“Kegelstatt” Trio in E flat major, K. 498 (Mozart)
Movements
i Andante, ii Menuetto, iii Rondeaux: Allegretto
Notes
Mozart wrote the piano trio on 10 sheets in Vienna in 1786. The German word Kegelstatt means “a place where skittles are played”, akin to a duckpin bowling alley. He entered this work into his list of compositions simply as: “Ein Terzett für klavier, Clarinett und Viola” (A trio for piano, clarinet and viola). There is no evidence that Mozart gave any nickname to the K. 498 trio; the moniker Kegelstatt first appears ascribed to the K. 498 trio in Ludwig von Köchel’s 1862 thematic catalogue of Mozart’s music.
