Composition: 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 |
| View on IMSLP |  |
| Code |  |
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 and 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 and 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
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Breitkopf und Härtel | 1883 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Eulenburg | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Bärenreiter-Verlag | 1958 | Complete Score (scan) · view |
| view | Complete | — | Mutopia | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Johann André | — | Clarinet (B) · view Violin 1 · view Violin 2 · view Viola · view Cello · view |
| view | Complete | — | Edition Peters | — | Clarinet (A) · view Violin 1 · view Violin 2 · view Viola · view Cello · view |
| view | Complete | — | Mutopia | — | Complete Parts · view Clarinet in A (with useful page-turns) · view Violin 1 (with useful page-turns) · view Violin 2 (with useful page-turns) · view Viola (with useful page-turns) · view Cello (with useful page-turns) · view |
| view | Complete | — | Breitkopf und Härtel | — | Clarinet (A) · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Clarinet (B) (alternate for Clarinet (A)) · view Clarinet (C) or Oboe (alternate for Clarinet (A)) · view Engraving files (MusiXTeX) · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Oboe d'amore · view Notensatzdateien (Sibelius) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for oboe, 2 violins, viola and cello | Schuberth & Co. | — | Oboe · view Violin 1 · view Violin 2 · view Viola · view Cello · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for violin, viola, cello and piano |
Universal Edition | — | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for violin, viola, cello and piano |
Universal Edition | — | Complete Score · view Violin · view Viola · view Cello · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for violin, viola, cello and piano | Schott | — | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for flute, 2 violins, viola and cello | Johann André | — | Complete Parts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for clarinet and piano |
Johann André | — | Complete Score · view Clarinet Part · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for clarinet and piano violin and piano |
Artaria | 1809 | Complete Parts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for viola and piano |
Schuberth & Co. | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano 4 hands |
Edition Peters | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
Schonenberger | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Larghetto (No.2) | Arrangement for 4 violins |
Carl Fischer | 1900 | Violin 1 · view Violin 2 · view Violin 3 · view Violin 4 · view |
| view | Larghetto (No.2) | Arrangement for violin, cello and piano |
Edition Peters | — | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Larghetto (No.2) | Arrangement for cello, piano and harmonium violin, piano and harmonium |
C.F. Schmidt | — | Complete Score and Flute Part · view |
| view | Larghetto (No.2) | Arrangement for flute and piano |
Robert Lienau | 1873 | Complete Score · view Violin Part · view |
| view | Larghetto (No.2) | Arrangement for flute and piano |
P. Jurgenson | 1886 | Complete Score and Violin Part · view |
| view | Larghetto (No.2) | Arrangement for violin and piano flute and piano cello and piano |
Litolff | — | Complete Score and Part · view |
| view | Larghetto (No.2) | Arrangement for viola and piano violin and piano |
Schuberth & Co. | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Larghetto (No.2) | Arrangement for viola and piano |
Schlesinger | — | Complete Score and Cello Part · view |
| view | Larghetto (No.2) | Arrangement for cello and piano |
Litolff | — | Complete Score · view Cello Part · view |
| view | Larghetto (No.2) | Arrangement for cello and piano |
Schirmer | 1909 | Complete Score and Cello Part · view |
| view | Larghetto (No.2) | Arrangement for cello and piano | Breitkopf und Härtel | — | Complete Score · view Cello Part · view |
| view | Larghetto (No.2) | Arrangement for cello and piano |
Litolff | — | Piano Part · view Harmonium Part · view |
| view | Larghetto (No.2) | Arrangement for piano and harmonium |
Edition Peters | — | Complete Score (also Piano Part) · view |
| view | Larghetto (No.2) | Arrangement for harmonium |
Le Beau | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Larghetto (No.2) | Arrangement for organ |
Novello | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Minuetto (No.3) | Arrangement for violin and piano |
Thompson & Odell | 1880 | Complete Score and Violin Part · view |
| view | Minuetto (No.3) | Arrangement for flute |
— | — | Complete Score (Pasted up) · view |
| view | Allegretto con variazioni (No.4) | Arrangement for violin, cello, piano and organ |
Lemoine | — | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Allegretto con variazioni (No.4) | Arrangement for piano |
Muir | 1812 | Complete Score (300 dpi) · view |
| view | Allegretto con variazioni (No.4) | Arrangement for piano |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Ensemble | Performers | Files |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Synthesized | Musicians from Marlboro (chamber ensemble) | Anthony McGill (clarinet) | Complete Recording · file |
| view | Synthesized | — | William McColl (clarinet) and Veda Reynolds and Irwin Eisenberg (violin) and Alan Iglitzin (viola) and Charles Brennand (cello) | I. Allegro · file II. Larghetto · file III. Menuetto · file IV. Allegretto con variazioni · file |
| view | Synthesized | — | II. Larghetto · file |
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