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Rondo from the Posthorn Serenade, K320
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (arr. Ted R. Marcus)
Subtitle: for Clarinet, Alto Saxophone and Band
Contents
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 Bb Clarinet
Solo Eb Alto Saxophone
C Flutes
Oboes
Bb Clarinet 1-2-3
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Eb Contra-Alto Clarinet (optional alternate for String Bass)
Bassoons
Eb Alto Saxophone
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb 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
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Audio Links
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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Così Fan Tutte (arr. Hovey) (1790/1974)
- "Così Fan Tutte" Overture (arr. Jourdan) (1790/1997)
- 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)
- Ein Musikalischer Spass (A Musical Joke) (arr. Thompson)
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (arr. Erickson)
- Fantasia in F (arr. Schaefer) (1790/1962)
- 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 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (1786/2020)
- La Clemenza di Tito (arr. Hovey) (17911973)
- 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)
- 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
- 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 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)
- 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)
- 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)
References
None discovered thus far.