Rondo from the Posthorn Serenade, K320

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (arr. Ted R. Marcus)

Subtitle: for Clarinet, Alto Saxophone and Band

General Info

Year: 1779 / 2005
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Ted R. Marcus
Cost: Score and Parts - $45.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Solo B-flat Soprano Clarinet
Solo E-flat Alto Saxophone
C Flutes
Oboes
Bb Clarinet 1-2-3
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
Eb Contra-Alto Clarinet (optional alternate for String Bass)
Bassoons
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Bb Trumpet 1-2-3
Horn in F 1-2-3-4
Trombone 1-2-3
Euphonium (Bass Clef)
Baritone (Treble Clef)
Tuba
String Bass
Bells
Timpani

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Serenade (an "evening song") usually suggests a love song sung and played by one person. But in 18th-century Salzburg, Austria, a serenade was an extended orchestral suite that enhanced the festive mood of an outdoor evening celebration. Mozart most likely wrote the "Posthorn" Serenade (No. 9 in D Major, K. 320) for the festivities marking the end of the 1779 academic year at the University of Salzburg. This event included the tradition of a student orchestra performing specially-commissioned "Final Music," first for the ruling Archbishop at his summer palace and later for their professors at the University.

Mozart's "Final Music" has seven movements, scored for a large orchestra. (He later repackaged three of the movements into a symphony.) The "Posthorn" nickname comes from the use of a posthorn– a horn played to announce the arrival of a mail coach– in the second of two minuet movements.

The "Posthorn" Serenade's fourth movement is a light and charming Rondo. Mozart wrote it as a concertante piece for the orchestra's woodwind section featuring the first flute and first oboe, accompanied by two horns and strings. This version is for clarinet and alto saxophone soloists with concert band. Mozart wrote a clarinet concerto and a quintet for clarinet and strings, and used a pair of clarinets in his later symphonies. But he never wrote for the saxophone. That instrument wasn't invented until 1846, 55 years after Mozart's death.

- Program note by Ted R. Marcus

Media

• Peninsula Symphonic Winds, Joanne Davidson (clarinet), Joe Siegel (saxophone), Ted R. Marcus (guest conductor)

State Ratings

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Performances

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• Peninsula Symphonic Winds (Joanne Davidson, clarinet; Joe Siegel, saxophone; Ted R. Marcus, guest conductor) - 15 June 2008
• Peninsula Symphonic Winds (Bill Ailor, clarinet; Joe Siegel saxophone; Joel Fierberg, guest conductor) - 13 May 2012

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Ave Verum Corpus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kjaernes) (1791/1997)
• The Impresario Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (1786/2020)
• A Little Night Music (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Galvin) (1787/2020)
• The Magic of Mozart (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1991/2015)
• Mozartarium (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Shishikura) (2012)
• Symphony No. 40 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1788/2011)

