Mozart - Adagio in B minor (1788) {Ingrid Haebler}

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was one of the most influential, popular and prolific composers of the classical period. A child prodigy, from an early age he began composing over 600 works, including some of the most famous pieces of symphonic, chamber, operatic, and choral music. Adagio in B minor, . Vienna, 19 March, 1788 Ingrid Haebler, piano Description by John Palmer [-] Mozart entered the Adagio for piano in B minor, K. 540, into his “List of All My Works“ on March 19, 1788. It was composed between the Prague and Vienna premieres of Don Giovanni. Mozart rarely used the key of B minor; his only other movement in this key is the Adagio from the Quartet for flute, violin, viola, and cello, K. 285, composed eleven years earlier. The key must have held special significance, for next to the entry in his personal catalogue Mozart wrote, “H moll“ (B minor), the only time he ever listed the key of a work. Throughout this short