Talk:Kyrie in D minor, K. 341

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I am surprised that no one seems to have raised the other possibility: that Mozart did complete the Kyrie, but refrained from putting it in his catalogue as he intended it to simply be the first movement of a complete Great Mass in D minor (surely it would deserve the appellation). This hypothesis is borne out by the extraordinarily classical character of KV 341, far more so than the Baroque pastiches in the Great Mass in C minor KV 427 and the Requiem in D minor KV 626; among religious works it could perhaps be called the dark cousin of the Ave verum corpus KV 618. In KV 341 all is contained in a Classical sonata form with full development, with a strong polarity asserted between i and III.

(It would also be remiss to point out some details that seem to point to a very colouristic sense of orchestration – not just the use of trumpets and timpani pianissimo, but also the long sustains being shifted from the brass to the flutes, clarinets, and bassoons, and most importantly, the use of clarinets in A to give the darkest possible sonority, despite the four flats this entails.)

But, unfortunately, this is still WP:OR. Double sharp (talk) 04:48, 19 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

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