Fantaisie KV 594 pour deux pianos

About this work

Mozart composed the Adagio and Allegro in F minor K.594 in 1790 for a mechanical organ, then made a version for piano four hands. A grave Adagio frames, through its final return, a far more mobile contrapuntal Allegro.

The two players share chords, imitative lines and changes of register. In the Allegro, the subject passes between Primo and Secondo as rapid runs thicken the texture; the slow return restores the dotted rhythms and dark colour of the opening.

First read the two parts vertically to coordinate chords and upbeats. In the fugue, identify every handover and maintain a shared pulse; when the Adagio returns, broaden the sound without slowing every dotted motif.

What the document containsDocument: The document contains 14 pages in PDF format. A MIDI file also helps locate the continuity and entries. The PDF contains the complete piano-four-hands version across 14 pages; despite the historical record title, it is not scored for 2 separate pianos.The historical record marks the work and file as public domain but does not document the editor or exact provenance of this copy. The file preserved by LesPartitions.info can be compared with the reference catalogue. Following that check, LesPartitions.info separates established facts from information that remains incomplete.