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Divertimenti for 3 Basset Horns: Nos. 1, 2 & 3

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

edited by Tony Turrill

Three basset horns in F

& with transpositions for - the familiar 2Bb Cl./Bsn    and also  2Bb Cl./BHn    2Bb Cl./Alto Cl   2Bhn/Bass Cl.

  Click here to hear some extracts from Divertimento 1

 Click here to hear some extracts from Divertimento 2

  Click here to hear some extracts from Divertimento 3

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For a full virtual performance of Divertimento 1

For a full virtual performance of Divertimento 2

For a full virtual performance of Divertimento  3

Whilst many of us have derived hours of pleasure from playing  these divertimenti (probably five in all) using two Bb clarinets and a Bassoon, it is now clear that Mozart originally intended them for three Basset Horns and anyone who has played them in this combination will have been astonished by the vast improvement in the sonority.  This edition was primarily produced to allow them  to be played in the original form by those doubly fortunate  both to possess a Basset Horn and to have two friends within travelling distance who are similarly blessed.      For those who are not so blessed  but would still enjoy playing them, parts have been provided in several different transpositions.  The range is also such that the B.Hn.  parts could well be played on two normal clarinets and a basset clarinet.

Apart from the use of the Treble Clef for all Basset Horn Parts and the Bass Clarinet, the editions follows the manuscript.  The Allegros are normally played briskly (around crochet = 150) and some of the more rapid Alberti Bass passages and runs may well benefit from the slurs that are found in some other editions.  However, such additions and variations in dynamics have been left to the players’ discretion;  as they so often were by Mozart.

Click here to buy the indidual divertimento’s pdf file for £12 each

make a note of the  ref. no. NM04/1 or  NM04/2 or NM04/3 as appropriate

 used with the composer and title it will help identify the work

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Buy the sheet music at £18 for each divertimento

Click on the appropriate link below  This takes you straight to the right page in June Emerson Wind Music. Just check out. They will then print and dispatch the music

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Click here for Divertimento No. 2

Click here for Divertimento No. 3

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