Christa Brüstle: Mozarts Cassationen, Serenaden und Divertimenti – Aspekte ihrer Terminologie, Funktion und Stilistik

Mozart’s divertimenti for chamber ensemble and music for serenading and for the night are entertainment music par excellence. Mainly composed in the 1770s, these works belong to his Salzburg period, where he lived with his family until 1781, the year he set out to establish himself as a freelance composer in Vienna. Referred to variously as cassations, serenades, and divertimenti, these works are often categorized as “occasional works” of Mozart’s youth, which for various reasons have been relegated to a lower plane than his “serious” chamber works and symphonies. Terminological, functional, and stylistic differences between these chamber scores are examined, in particular, the fact that the same terms are used to describe different works and different performance practices, and, conversely, that quite similar compositions and performance practices are occasionally given quite different termini. The article additionally highlights examples where the sphere of the divertimenti played a role in the development of Mozart’s “serious” chamber music.

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