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Flute Concerto No. 1, K. 313: I. Allegro maestoso

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) · sheet music

  • Key G major
  • Time 4/4
  • Levels 3–9
  • Passages 24

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian classical (1756–1791). The reading release has 24 passages from this piece at levels 3–9; the reader above opens on the easiest, bars 137–140 for the left hand alone.

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The hardest stretch is bars 27–30 at level 9.

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Learn it the way teachers do: each hand on its own, then together, then the hard bars. Each step is a real graded passage of Flute Concerto No. 1, K. 313: I. Allegro maestoso.

  1. Left hand alone · bars 137–140 level 3
  2. Hands together · bars 73–76 level 5
  3. The hardest bars · bars 27–30 level 9

How to play Flute Concerto No. 1, K. 313: I. Allegro maestoso

  1. Tempo:Maestoso means majestic, so choose a tempo that lets the orchestral chords sound broad and the sixteenth-note runs stay clean rather than racing.
  2. Right hand:Treat the top line as the flute: shape it like a singer, with the longest notes given warmth and the runs kept light and even.
  3. Left hand:The left hand stands in for the orchestra with chords and a moving bass, so keep it softer than the right-hand melody and avoid pounding the downbeats.
  4. Hands together:Practice the tutti passages hands together as chords only, then add the sixteenth-note decoration on top once the chord changes feel automatic.
  5. Fingering:In chordal passages decide the fingering of each hand shape ahead of time and keep the same shape on repeated chords to avoid fumbling.
  6. Rhythm:The syncopated passages place accents between the beats; count in eighths and tap the off-beat rhythm before playing it.
  7. Dynamics:Mark the contrast between tutti and solo sections: full chords for the orchestra, a lighter touch whenever the solo line is alone.
  8. Practice:Learn a four-bar unit at a time, and loop the hardest hand-position shift ten times before adding the next unit.

Common mistakes

  • Playing the orchestral chords at the same volume as the melody. Fix: Practice the chords alone at a quiet level, then add the melody on top of them.
  • Rushing the sixteenth-note passages near the end of a phrase. Fix: Use a metronome and keep the runs inside the beat; speed up only when they stay even.
  • Missing the change of key when the music moves to the dominant. Fix: Look for the C-sharps that signal D major and circle them before you play.
  • Treating the syncopated figures as if they were on the beat. Fix: Count eighths aloud and say "and" on the syncopated entries.

Structure: concerto first movement (sonata form with ritornello)

The first movement is in sonata form, with its first theme in G major and its second theme in the dominant, D major. The main theme works like a ritornello, a refrain that comes back in both the orchestra and the solo flute, so full-orchestra passages alternate with solo ones.

A · Main theme (ritornello) (G major)
The stately refrain in G major; on the piano, the orchestral statements become full chords and a moving bass under the tune.
B · Second theme (D major)
A contrasting idea in the dominant; on the piano the solo line becomes a single melody over light accompaniment, and C-sharps start to appear.

About Flute Concerto No. 1, K. 313: I. Allegro maestoso

Mozart wrote this concerto in 1778. On his way to Paris with his mother he stopped in Mannheim, where he met the flutist Johann Baptist Wendling. The commission came from Ferdinand Dejean, a Dutch physician and amateur flutist who wanted three short, simple concertos and a couple of quartets.

Mozart delivered less than was asked: two concertos and three quartets. The second concerto, K. 314 in D major, is a transposition of Mozart's own Oboe Concerto, and a single Andante in C, K. 315, may have been intended as an alternative slow movement for this concerto.

The first movement, an Allegro maestoso in G major and common time, is the one this page draws from. It is in sonata form with a main theme that works as a ritornello, returning in both the orchestra and the flute; here it is arranged for piano, so both hands read the orchestral texture and the solo line together.

  • Dejean offered 200 gold pieces for three short, simple concertos and a couple of quartets, but Mozart only finished two concertos and three quartets.
  • The second flute concerto, K. 314, is a transposition of Mozart's Oboe Concerto into D major.
  • The Andante in C, K. 315, may have been written as an alternative slow movement for this concerto.
  • The orchestra is modest: strings, two horns and two oboes, with the oboes swapped for flutes in the slow movement.

Why the first passage is level 3

That passage is level 3 rather than 2 because it carries accidentals outside the key.

This page offers 24 graded excerpts from level 3 (left hand alone) to level 9; because it is a piano arrangement of an orchestral piece, chord changes and hand positions matter more than speed.

Questions about Flute Concerto No. 1, K. 313: I. Allegro maestoso

How hard is Flute Concerto No. 1, K. 313: I. Allegro maestoso to play?
Its passages grade from level 3 to level 9 on Real Sight Reader's ten-level reading scale, so the full piece is intermediate to advanced reading. The hardest stretch is bars 27–30 at level 9.
Is there an easy part of Flute Concerto No. 1, K. 313: I. Allegro maestoso for beginners?
Yes. Start with bars 137–140 for the left hand alone, the level-3 passage in the reader at the top of this page; it is level 3 because it carries accidentals outside the key.
What key and time signature is Flute Concerto No. 1, K. 313: I. Allegro maestoso in?
Flute Concerto No. 1, K. 313: I. Allegro maestoso is in G major, 1 sharp. The engraving on this page is in 4/4 time.
Who composed Flute Concerto No. 1, K. 313: I. Allegro maestoso?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian classical (1756–1791). Mozart wrote this concerto in 1778.
Can I practice Flute Concerto No. 1, K. 313: I. Allegro maestoso online for free?
Yes. The reader on this page plays any of the 24 graded passages from Flute Concerto No. 1, K. 313: I. Allegro maestoso in your browser, with an on-screen keyboard or a MIDI keyboard, and marks every note as you play. No signup.
Who commissioned Mozart's first flute concerto?
A Dutch physician and amateur flutist named Ferdinand Dejean, who worked for the Dutch East India Company. He asked for three short, simple concertos and a couple of quartets.
Is Mozart's second flute concerto really an oboe concerto?
Yes. K. 314 in D major is a transposition of Mozart's Oboe Concerto.
How long is K. 313?
About 25 minutes in total, with the first movement taking roughly eight and a half minutes.

Every passage, easiest first

The reading release grades 24 distinct passages of this piece. Open any of them in the reader:

Level 3
bars 137–140 left hand
Level 5
bars 73–76 both hands · bars 137–140 both hands
Level 7
bars 69–72 both hands · bars 125–128 both hands
Level 8
bars 40–43 both hands · bars 41–44 both hands · bars 53–56 both hands · bars 61–64 both hands · bars 85–88 both hands · bars 113–116 both hands · bars 121–128 both hands · bars 121–124 both hands · bars 157–160 both hands · bars 161–164 both hands
Level 9
bars 27–30 both hands · bars 29–32 both hands · bars 53–64 both hands · bars 65–72 both hands · bars 65–68 both hands · bars 101–104 both hands · bars 173–176 both hands · bars 185–188 both hands · bars 185–192 both hands

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Score: public-domain engraving from the corpus (pdmx), graded by the piano-reading-v2-20261023-identity-audit reading release.

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