ated ▁in ▁ ▁time , ▁and ▁the ▁fug ue ▁is ▁written ▁as ▁an ▁Al leg ro ▁alla ▁bre ve . ▁ ▁Com position ▁ ▁The ▁reason ▁for ▁the ▁work ' s ▁composition ▁remains ▁a ▁mystery , ▁as ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁known ▁commission ▁for ▁it . ▁One ▁theory ▁is ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁composed ▁on ▁a ▁suggestion ▁by ▁F . ▁A . ▁Hoff meister , ▁who ▁originally ▁published ▁the ▁work . ▁ 1 7 8 8 ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁time ▁of ▁significant ▁cont rap unt al ▁composition ▁for ▁Moz art ; ▁in ▁that ▁year ▁he ▁composed ▁a ▁five - part ▁fug ue ▁in ▁the ▁key ▁of ▁C ▁major , ▁for ▁the ▁finale ▁of ▁his ▁Sym phony ▁No . ▁ 4 1 ▁K . 5 5 1 , ▁so ▁possibly ▁fug al ▁ideas ▁were ▁prominent ▁in ▁Moz art ' s ▁mind ▁at ▁this ▁time . ▁ ▁The ▁aut ograph ▁of ▁the ▁fug ue ▁of ▁K . 5 4 6 ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁British ▁Library ▁( Add ▁MS ▁ 2 8 9 6 6 ). ▁The ▁aut ograph ▁of ▁the ▁Ad ag io ▁is ▁missing . ▁In ▁modern ▁times , ▁the ▁work ▁is ▁typically ▁played ▁for ▁string ▁quart et , ▁though , ▁a ▁few ▁record ings ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁using ▁the ▁interpreted ▁orch est ral ▁version . ▁ ▁References ▁Notes ▁ ▁S ources ▁A bert , ▁Hermann , ▁tr . ▁and ▁ed . ▁Stewart ▁Sp encer ▁and ▁Cl iff ▁Eisen ▁( 2 0 0 7 ). ▁W . A . ▁Moz art . ▁New ▁H aven :