Country Dance in A Major, K 15l -- Urtext

KV 15l from the London Notebook

This Country Dance in A Major, K 15l by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is part of the London Notebook (London, 1765).

This score of Mozart's K 15l is an Urtext edition based on the above-mentioned source.

The title Country Dance does NOT appear in the source and is thus editorial.

This work features a binary musical form : A-A-B1-B1-B2-B2.

Moreover, this score contains suggestions for realizing the ornaments in accordance with the performance practice of the early Classical period.

These ornaments are trills (measures 1, 3, 9 and 11) : trills are played on the beat, and they begin on the upper note. More or less repercussions may be added depending on the player's ability.

Please note that the trill in measure 11 is editorial and has been added for the sake of uniformity with measures 1, 3 and 9.

Young Wolfgang was only 8 years old when he composed this work!

Duration : 01:18

Source : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, London Sketchbook (London, 1764-1765)