At his death in 1791, Mozart left over 100 incomplete instrumental pieces from the last decade of his life
As a body of materials they can tell us much about his development as a composer over that period, his working methods and musical styles.
Many of them were not abandoned because of creative issues but fell victim to circumstances or were ‘works in progress’ when Mozart died.
The aims of this research project were to:
- Undertake detailed stylistic analyses of the fragments
- Comment on them critically through completions that explore their musical potential
- Make them available in performing editions.
The methods used included:
- Drawing on the latest bibliographical work on the sources and adding to it
- Analysing each fragment in the light of Mozart’s changing compositional preoccupations in other works he completed at the same time
- Undertaking multiple completions of each fragment in order to acknowledge their intrinsic openness and explore alternative hypotheses about them
- Testing new concepts about Mozart’s working methods and style in the composition of the completions.
More detailed information about the project’s aims, research questions and methods can be found here.
This site contains the scores and commentaries that are the outcome of the project. They are arranged by genre in the menu below, and chronologically within each category. A full list of the completions made in this project can be found here.
Sonata for violin and piano in B flat, Fr 1781c
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- Fr 1781c Sonata Completion 1
- Fr 1781c Sonata Completion 2
- Fr 1781c Sonata Completion 3
- Fr 1781c Sonata Completion 4
- Fr 1781c Sonata Completion 5
Fantasia for violin and piano in C minor, Fr 1782l
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Sonata for piano and violin in A, Fr 1784b
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- Fr 1784b Sonata Completion 1
- Fr 1784b Sonata Completion 2
- Fr 1784b Sonata Completion 3
- Fr 1784b Sonata Completion 4
Sonata for piano and violin in G, Fr 1789f
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Piano Trio in B flat, Fr 1784i
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Piano Trio in D minor, Fr 1785e
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Piano Trio in G, Fr 1786c
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Piano Trio in D, Fr 1787f
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String Quintet in B flat, Fr 1787j
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String Quartet in E minor, Fr 1789b
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- Fr 1789b Quartet Completion 1
- Fr 1789b Quartet Completion 2
- Fr 1789b Quartet Completion 3
- Fr 1789b Quartet Completion 4
- Fr 1789b Quartet Completion 5
- Fr 1789b Quartet Completion 6
- Fr 1789b Quartet Completion 7
String Trio in G, Fr 1789g
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- Fr 1789g Trio Completion 1
- Fr 1789g Trio Completion 2
- Fr 1789g Trio Completion 3
- Fr 1789g Trio Completion 4
String Quartet in G minor, Fr 1789i
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String Quintet in A minor, first movement, Fr 1791c
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- Fr 1791c Quintet, mov 1 Completion 1
- Fr 1791c Quintet, mov 1 Completion 2
- Fr 1791c Quintet, mov 1 Completion 3
String Quintet in A minor, second movement, Fr 1791b
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Clarinet Quintet in B flat, Fr 1789d
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Quintet for clarinet, basset horn, violin, viola and cello, Fr 1787q
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Requiem, Fr 1791h
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Mass in C minor, Fr 1782n
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Concerto for piano and violin, Fr 1778b
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Oboe Concerto in F, Fr 1778c
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Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola and cello, Fr 1779b
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- Fr 1779b Sinfonia concertante Completion 1
- Fr 1779b Sinfonia concertante Completion 2
- Fr 1779b Sinfonia concertante Cadenza 3
Horn Concerto in E, Fr 1785k
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Fantasia in D minor, Fr 1782e
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Sonata in G for Piano 4 Hands, Fr 1787i
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- Fr 1787i Sonata in G Completion 1
- Fr 1787i Sonata in G Completion 2
- Fr 1787i Sonata in G Completion 3
- Fr 1787i Sonata in G Completion 4
Piano Sonata in G minor, Fr 1790e
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Variations in G for Piano 4 Hands, Fr 1791a
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