Violin Concerto No. 2 (Mozart)

Violin Concerto in D major
Violin Concerto in D major
No. 2
by W. A. Mozart
Key	D major
Catalogue	K. 211
Composed	1775
Movements	Three (Allegro moderato, Andante, Rondeau: Allegro)
Scoring	Violin; orchestra;

Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 211 was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1775.^[1] The concerto has the usual fast–slow–fast structure. The movements of the work have the tempo headings:

Allegro moderato
Andante
Rondeau: Allegro

$\relative c' { \key d \major \time 4/4 \tempo "Allegro moderato" \tempo 4 = 70 <d d'>4\f a'8. a16 fis8 d r8 \tuplet 3/2 {d16 (e d)} g8-! r8 r8 \tuplet 3/2 {d16 (e d)} b'8-! r8 r8 \tuplet 3/2 {d16 (cis b)} \tuplet 3/2 {a16 d (cis} \tuplet 3/2 {d) e-! fis-!} g8-! g-! g-! \trill fis r8 \tuplet 3/2 {d,16\p (e d)} g8-! r8 r8 \tuplet 3/2 {d16 (e d)} b'8-! r8 }$

$\relative c' { \key g \major \time 3/4 \tempo "Andante" \tempo 4 = 60 d'2\f e8. (c16) d8. (b16) g'4 g b8\p (fis g dis e g) cis,8 (d e c ais b) a8.\f (a'16) a4. (g8) g8. (fis16) fis4. (e8) d (cis\p c a) b (e) g,2 (fis8) r8 }$

$\relative c' { \key d \major \time 3/4 \tempo "Rondeau : Allegro" \tempo 4 = 150 fis'4. (g8 gis a) b (a) g-. fis-. e-. d-. e4-! e4-! fis4-! fis8. (g16) e4-! r4 d8 (e fis d cis a) d8 (e fis d cis a) d8 (fis a fis) b (g) fis2 (e4) }$

The concerto lasts around 20 minutes. It is scored for 2 oboes, 2 horns in D and strings.

Like the Violin Concerto No. 4 and the Violin Concerto No. 5, the solo exposition and the recapitulation are completed by tutti exposition's codetta.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Simon, Edwin J. “Sonata into Concerto. A Study of Mozart’s First Seven Concertos.” Acta Musicologica 31, no. 3/4 (1959): 170–85. https://doi.org/10.2307/931392.

[simon-1] Simon, Edwin J. “Sonata into Concerto. A Study of Mozart’s First Seven Concertos.” Acta Musicologica 31, no. 3/4 (1959): 170–85. https://doi.org/10.2307/931392.

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