A Genius's 150-Year Prank: Mozart's Oboe Concerto, K. 314

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A Genius's 150-Year Prank: Mozart's Oboe Concerto, K. 314

Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314 Composed in 1777

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The melody we are familiar with today, played with the light tone of a flute, was believed for over a century to be a piece for an entirely different instrument.

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