Gallimathias_musicum

<i>Gallimathias musicum</i>

Gallimathias musicum

Quodlibet composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart


Gallimathias musicum (also spelled Galimathias musicum) in D major, K. 32, is a quodlibet composed in March 1766 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart during his grand tour of Europe. It was first performed at The Hague on 11 March 1766. A typical performance of this piece lasts twenty minutes.

Portrait of Mozart by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, c. 1763

Instrumentation and structure

The work is scored for strings, two horns, two oboes, bassoon and harpsichord and consists of seventeen movements:

  1. Molto allegro
  2. Andante in D minor
  3. Allegro
  4. Pastorella in G major
  5. Allegro
  6. Allegretto in A major
  7. Allegro
  8. Molto adagio in G major
  9. Allegro in C major
  10. Largo in D minor
  11. Allegro
  12. Andante in F major
  13. Allegro in E-flat major
  14. Menuet in F major
  15. Adagio in D minor
  16. Presto
  17. Fugue in F major

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