All Wind Works

• Abduction from the Seraglio (arr. Isaac) (1782/1967)
• The Abduction from the Seraglio (tr. Longfield) (1782/2003)
• Abduction from the Seraglio (arr. Wendt) (1782/1975)
• Adagio (arr. Hautvast) (1798/2009)
• Adagio, K. 411
• Alla Turca (arr. Saleh; ed. Steinquest) (1783)
• Allegro Molto (arr. Thornton) (1776/1975)
• Allegro from "Symphony No. 10" (arr. Bobrowitz) (c. 1770/2015)
• Amadeus (arr. Mortimer) (1791/1999)
• Andante Gracioso (arr. Thornton) (1776/1975)
• Ave Verum Corpus (arr. Kreines) (1791)
• Ave Verum Corpus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kjaernes) (1791/1997)
• Ave Verum Corpus (arr. Buehlman) (1791/1967)
• Ave Verum Corpus (arr. Williams) (1791/2006)
• Classical Suite for Piano and Band (with Haydn; arr. Curnow) (2005)
• Concerto for 2 Pianos (tr. Dich) (c. 1779/2007)
• Concerto for Bassoon, K191 (arr. Yeago) (1774)
• Concerto for Clarinet, K622 (arr. Rumbelow) (1791/1997)
• Concerto for Horn in E-flat, K417 (arr. Rumbelow) (1783/2000)
• Concerto for Oboe in C major, K314 (arr. Rumbelow) (1777)
• Concerto No. 3 in E-flat Major, K.447 (arr. Bardeen) (c. 1787/1964)
• Concerto No. 3 in E-flat Major, K.447 (tr. Yeago) (c. 1787)
• Concerto No. 4 in E-flat Major, K.495 (tr. Yeago) (c. 1786)
• Così Fan Tutte (arr. Hovey) (1790/1974)
• "Così Fan Tutte" Overture (arr. Jourdan) (1790/1997)
• Die Schlittenfahrt (arr. Hautvast)
• Divertimento in B-flat No. 4, K.186 (1773)
• Divertimento in B-flat major, No. 1 K.270
• Divertimento in Eb, K 166 (1773)
• Don Giovanni (arr. Josef Triebensee)
• Don Giovanni Overture (arr. Thorne) (1787/2017)
• Ein Musikalischer Spass (A Musical Joke) (arr. Thompson)
• Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (arr. Erickson)
• Fantasia in F (arr. Schaefer) (1790/1962)
• Figaro's Wedding (arr. Mayr) (1786/1909)
• Fugue in G minor (arr. Shumway) (c. 1781/1961)
• Horn Quintet in E-flat major (arr. Hoet) (1782/2008)
• Il Re Pastore (arr. Barnes) (1795/1965)
• Il Re Pastore (arr. Hovey) (1795/1968)
• The Impresario Overture (arr. Glover) (1786/2007)
• The Impresario Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (1786/2020)
• Là ci darem la mano from "Don Giovanni" (arr. Ninmer) (1787/)
• La Clemenza di Tito (arr. Hovey) (1791/1973)
• Le Nozze di Figaro. See also: The Marriage of Figaro
• Le Nozze di Figaro (arr. Bernardini) (1786)
• Le Nozze di Figaro (tr. Peters) (1786/2013)
• Le Nozze di Figaro (tr. Takahashi) (1786/2006)
• A Little Night Music (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Galvin) (1787/2020)
• The Magic Flute (arr. Heidenreich) (1791/1977)
• Magic Flute: Overture (arr. Laurendeau) (1791/1900/1935)
• The Magic of Mozart (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1991/2015)
• The Marriage of Figaro (arr. Slocum) (1786/1958)
• The Marriage of Figaro. See also: Le Nozze di Figaro
• The Marriage of Figaro Overture. See also: Figaro's Wedding
• Menuetto and Rondo (arr. Snavely) (1783/1972)
• Mozart: Symphony No. 29, First Movement (arr. Bobrowitz) (1774/2013)
• Mozart Alleluia (arr. John O'Reilly)
• A Mozart Festival (arr. Johnson) (1957)
• Mozart Minuet and Rondo (arr. John O'Reilly)
• Mozart Serenade and Dance (arr. John O'Reilly)
• Mozartarium (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Shishikura) (2012)
• Overture to "Abduction from the Seraglio" (arr. Longfield) (1782/2003)
• Overture to "The Magic Flute" (arr. Blomhert) (1791/1982)
• Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro" Harmoniemusik (arr. Wendt) (1786)
• Piano Concerto No. 10. See: Concerto for 2 Pianos
• Requiem, K.626 (arr. Longfield) (1792/2005)
• Romanza from "Horn Concerto No 3, K 447 (arr. Clark) (1787/1997)
• Rondo (arr. Coles) (1791/1955)
• Rondo from the Posthorn Serenade, K320 (arr. Marcus)
• Rondo in Eb for Horn and Orchestra (arr. Saras)
• Serenade in E-flat Major K375 (ed. Leeson & Zaslaw) (1781/1979)
• Serenade K361 also known as Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita"
• Serenade K375 also known as Serenade No. 11 in E-flat Major
• Serenade No 10 in Bb "Gran Partita" (tr. Thompson) (1781/2019)
• Serenade No 11 in Eb (ed. Fennell) (c. 1781/1791/1995)
• Serenade No. 12 in C minor. See: Serenade in C minor K388
• Serenade in C minor K388
• The Sleigh Ride (arr. Dunnigan) (1791/1998)
• Sonata in A (3rd Movement -- Rondo alla turca) also known as the Turkish March arr. (arr. Amis)
• Sonata for Oboe and Wind Ensemble (arr. Marek)
• Swing Mozart 2004 (arr. Tsunoda) (2004)
• Symphony No. 15 Finale (arr. Daehn) (1722/2006)
• Symphony No. 29: First Movement (arr. Bobrowitz). See: Mozart: Symphony No. 29, First Movement
• Symphony No. 40 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1788/2011)
• Titus Overture (arr. Moehlmann) (1791/1955)
• Turkish March (arr. Longfield) (ca. 1783/2002)

Resources

None discovered thus far.