The
Symphony No. 33 in B major,
K. 319, was written by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...
, and dated on 9 July 1779.
[ ISMN M-006-20466-3]
Structure
:
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The symphony has 4
movements
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* Motion, commonly referred to as movement
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, and is scored for
strings
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, 2
oboes
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A ...
, 2
bassoons, and 2
horns Horns or The Horns may refer to:
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, the smallest orchestral force employed in his last ten symphonies:
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Allegrissimo, , in sonata form. The development section of this movement is based on a theme that does not appear in the exposition : the four-note figure that will become the principal theme of the
Jupiter Symphony
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, on 10 August 1788. The longest and last symphony that he composed, it is regarded by many critics as among the greatest symphonies in classical music. The work is nicknam ...
.
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Andantino in E major, , in modified sonata form, order of first and second subjects reversed in the recapitulation
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Menuetto
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The term also describes the musical form that accomp ...
, Allegretto, , in ternary form
#Finale: Allegrissimo, , in sonata form
The autograph score is today preserved in the
Biblioteka Jagiellońska
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, in
Kraków
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.
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References
External links
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33
1779 compositions
Compositions in B-flat major
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