Mozart: "Quartet in F Major, K370" (parts only) - OB/STG3
Quartet in F Major, K370 (368b)
for oboe and string trio: violin, viola, and cello
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - Austrian composer
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Rondeau-Allegro
This publication of the Mozart Oboe Quartet was edited by Ernst Herttrich. He has included some commentary on his research and editorial decisions. The instrumental parts are included (solo oboe, violin, viola, cello), but a score is not included. A score for this work is available for purchase separately.
This is Mozart's only piece of chamber music for the oboe--and no oboist would want to be without it! Like the Clarinet Quintet, the Oboe Quartet of 1781 was written for a friend: Friedrich Ramm, a member of the celebrated court orchestra in Mannheim. Since then it has become the most significant and best-known work in its genre. The playful virtuoso outside movements frame a brief slow movement in the minor mode that brings out the instrument's elegiac timbre. Unlike the Oboe Concerto, this work has come down to us in Mozart's autograph score, which has served as the principal source of our edition.