Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: A Musical Joke K. 522: String Quartet: Parts

for 2 Violins Viola Basso and 2 Horns-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's A Musical Joke is filled with intentional mistakes by the composer who inserted odd notes into this amusing and mischievous piece in order to take an angry side-swipe atdilettante composer-colleagues of his time whose lack of imagination and artless compositional technique are here mercilessly demonstrated - the piece was not intended to parody musicians who play wrong notes as its later title Village Musicians suggests. A musical and intellectual delight for today s performers and audiences alike this piece is now performable for the first time using a genuine Urtext quality edition based onthe autograph in Berlin. A Musical Joke is scored for 2 Violins Viola Basso and 2 Horns in F.