Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 's A Musical Joke is filled with intentional mistakes by the composer, who inserted odd notes into this amusing and mischievous piece in order to take an angry side-swipe at dilettante composer-colleagues of his time, whose lack of imagination and artless compositional technique are here mercilessly demonstrated - the piece was not intended to parody musicians who play wrong notes as its later title “Village Musicians” suggests. A musical and intellectual delight for today’s performers and audiences alike, this piece is now performable for the first time using a genuine Urtext quality edition based on the autograph in Berlin. A Musical Joke is scored for 2 Violins, Viola, Basso and 2 Horns in F.
| Arrangement | Ensemble |
| Genres | Classical |
| Format | Study Score |
| NumberOfPages | 42 |
| Media | Sheet Music |
| Series | Henle Urtext Editions |
| Publisher | Henle Verlag |
| Contributors | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (Composer) Loy, Felix (Editor) |
| Language | English |
| ISMN | 9790201872810 |