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The Magic Flute Overture, K. 620

17916 min

This guide follows Mozart’s The Magic Flute Overture, K. 620 (1791) in one part (fugue).

Recording: hr-Sinfonieorchester, Tarmo Peltokoski (2023)

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– Fugue0:05–6:04

The slow, solemn opening chords of the give way to a quick whose single is treated like a fugue, and soon the pile up over a countersubject (a second line that accompanies the ). Then the slow chords sound again, played only by winds, and the music pauses before the . There the runs in overlapping () and sequences. The follows, and a drive leads to a final of the .

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