Mozart and Beethoven
Guisnes (an amateur flautist) and his daughter, who played the harp. It is said that the Duke was niggardly in his payment. Mozart also wrote an Andante in C for the flute, with an accompaniment of oboes, horns, and strings; and two quartetts for flute and strings. The flautist Furstenau bears testimony to Mozart's perfect knowledge of the instrument, its technique, and easily-attained effects.
Beethoven's symphonies abound in fine flute passages, written with consummate skill; there is not one in which the flute has not something important to play. The Fifth Symphony has a curious passage of contrary motion for the flute, oboe, and clarinets; when this was first performed the audience
Beethoven, Fifth Symphony.
![\new GrandStaff <<
\new Staff = "flute" \with {
instrumentName = "FLUTE."
midiInstrument = "flute"
} \relative c'' {
\key aes \major
\time 3/8
\tempo "Andante con moto"
\partial 8 aes16(_\markup{\whiteout "dolce"} d
f8) f16( ees d f
aes8) aes16( g f aes
c8) c16( bes aes g
f8) f16( g aes bes)
c( bes aes g f g
aes bes c) c( bes aes
g4.) \omit Score.BarLine \omit GrandStaff.SpanBar
}
\new Staff = "oboe" \with {
instrumentName = "OBOE."
midiInstrument = "oboe"
} \relative c'' {
\key aes \major
\time 3/8
\tempo "Andante con moto"
\partial 8 r8
r4 aes16( d
f8) f16( ees d f
aes8) aes16( g f ees
d8) d16( ees f g)
aes( g f ees d ees
f g aes) aes( g f
ees4.) \omit Score.BarLine \omit GrandStaff.SpanBar
}
\new Staff = "clarinet" \with {
instrumentName = "2 CLARTS."
midiInstrument = "clarinet"
} \relative c'' {
\transposition bes
\key bes \major
\time 3/8
\tempo "Andante con moto"
\partial 8 r8
r1*3/8
r4 <bes d>16( <g bes>
<e g>8) <e g>16( <f a> <g bes> <a c>
<bes d>8) <bes d>16( <a c> <g bes> <f a>)
<e g>( <f a> <g bes> <a c> <bes d> <a c>
<g bes> <f a> <e g>) <c e!>( <d f> <e g>
\autoBeamOff
<f a>[ <g bes> <a c> <bes d>)]
}
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