Eingang
German composer
Definition
An improvised cadenza-like insertion at a structural pause, typically before the return of the main theme in a rondo. Mozart notated some but left others to the performer's invention.
Interpretive Guidance
Where Mozart notates an Eingang, play it freely — it is an improvisatory gesture, not a metrically strict passage. A slight broadening before the Eingang and a natural acceleration into the returning theme gives it its theatrical effect.