Download W. A. Mozart, K. 407 Quintet, arranged for brass (II)

UPDATE: 5/14/2010 – the score is embedded for easier viewing online.

• Download Part II
• Download Parts I and II in one large 7.5MB PDF file

At the end of Part I, I mentioned a small caveat. At first I was hesitant to post this score, but later decided to go ahead.

This second part is missing the final 24 bars. I am still looking for them in my scrambled music collection and will post them if they turn up.

However, given the template already in place these missing final bars practically write themselves. (In effect, here they are.)

Customizing your chamber music experience

This is this real motive behind posting this incomplete relic from my own past. Personalized chamber music arrangements can really add extra enjoyment to a group’s performance life.

Sometimes in my brass group in Houston we had disagreements, but that Mozart arrangement always made us happy. We must have performed it at least 2 or 3 times a week for several years and so it was worth the extra time and effort to score the arrangement myself.

The cadenzas were always a high point for me as my ulterior objective was always to get the low brass (and sometimes the audience) to lose their composure and laugh out loud.

This is something to think about if you need a regular showpiece to perform that is fun to play and fun for the group.

After all, aren’t we tired of Die Bankelsangerlieder yet?

Pick up a pen and pencil or a mouse and get busy! Personalized arrangements can be like medicine to a group that needs a boost.

A few more notes:

• The score is in C. This made things much easier in rehearsals, especially for the low brass who don’t regularly transpose.

• The dynamics are all tempered so the the solo horn remains in the forefront. You may need to remind the group (especially if you stand in front with your bell facing the group) to be sensitive to balance. The dynamics have a natural tendency to escalate.

If you make use of this arrangement, please let me know about it!

Related:

• Mozart Rondo Smoothies
• The series Mozart Horn Concertos
• New version of the Sinfonia Concertante
• Who Wrote K. 412?
• The original score from IMSLP