Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 30 divertimenti first
appeared 1812 in the German Verlag Simrock as an
arrangement for 2 clarinets and bassoon. In a letter of
Constanze Mozart to the publisher Johann Anton André
in 1800 she mentions that Anton Stadler possessed trios
for basset horns composed by Mozart. Unfortunately
Mozart’s autograph of such trios got lost. Not
earlier than 1937, when in the old castle Seisenburg in
Austria the manuscript was found containing these 30
trios in the original inst...(+)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 30 divertimenti first
appeared 1812 in the German Verlag Simrock as an
arrangement for 2 clarinets and bassoon. In a letter of
Constanze Mozart to the publisher Johann Anton André
in 1800 she mentions that Anton Stadler possessed trios
for basset horns composed by Mozart. Unfortunately
Mozart’s autograph of such trios got lost. Not
earlier than 1937, when in the old castle Seisenburg in
Austria the manuscript was found containing these 30
trios in the original instrumentation for 3 basset
horns, it became clear that Constanze was right. The so
called Seissenburg manuscript is partly inconsistent
concerning articulation and is not free from mistakes
in writing, and substantial portions of the second and
third part are lacking. A reconstruction of the
complete divertimenti therefore is necessary. We
elaborated this reconstruction based mainly on the
Seisenburg manuscript, the old Simrock print and other
sources.
