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Listening Guide

Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music), K. 525

DATE OF WORK:

1787

MEDIUM:

String quartet with double bass, or chamber orchestra

MOVEMENTS:

I. Allegro; sonata-allegro form, G major

II. Romanza, Andante; sectional rondo form, C major

III. Allegretto; minuet and trio, G major

IV. Allegro; sonata-rondo form, G major

First Movement: Allegro; sonata-allegro form, 4/4 meter, G major

WHAT TO LISTEN FOR:

Intimate string chamber music style.

Quick-paced movement with 3 themes, sonata-allegro form.

Overall homophonic texture.

First theme is disjunct, marchlike, and ascends quickly (rocket theme);

second theme graceful and conjunct.

(Shorter recordings include first and third movements only.)

EXPOSITION

Theme 1—aggressive, ascending “rocket” theme, symmetrical phrasing, in G major:

œ œ

œ œ œ œ

œ œ œ Œ

# c œ ‰ œ

Allegro

etc.

‰ œ

‰

Transitional passage, modulating.

Theme 2—graceful, contrasting theme, less hurried, in key of dominant, D major:

œ . œ œ œ

œ . œ œ #œ œ

˙ œ Œ

etc.

‰

J ‰

J ‰ Œ

‰

J ‰

Listening Guide