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Krummhorn

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Ahh, Mozart ... Fantasia in F Minor (k 608) comes immediately to mind. I've started working on learning this piece. Originally composed for a mechanical clock's pipe organ, the piece presents some very special challenges for the organist in their attempt to replicate the exact precision and timing and note passages, trills, runs, etc.
 

Thomas Dressler

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[Laughing to myself] Krummhorn, that is a tasteful UNDERSTATEMENT! I learned K608 last year and performed it in the fall. I'm trying to get it in shape for two performances next month. I'd say while working on it that the words that come to mind are more like *&^%$#@&* special challenges! LOL :)
 

Corno Dolce

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I confess to having all of the Mozart organ pieces at the ready. They are a joy to play and always catch people off guard.
 

methodistgirl

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I play Mozart on the pipe organ. The ones I know and remember since
I don't have any sheet music. I can play it by ear.
judy tooley
 

Corno Dolce

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Playing Mozart's Piano Sonatas on the organ really gives you access to a kaleidoscope of colors.
 

Contratrombone64

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Unfortunately, Herr Mozart wasn't so prolific at composing for the organ, wasted too much of his time writting for that useless (classical era) flute.
 

dombedos

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Yes..
If Mozart wrote another pieces as per the same level of the beatiful fantasy in f minor, probably we should have another great organ compositor on music history..
The fantasy is really impressive, in some passages quite "bachian".. Great!
 

methodistgirl

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Yes..
If Mozart wrote another pieces as per the same level of the beatiful fantasy in f minor, probably we should have another great organ compositor on music history..
The fantasy is really impressive, in some passages quite "bachian".. Great!

You are exactly right!:grin:
judy tooley
 

dombedos

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Thank you!
a great piece is a great, absolutely great, piece!!
I like extremely it, as Bruhns, Scheidt, Buxtheude and , obviously, Bach..
 

musicalis

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Hi !
I believe I have played sometimes a transcription of Ave verum.
I do not know if I still have the score.
J-P
 

Krummhorn

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How about the marriage of Figaro from Mozart?
judy tooley

Opera played on the pipe organ? Now, that would be a hoot ... wonder if it has ever been transcribed for organ ... :lol: ... Marriage of Figaro was originally scored for:
  • 2 Flutes
  • 2 Oboes
  • 2 Clarinets
  • 2 Bassoons
  • 2 Horns
  • 2 Trumpets
  • 2 Timpani
  • Strings
Lest we not forget the solo vocals and the chorus, too.
Hmmm, not to sure all this would work out well - maybe certain parts (choruses) but to perform the entire opera without vocals might be stretching it a bit ... :rolleyes: :nut:
 
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I've played two of his Church Sonatas which are original works for organ and orchestra - more or less small single-movement organ concertos, one of them even got a big solo cadenza - with the Aalborg Symphony orchestra some years ago. That was great fun and they are quite good (but then, what work by Mozart is not). Should be played more often.
 

Corno Dolce

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Hi Ms. Judy,

Many years ago I played the Overture to the "Marriage of Figaro" for a dear friends wedding. It is a piece that formly bubles with enthusiam and Joie de Vivre. His Fantasies for a Musical Clock are usually the straight "Organ" works of Mozart that people have come into contact with.

Here's the Fantasy in F-minor K.608 by Mozart in two parts:


[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LdJOFPFgoo&feature=related]Mozart Fantasia k.608 - Part I [/youtube]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIs9vhBF5t0&feature=related]Mozart Fantasia k.608 - Part II [/youtube]

Cheers,

Corno Dolce
 
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Contratrombone64

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Speaking of Mozart, I read a fascinating diary published last century (or maybe the one before last!) by the English publisher Novello. He (Novello) and his wife travelled from London to Salzburg and met up with Constanze, Nanerl (who was blind and bed ridden) and Mozart's son (whose name escapes me).

The reason for the trip was to give money to Constanze and Nanerl (who were both living in poverty). Constanze's second husband, George Nissen (the Danish Ambassador to Vienna) had died and left her with not much money. I'll get back to Nissen shortly. The sum of money was around 80 pounds (a small fortune in the 1830s), ans was donated by a group of Mozart lovers from London.

They plodded through Europe in horse and cart of course, and, on the way attended mass in each church or cathedral on the way to Salzburg. Vin Novello mentions a horrid organ in Belgium where the reeds sounded like paper blown through combs (made me laugh). Organ maintenance in the 1830s was not good, if you go by this fascinating document (published by Eulenburg). They finally get to Salzburg and meet up with Constanze, Nanerl and Mozart's son. Had a wonderful time and ask some fascinating questions of Constanze and Nanerl about their husband/brother. Well worth hunting this book out and reading it if you're a fan of Mozart.

Back to Nissen. In the days when I was learning Danish in Sydney, I was given a book called "Twice Perfectly Happy" by a Dane (can't remember the author's name sorry). Signed by the author (Lindquist??) anyway the book was given to me by my Danish teacher (who sadly died of cancer in 2005).

This book deals with Constanze's life in Copenhagen and the title aptly describes here views of both her husbands ...
 
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