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Violin Concerto in B♭ major
Violin Concerto in B♭ major
No. 1
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
	Mozart in 1770
Key	B-flat major
Catalogue	K. 207
Composed	1773?
Movements	Allegro moderato; Adagio; Presto;
Scoring	Violin; orchestra;

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 1 in B♭ major, K. 207, once was supposed to have been composed in 1775 (when Mozart was 19), along with the other four wholly authentic violin concertos. However, analysis of handwriting and the manuscript paper on which the concerto was written suggest that the date of composition might have been 1773. It has the usual fast–slow–fast structure.

I. Allegro moderato

II. Adagio

III. Presto

Movements are:

Allegro moderato
Adagio
Presto

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The concerto is full of intricate passage work with running sixteenth notes. It is characterized generally by high spirits.

The Rondo in B♭, K. 269, for violin and orchestra, also is connected to this concerto. It was intended to replace the finale movement, and was composed to fulfil the recommendation of Antonio Brunetti, a violinist in Salzburg at the time.

Nonetheless, typically the concerto is performed with the original finale and the K. 269 Rondo remains a separate concert-piece.

External links

Konzert in B für Violine und Orchester KV 207: Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
Violin Concerto No. 1: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Violin Concerto No. 1 on YouTube, Natalia Todorova, Academic State Orchestra, Milen Apostolov conducting

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 [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]'s '''Violin Concerto No. 1''' in [[B-flat major|B{{music|flat}} major]], [[Köchel catalogue|K.]]&nbsp;207, once was supposed to have been composed in 1775 (when Mozart was 19), along with the other four wholly authentic [[violin concerto]]s. However, analysis of handwriting and the manuscript paper on which the concerto was written suggest that the date of composition might have been 1773. It has the usual fast–slow–fast structure.
+{{stack|{{Listen|type=music|image=none|help=no
+|filename=Violin_Concerto_no._1_in_B_flat_major_K._207_I._Allegro_moderato_(Mozart)_European_Archive.ogg|title=I. Allegro moderato
-The concerto is full of brilliant passage work with running sixteenth notes. It is characterized generally by high spirits. It is also notable for the absence of virtuoso qualities in its solo part, and for the wealth of themes in its three movements. Both these factors has led some musicologists to suggest that, for his first violin concerto, Mozart took a German or Austrian model (possibly a concerto in B-flat by [[Johann Baptist Wanhal]], which he played from memory in Augsburg) instead of a French or Italian one.
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+|filename3=Violin_Concerto_no._1_in_B_flat_major_K._207_III._Presto_(Mozart)_European_Archive.ogg|title3=III. Presto}}}}
-The [[Rondo in B-flat for Violin and Orchestra (Mozart)|Rondo in B{{music|flat}}]], K.&nbsp;269, for violin and orchestra, also is connected to this concerto. It was intended to replace the finale movement, and was composed to fulfil the recommendation of [[Antonio Brunetti]], a violinist in [[Salzburg]] at the time.
-Nonetheless, typically the concerto is performed with the original finale and the K.&nbsp;269 Rondo remains a separate concert-piece.
-==Structure==
 [[Movement (music)|Movement]]s are:
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-|Allegro moderato ([[B-flat major|B{{music|flat}} major]])
+|Allegro moderato
+|Adagio
-|Adagio ([[E-flat major|E{{music|flat}} major]])
-|Presto (B{{music|flat}} major)}}
+|Presto}}
-A typical performance lasts between 18 and 21 minutes.
-===1. Allegro moderato===
 <score sound="1">
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 }
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-The first subject, a compact four-bar theme, is shared by the orchestra and the soloist, but the violin introduces its own second subject in [[F major]], though it soon abandons it in favor of running semiquavers. The development, which begins with yet another new theme, this time in [[C minor]], is largely dominated by the triplet figures with which the soloist embroiders the orchestral second subject.
+The concerto is full of intricate passage work with running sixteenth notes. It is characterized generally by high spirits.
-The thematic variety of the first movement can be gauged by the fact that a different orchestral ritornello is used at four crucial points: at the end of the first tutti, at the end of the exposition, at the end of the development, and immediately before the cadenza.
+The [[Rondo in B-flat for Violin and Orchestra (Mozart)|Rondo in B{{music|flat}}]], K.&nbsp;269, for violin and orchestra, also is connected to this concerto. It was intended to replace the finale movement, and was composed to fulfil the recommendation of [[Antonio Brunetti]], a violinist in [[Salzburg]] at the time.
-===2. Adagio===
+Nonetheless, typically the concerto is performed with the original finale and the K.&nbsp;269 Rondo remains a separate concert-piece.
-In the E-flat ''Adagio'', the solo violin ignores the lyrical tune of the orchestral introduction and relies on two themes of its own, the second of them providing the material for such development as there is. However, the soloist appropriates the tripping subsidiary theme from the orchestral introduction when it appears after the recapitulation.
-===3. Presto===
-The final movement is the only finale in the five authentic concertos that is in [[sonata form]], as opposed to the usual [[rondo]]. It starts with an extensive orchestral introduction, whose fanfare-like opening does not reappear at all, but which introduces several ideas that do. The first solo begins with what appears to be a new theme, but is in fact no more than a rearrangement of the motifs already played by the orchestra, interspersed with display passages. The second subject is a mere snatch of tune with a prominent trill, which is played in dialogue between solo and tutti violins. The development confines itself to the material of the orchestral introduction and of the first solo; it is followed by a regular recapitulation.
 == External links ==
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 *{{IMSLP|work=Violin_Concerto_No.1_K.207_%28Mozart%2C_Wolfgang_Amadeus%29|cname=Violin Concerto No. 1}}
 *{{YouTube|GvETiL-zwa8|Violin Concerto No. 1}}, Natalia Todorova, Academic State Orchestra, Milen Apostolov conducting
-;Sources
-* Golding, Robert (1972). ''Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra'', EMI Records, 1972.
 {{Mozart violin concertos}}

v t e Concertos and other concertante works for violin by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concertos	No. 1 in B-flat major, K. 207 No. 2 in D major, K. 211 No. 3 in G major, K. 216 (Straßburg) No. 4 in D major, K. 218 No. 5 in A major, K. 219 (Turkish)
Individual movements	Adagio in E major, K. 261 Rondo in B-flat major, K. 269/261a Rondo in C major, K. 373
Multiple instruments	Concertone for Two Violins and Orchestra in C major, K. 190/186E Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra in D major, K. Anh. 56/315f (fragment) Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-flat major, K. 364/320d Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola, Cello and Orchestra in A major, K. Anh 104/320e (fragment)
Doubtful	Violin Concerto (No. 7) in D major, K. 271a/271i (Kolb)
Spurious	Violin Concerto (No. 6) in E-flat major, K. 268/365b/Anh.C 14.04, attributed to Johann Friedrich Eck Violin Concerto in D major, K. Anh. 294a/Anh.C 14.05 (Adélaïde), by Marius Casadesus
List of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Köchel catalogue

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