- Mozart composed this concerto in Salzburg on June 4, 1774. He was 18 years old.1
- Mozart wrote this concerto during the period of his career when he was employed by Archbishop Colloredo (his father was employed by the Archbishop as well).2
- This is one of two bassoon works Mozart composed in 1774: the other was his Sonata for Bassoon and Cello, K. 292. This coincidence has led some researchers to assume that the same client commissioned both. However, though there is proof that amateur bassoonist Baron Thaddäus von Dürnitz commissioned the sonata, there is no proof that he also commissioned the concerto.3
Sources
- Cliff Eisen and Stanley Sadie, “Mozart, (Johann Chrysostom) Wolfgang Amadeus,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed December 28, 2021, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-6002278233.
- Ibid.
- William Waterhouse, “Bassoon,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed December 28, 2021, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000002276.
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