The Bassoon Concerto in B flat major (K191), written in 1774 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is the most standard piece in the entire bassoon repertory.^[1] Nearly all professional bassoonists will perform the piece at some stage in their career, and it is probably the most commonly requested piece in orchestral auditions -- it is usually requested that the player perform the excerpts from concerto's first two movements in every audition. B flat major is a major scale based on B flat, consisting of the pitches B flat, C, D, E flat, F, G, A, and B flat. ... Chesma Column in Tsarskoe Selo, commemorating the end of the Russo-Turkish War. ... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (baptized as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart; January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) was a prolific and highly influential composer of Classical music. ... A Fox Products bassoon. ...

The piece itself is divided into three movements:

• I. Allegro
• II. Andante ma Adagio
• III. Rondo: tempo di menuetto

The first movement is written in the common sonata form with an orchestral introduction. The second movement is a slow, lyrical movement that contains a theme which was later featured in the Countess's aria "Porgi, Amor" at the beginning of the second act of Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro. The final movement is in rondo form and is probably reminiscent of a dance of the time. In musical terminology, tempo (Italian for time) is the speed or pace of a given piece. ... In musical terminology, tempo (Italian for time) is the speed or pace of a given piece. ... In musical terminology, tempo (Italian for time) is the speed or pace of a given piece. ... Rondo, and its French equivalent rondeau, is a word that has been used in music in a number of ways, most often in reference to a musical form, but also in reference to a character-type that is distinct from the form. ... A minuet, sometimes spelled menuet, is a social dance of French origin for two persons, usually in 3/4 time. ... Sonata form is a musical form that has been used widely since the early Classical period. ... Le nozze di Figaro ossia la folle giornata (Trans: ), K. 492, is an opera buffa (comic opera) composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, Le mariage de Figaro (1784). ...

Mozart wrote the bassoon concerto when he was 18 years old, and it was one of his first instrumental concertos. Although it is believed that it was commissioned by an amateur bassoon player named Baron Dürnitz, this is a claim that is supported by little evidence.^[2] Scholars believe that Mozart wrote perhaps three bassoon concertos, but that only the first has survived. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) was one of the most significant and influential of all composers of Western classical music. ... A bassoon concerto is a concerto for bassoon and orchestra. ...

External Links

• Public Domain Score of the Bassoon Concerto at IMSLP