March of the priests from The Magic Flute

This early sketch of the “March of the Priests” from Act 2 of Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) was written on a page that was later trimmed. The original sheet had twelve lines for music, but the bottom four were cut off. The fragment ends after twelve measures and includes nearly complete parts for two violins and viola to that point, along with two measures for flute. Mozart used this same type of paper when writing the final autograph manuscript of The Magic Flute.