Word: mozartian
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Dates: during 1886-1886
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...serenade has the simplicity and childlike naivete of character which is so peculiarly Mozartian. It is scored for small orchestra, without clarinets and in some movements without flutes, yet with these simple means some very charming effects are produced. One notable instance occurs in the andante, where the horn has a few notes against a scale figure in the violins; another is a tutti in the second two of the minuet. The performance was a little rugged at times, perhaps owing to the presence of several new members among the violins. Rheinhold's prelude, minuet and fugue presented a very...