Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Viola and Violoncello in F major (K.370)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

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Mozart Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Viola and Violoncello in F major (K.370) (Parts)

In Mozart’s rich achievement in the field of chamber music, the quartets with one wind instrument (flute or oboe, violin, viola and violoncello), from which comes the oboe quartet in F K.370 (368b), certainly occupy the most modest place.  This may be because these quartets were all lightly written, often enough unwillingly for a commission, for a specific occasion or for amusement.

During his stay in Munich in 1781 Mozart must often have met the oboist Friedrich Ramm, who was already known to him from the Mannheim period; Ramm was known as one of the foremost oboists of his time, and we know that Mozart had already composed for him the oboe part of the Sinfonia concertante K.Anh.9 (297b).  It seems likely, therefore, that the oboe quartet, which shows unmistakable virtuoso characteristics, was written for Ramm for his pleasure or as a virtuoso piece.

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Pohanka, Jaroslav
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