Clarinet Quintet in A major, K.581 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
| Title | Clarinet Quintet |
| Alternative title | Quintet for Clarinet and Strings |
| Creators | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer |
| Opus | K.581 |
| Instrumentation | clarinet, 2 violins, viola and cello |
| Number of movements | 4 |
| Keys | A major |
| Composed | 1789 |
| First published | 1802 |
| Dedication | Anton Stadler |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Quintets |
| Period | Classical |
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Sections
| Title click for details |
Metronome | Key | Measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allegro | — | — | — |
| Larghetto | — | — | — |
| Menuetto | — | — | — |
| Allegretto con variazioni | — | — | — |
Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| View | Complete | oboe, 2 violins, viola and cello | — |
| View | Complete | violin, viola, cello and piano | Gustav Adolf Glossner |
| View | Complete | violin, viola, cello and piano | — |
| View | Complete | flute, 2 violins, viola and cello | — |
| View | Complete | clarinet and piano | Franz Xaver Gleichauf |
| View | Complete | clarinet and piano violin and piano |
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| View | Complete | — | Matteo Falloni |
| View | Complete | viola and piano | Henri Vieuxtemps |
| View | Complete | piano 4 hands | Hugo Ulrich Robert Wittmann |
| View | Complete | piano | Paul Wagner |
| View | Larghetto (No.2) | 4 violins | Gustav Saenger |
| View | Larghetto (No.2) | violin, cello and piano | Hans Sitt |
| View | Larghetto (No.2) | cello, piano and harmonium violin, piano and harmonium |
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| View | Larghetto (No.2) | flute and piano | August Wilhelmj |
| View | Larghetto (No.2) | violin and piano flute and piano cello and piano |
Charles Vogel |
| View | Larghetto (No.2) | viola and piano violin and piano |
Henri Vieuxtemps |
| View | Larghetto (No.2) | viola and piano | Friedrich August Kummer |
| View | Larghetto (No.2) | cello and piano | Charles Vogel Henri Guérout |
| View | Larghetto (No.2) | cello and piano | Willem Willeke |
| View | Larghetto (No.2) | cello and piano | — |
| View | Larghetto (No.2) | cello and piano | Renaud de Vilbac |
| View | Larghetto (No.2) | piano and harmonium | August Reinhard |
| View | Larghetto (No.2) | harmonium | Fritz Steinbach |
| View | Larghetto (No.2) | organ | William Thomas Best |
| View | Minuetto (No.3) | violin and piano | Henri Ernst |
| View | Minuetto (No.3) | flute | Jean-François Marcoux |
| View | Allegretto con variazioni (No.4) | violin, cello, piano and organ | Adolphe Blanc |
| View | Allegretto con variazioni (No.4) | piano | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| View | Allegretto con variazioni (No.4) | piano | Richard T. Katz |
Scores
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Ensemble | Performers | Files (click to listen) |
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| View | Musicians from Marlboro (chamber ensemble) | Anthony McGill, clarinet | Complete Recording | |
| View | — | William McColl, clarinet Veda Reynolds and Irwin Eisenberg, violin Alan Iglitzin, viola Charles Brennand, cello |
I. Allegro II. Larghetto III. Menuetto IV. Allegretto con variazioni |
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| View | MIDI | — | II. Larghetto |
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