Serenade No. 12 for Winds (Parthia)

The Serenade No. 12 for Winds in C minor K. 388/384a, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1782 or 1783. The work is sometimes called "Nacht Musique". In 1787, Mozart transcribed the work for viola quintet. This transcription survives as String Quintet, K. 406/516b.

The serenade is scored for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, and 2 bassoons.

There are four movements:

1. Allegro, C minor, cut time
2. Andante, E-flat major, 3/8
3. Menuet & Trio, C minor and C major, 3/4
4. Allegro, C minor, 2/4

The minuet is a canon. The oboes carry the melody with the bassoons answering one bar later. The trio is also canonic with the response to the melody played upside down.^[1] The finale is a set of variations containing a central episode in E-flat major and a coda that turns to C major near the end.

Notes

External links

• Serenade in c KV 388: Score and critical report (German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
• Serenade, K.388: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project.