Mozart's Twelve Duets for Horn (KV 487)

This is a PD edition for the mutopia project (http://www.mutopiaproject.org/) of KV 487, following the edition prepared by Otto Stösser in 1961. (This edition was graphically reproduced by Masters Music Editions, Florida).

Editorial Remarks

There are some oddities, which I corrected to my best knowledge.

• No1, horn 2 ends on low e. This must be an error, the piece is in F-major, and horn 1 plays f'
• No 3: slurring of the appoggiatura in measure 20 is inconsistent'
• No 4: uses appoggiatura in measure 20 and 21. I have substituted acciaccatura'
• No 7, horn 1: uses portato (slur & dot) in measure 8. This is inconsistent.'
• No 8: measure 35 uses a dotted half note in 2/4 time.'
• No 9, horn 1: measure 2 has a printing error, where a 8th note is not beamed.'
• Finally: the pieces are inconsistent with dynamics. In some pieces, the same dynamics are indicated for each staff separately, while in other pieces dynamics are shared between staffs.

Performance Remarks

Horn-Guru Hans Pizka <Hans.Pizka AT t-online.de> remarks:

According to Viennese tradition, the Mozart Duets should be played in the following transpositions (or on the respective natural horns): 1 = C, 2 = F, 3 0 C, e = Eflat, 5 = Efl, 6 = C, 7 = C, 8 = Efl, 9 = C, 10 = C, 11 = Efl, 12 = Efl.
(numbering according to Mozart Gesamtausgabe Serie XXIV, Nr.58 suppl.)

The transposition is not because of the high notes, but because of the music. They sound just best in these transpositions or played on the respective natural horns.

Reformatting

For reformatting, download the zip file of all the LilyPond files: kv487-lys.zip.
Install LilyPond 2.0 or newer, and issue

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12/Jan/2004