Turkish March (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (arr. Robert Longfield)

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Subtitle: Rondo Alla Turca from Mozart's 'Piano Sonatina No. 11, K331'

This work is not to be confused with the Turkish March by Beethoven.

General Info

Year: ca. 1783 / 2002
Duration: c. 3:40
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $45.00   |   Score Only (print) - $6.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Crash Cymbals
• Snare Drum
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331 (300i), by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a piano sonata in three movements. It is uncertain where and when Mozart composed the sonata; however, Vienna or Salzburg around 1783 is currently thought to be most likely. The sonata was published by Artaria in 1784, alongside Nos. 10 and 12 (K. 330 and K. 332).

The last movement, Alla Turca, popularly known as the Turkish March, is often heard on its own and is one of Mozart's best-known piano pieces. Mozart himself titled the rondo Alla Turca. It imitates the sound of Turkish janissary bands, the music of which was much in vogue at that time. Various other works of the time imitate this Turkish style, including Mozart's own opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail. In Mozart's time, the last movement was sometimes performed on pianos built with a "Turkish stop", allowing it to be embellished with extra percussion effects. The form of the rondo is A-B-C-D-E-C-A-B-C-coda, with each section (except the coda) being repeated twice.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP II

Performances

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• University of Arizona (Tucson) Symphonic Band (Michael I. Gaines, conductor) - 25 April 2019
• Arkansas Winds Community Concert Band (Fayetteville) (Mike Ferguson, conductor) – 11 July 2016

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)
• Minuet and Trio (arr. Longfield) (1782/2011)
• Mozart! (arr. Harnsberger) (2006)
• Mozart: Symphony No. 29, First Movement (arr. Bobrowitz) (1774/2013)
• Mozart Alleluia (arr. John O'Reilly)
• A Mozart Celebration (arr. Erickson) (1991)
• 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

• Mozart, W.; Longfield, R. (2002). Turkish March : Rondo Alla Turca from Mozart's Piano Sonatina No. 11, K331 [score]. FJH Music: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
• Piano Sonata No. 11 (Mozart), Wikipedia Accessed 30 April 2016