String Quartet Trans Winds No 14 K 387 Scpts (Music Score/Parts)

The firstŠquestion is why transcribe a work such as Mozart's String Quartet KV 387, which is so perfectly rendered in the original, for another instrumental ensemble?ŠThe only answer for wind players is to have the opportunity to play and learnŠfrom this great work directly. MozartŠlovedthe wind instruments, but wrote for them rather differently than for th eŠstrings. Of course, it is much easier for the strings to produce a seamless,Šblended sound. The winds, which all produce sound differently, will have toŠwork hard for this, particularly in the first and third movements of KV387. InŠthe second movement, with its strange sudden dynamic changes highlightingŠindividual voices, and in the fourth movement, with its brilliant contrapuntalŠwriting (a fourth movement of the Jupiter Symphony in miniature), the winds can contribute more color and individuality.