When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart left Salzburg in 1780 and
moved to Wien, he started composing different music
including the basset horn. In 1785 he composed the Adio
KV 411 (440a) for 2 clarinets and 3 basset horns. This
is a piece of special beauty in its sound, but
unfortunately remained singular in its
instrumentation. In order to make available more music
for this instrumentation, we arranged the piano part of
Mozart’s song ‘Abendempfindung an Laura’ ,
composed in 1787, for 2 clarinets a...(+)
When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart left Salzburg in 1780 and
moved to Wien, he started composing different music
including the basset horn. In 1785 he composed the Adio
KV 411 (440a) for 2 clarinets and 3 basset horns. This
is a piece of special beauty in its sound, but
unfortunately remained singular in its
instrumentation. In order to make available more music
for this instrumentation, we arranged the piano part of
Mozart’s song ‘Abendempfindung an Laura’ ,
composed in 1787, for 2 clarinets and 3 basset horns.
Demus, Dietrich (1935 - )
