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Serenade No. 12 in C minor, K. 388

178224 min

This guide follows Mozart’s Serenade No. 12 in C minor, K. 388 (1782) in three parts: Allegro (sonata form), Menuetto in canone – Trio in canone al rovescio (minuet and trio) and Allegro (Theme and Variations) (theme and variations).

Recording: Members of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Colin Davis (1991)

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Follow all 23 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II – al rovescio · Minuet and trio
  3. III ( and Variations) · Theme and variations
ISonata form0:12–8:26

The opens with the : a stern rising arpeggio in C minor played in bare , answered by quieter, lyrical phrases. After the , the brings gentler, gracious music in the major mode, and the ends the firmly. The sets the opening ideas against each other in sharp contrasts, and the brings all the material back in the home .

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II – al rovescioMinuet and trio13:02–17:24
III ( and Variations)Theme and variations17:31–23:48

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Wolfgang Amadeus MozartChamber musicClassical periodC minorSonata formMinuet and trioTheme and variations

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