Gallimathias musicum

Gallimathias musicum (also spelled Galimathias musicum) in D major, K. 32, is a quodlibet composed in March 1766 by the ten-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart during his grand tour of Europe. It was first performed at The Hague on 11 March 1766. A typical performance of this piece lasts twenty minutes.

Instrumentation and structure
The work is scored for two oboes, two horns in D (and C and F), bassoon, mainly colla parte with double bass, harpsichord and strings, and consists of seventeen movements:


 * 1) Molto allegro
 * 2) Andante in D minor
 * 3) Allegro
 * 4) Pastorella in G major
 * 5) Allegro
 * 6) Allegretto in A major
 * 7) Allegro
 * 8) Molto adagio in G major
 * 9) Allegro in C major
 * 10) Largo in D minor
 * 11) Allegro
 * 12) Andante in F major
 * 13) Allegro in E-flat major (harpsichord solo)
 * 14) Menuet in F major
 * 15) Adagio in D minor
 * 16) Presto
 * 17) Fugue in F major

A galimatias is a term for nonsense, gobbledygook, a hodgepdge. Not all instruments feature in every movement. No. 8 contains the lyrics, Eitelkeit! Eitelkeit! Ewig's Verderben! Wenn all's versoffen ist, gibts nichts zu erben. [Vanity! Vanity! Eternal ruin! When everything is boozed away, no inheritance is left.], but no singing voice is specified.