Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

's String Duo No. 2 in B-flat major for

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viola The viola ( , () ) is a string instrument of the violin family, and is usually bowed when played. Violas are slightly larger than violins, and have a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the ...

, K. 424, the second of the two Mozart wrote ee String Duo No. 1 (Mozart)">String_Duo_No._1_(Mozart).html" ;"title="ee String Duo No. 1 (Mozart)">ee String Duo No. 1 (Mozart)to complete Michael Haydn's set of six for the Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Archbishop Colloredo, was written in the summer of 1783. It is in three movements: # Adagio-Allegro, common time # Andante cantabile, E-flat major, 6/8 # Andante grazioso, cut time The last movement is a theme with six variations and a coda. As a whole, this duo blends in better with Haydn's four because the viola is more limited to providing harmony than in String Duo No. 1 (Mozart), K. 423. The set of six was presented as all Haydn's, and Colloredo was unable to "detect in them Mozart's obvious workmanship." The Austrian composer

Gerhard Präsent Gerhard Präsent (born 21 June 1957) is an Austrian composer, conductor and academic teacher. Professional career Born in Graz, Präsent studied from 1976 at the Musikhochschule Graz, composition with Iván Erőd and conducting with Milan Horv ...

has made an arrangement for string trio (2 violins & violoncello) in 2012, regularly performed by the

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Animated score on YouTube, performed on historical instruments Chamber music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Compositions in B-flat major 1783 compositions {{chamber-composition-stub