English Translation

13a - 9 - had turned his back, because the Salzburg bishop had refused him a holiday after hard work. "It seems as if luck wanted me here (in Vienna)." Until l787, the year of his stay in Prague, there was an upswing in Mozart's work. The "Six German Dances" (K.V.509) were created in Prague on 6.2.1787. Mozart was a passionate dancer who participated not only in the balls of Baron Brettfeld in Spor- nergasse, but also in those of Count Pachta in the Zeltnergasse. With these six dances written for 2 violins, bass, 2 flutes, pikkolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, two pagottes, and 2 trumpets and timpani, the series of Mozart's great dances begins. They are intended for Count Johann Pachta and differ from the light dance music of the Salzburg period in their spirit and folk style. Each dance has its alternative, the individual numbers are connected with each other during transitions. At the end (in the Ooda) according to the kind of waltz all previous dance melodies are used. The "Kleine Nachtmusik" (K.V. 525) is written on 6 August 1787 in Vienna. Also the occasion of its creation is unknown. It is written for 2 violins, viola, violoncell and double bass. It consists of an allegro, a romance, a minuet and trio and a finale. Before the romance was originally a menuet and trio switched on, but it was lost. The composition is 15738 - 7 -