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Symphony No. 34 in C major, K. 338

178022 min

This guide follows Mozart’s Symphony No. 34 in C major, K. 338 (1780) in three parts: Allegro vivace (sonata form), Andante di molto più tosto allegretto (sonata form) and Allegro vivace (sonata form).

Recording: Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm (1974)

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Follow all 28 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II · Sonata form
  3. III · Sonata form
ISonata form0:07–7:15

. The opening is pompous and a little Baroque, in -like dotted rhythm, almost all in . Short follow one another in blocks, including an -style crescendo (the Crescendo section) that is not repeated in the . The is mostly quiet, built largely on new material. The shortens the , and the brings back nearly all of that again.

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  2. : Crescendo section
II Sonata form8:00–15:03
IIISonata form15:56–21:40

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

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