Assoziationsm glichkeiten in reichem Masse. Schirmer und Sikorski erh ltlich. Sikorski, Hamburg 1994. The melodic material is taken from a violin part which is the only extant remnant of Mozart's music for the pantomime KV 416d. Schnittke isolates motives and phrases and recombines them in simple but imaginative ways.
Techniques used involve standard canons, polytonal canons, canons by augmentation or diminution.
The result can be quite dissonant at times, especially for the eight-voice canons in four different keys in chromatic relationships. Diverse Concerti . Cello Concerto etc. Night-Music mit Werken von Strawinsky, Schnittke, Salzedo u.a. Fl te, Gitarre, Cello, Voice, Viola, Pauken.