10; though his Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra could just as well be considered a "double concerto"), as well as the only piece of music by Mozart for the harp.

He probably composed the majority of this concerto at the home of Joseph Legros, the director of the Concert Spirituel.

(Mozart perhaps also composed part of the concerto at his second Paris apartment where he stayed with his mother, which was on the rue du Gros Chenet.)

The piece is essentially in the form of a Sinfonia Concertante, which was extremely popular in Paris at the time.

[1] Today, the concerto is often played by chamber ensembles, because it is technically and elegantly challenging for both the solo instruments it calls for.

Mozart concertos are standard in how they move harmonically, as well as that they adhere to the three-movement form of fast–slow–fast: I. Allegro II.

Rondeau – Allegro[5] In addition to the numerous cadenzas performers have to choose from, multiple editions of this piece also exist.

James Galway has performed and recorded this piece many times, with harpists such as Fritz Helmis,[6] Marisa Robles,[7] and Ann Hobson Pilot.