Piano Concerto No. 13 (Mozart)

Piano Concerto in C major
No. 13
by W. A. Mozart
Pianoforte by Johann Andreas Stein (Augsburg, 1775) – Berlin, Musikinstrumenten-Museum
Key	C major
Catalogue	K. 415
Composed	1782 (1782)–83
Movements	Three (Allegro vivace, Andante, Allegro)
Scoring	Piano orchestra

The Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415 (387b) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was composed in Vienna in 1782–83. It is the third of the first three full concertos Mozart composed for his subscription concerts.

It consists of three movements:

1. Allegro, in C major and
2. Andante, in F major and ³
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3. Allegro, in C major and ⁶
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The average duration of performance of Concerte für das Pianoforte (vol. 2, no.13), is 23 minutes.^[1]

Instrumentation: solo – piano (or harpsichord); orchestra: 2 oboes, 2 bassoons + 2 horns, 2 trumpets + timpani + strings.

Mozart wrote this and the piano concertos nos. 12, K. 414, and 14, K. 449, for his subscription concerts, "either with a large orchestra with wind instruments or merely a quattro" [with string quartet].