Twelve Duos, KV 487 – No. 1 Allegro (viola duo)

Title: Twelve Duos, KV 487 – No. 1 Allegro

Composer: W. A. Mozart, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Two Violas

Printout: 2 pages

Note: Although scholars disagree on whether these duets were intended for horns or basset horns, there is consensus that they are excellent works by a mature composer. This allegro begins the set, and it is full of cross-rhythms and other subtleties that set it apart from duets by lesser composers>