Clarinet Quintet in A (K.581) (Urtext)

Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A K.581 Barenreiter Urtext Set of parts
edited by Ernst Fritz Schmid

According to his own catalogue of works, the Clarinet Quintet was completed in Vienna on 29 September 1789, presumably during his work on the opera Così fan tutte.  It was intended for his friend, the clarinetist Anton Stadler (1753–1812), and Mozart, accordingly, referred to it himself at times as “Stadler’s quintet”. 

The first performance took place in the old Vienna Burgtheater on 22 December 1789 in a subscription concert of the Viennese Tonkünstler-Sozietät (Musicians Society).  The clarinet was played by Anton Stadler himself; the first violin part by the concert master Josef Zistler.

The autograph of the work has been missing since Mozart’s death.  It is possible that it was in the trunk of Mozart’s music which Stadler told Constanze, Mozart’s widow, was stolen from him during a trip through Germany, or which, in the opinion of Viennese acquaintances, he had pawned.

Also available from Barenreiter: Study score

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Henle: Set of parts, Study score

Or Peters Set of parts

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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Quintet for Clarinet, two Violins, Viola and Violoncello A major K. 581 "Stadler Quintet"

I. Allegro
II. Larghetto
III. Menuetto
IV. Allegretto con variazioni