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Le nozze di Figaro Overture, K. 492

17864 min

This guide follows Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro Overture, K. 492 (1786) in one part (sonata form).

Recording: New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (1968)

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Sonata form0:01–3:58

The first starts quietly with whispering figures that quickly build momentum into a short, quick , and a loud passage for the full orchestra, with trumpets and drums, follows. A comes next, and a (a small passage) closes the first half. There is no , so the begins immediately and repeats the pattern: a and a . A ends the .

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Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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