| Flute Concerto in G major | |
|---|---|
| No. 1 | |
| by W. A. Mozart | |
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| Key | G major |
| Catalogue | K. 313 |
| Genre | Concerto |
| Style | Classical period |
| Composed | 1778 |
| Movements | Three (Allegro maestoso, Adagio ma non troppo, Rondo – Tempo di menuetto) |
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The Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K. 313, was written in 1778 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Commissioned by the Dutch surgeon and amateur flutist Ferdinand Dejean (1731–1797) in 1777, Mozart was supposed to provide four flute quartets and three flute concertos, yet he only completed two of the three concertos, this one being the first.[1] The Andante for Flute and Orchestra, K. 315, may have been written as an alternative slow movement for this concerto, but there is no extant manuscript and it is therefore difficult to ascertain Mozart's intentions clearly (this also means that current editions are based on the earliest editions rather than an autograph).[2]
- ^ Stevenson, Joseph. Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major at AllMusic
- ^ De Boni, Marco, "Critical and Performance Notes", in Mozart, W. A., Concerto in G, MDB Urtext, 2015, ISBN 9781519393357