The work: --------- Le Nozze di Figaro ossia la folle giornata (KV 492) Dramma giocoso in quattro atti (Burgtheater Vienna, 1-May-1786) (The Marriage of Figaro) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (*27-Jan-1756 Salzburg, +5-Dec-1791 Vienna) Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte (Emanuele Conegliano) (*10-Mar-1749 Ceneda, +17-Aug-1838 New York) based on the comedy "Le mariage de Figaro" (Paris, 1784) by Beaumarchais (Pierre Augustin Caron) (*24-Jan-1732 Paris, +19-May-1799 Paris) Transcribed from G. Ricordi & C. Editori, Milano 1985 by Michael Bednarek http://mcmbednarek.tripod.com/ Background: ----------- The score I used is much more than a piano excerpt; in fact, I'm convinced that some parts are unplayable: it really is a condensed orchestral score. I transcribed these pieces for the pleasure of seeing W.A. Mozart at work and, my own practical instrumental skills being limited, making the sounds come to live. I'm grateful to the author of "Mozart", a notation program like no other in its very pleasing method of using the computer keyboard economically to enter a musical score. The piece: ---------- Terzetto - No.13: "Susanna or via sortite!" (due Soprani e Basso) Atto II, Seguito della Scena III. Susanna and the Countess disguise Cherubino by dressing him as a village maiden. But the count arrives at the door, Cherubino hides (again), and when the Count enters he is suspicious. When Cherubino makes a noise in the next room where he hides, the Count demands the door be opened. Finally, Susanna returns and slips into the room where Cherubino hides. The ensuing Terzetto has Susanna in the next room and the Countess and Count arguing about what presumably happened. As with most pieces I did for "Nozze", the orchestra is represented by MIDI instrument 49 "String Ensemble 1"; Susanna is 69 "Oboe", the Countess 74 "Flute", and the Count is 58 "Trombone". Spatial orientation has the high strings left, low strings right, Susanna left off-centre, the Countess on the far left, and the Count on the far right. I am grateful for notification of any mistakes I may have made, or just for a brief e-mail from anyone who used this file.