an inauthentic edition, in which its main theme, originally a descending chromatic scale fragment, was replaced in most of its appearances in the movement by a more complicated zigzag ("Zickzackform") themelet.

    References

    String Quintet No. 5 (Mozart) Wikipedia