Iskender Savasir ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>..., why Mozart may have written concerti
>for 2 and 3 pianos.  Isn't it unusual in terms of 18th century practice?
>Moreover he seems to have composed his 2 such concerti fairly early in
>his career, in fact right after he had started composing piano concerti.

I don't think I'd call it unusual - Bach had, after all, composed concertos
for 2, 3 and 4 keyboards.

I don't recall, but I suspect that K.365 and the 3-piano concerto were
written for particular occasions.

Deryk Barker
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