This guide follows Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 (1788) in four parts: Molto allegro (sonata form), Andante (sonata form), Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio (minuet and trio) and Allegro assai (sonata form).
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. The starts in the middle of things: divided violas play a restless accompaniment before the melody arrives, with the violins joining on the fourth beat of the first . The is built on a sighing, falling half-step, and that figure again and again as the unfolds. A calmer, in B-flat major follows. The works over the sigh while the music falls through many keys. Then the arrives, and a to the opening .
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
MozartSymphony No. 31 in D major, K. 297MozartSymphony No. 32 in G major, K. 318MozartSymphony No. 34 in C major, K. 338MozartSymphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504MozartSymphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543MozartSymphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551MozartExsultate, jubilate, K. 165MozartViolin Concerto No. 1 in B-flat major, K. 207MozartBassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K. 191MozartPiano Sonata No. 1 in C major, K. 279
BachTrio Sonata No. 1 in E-flat major, BWV 525
HaydnSymphony No. 1 in D major, Hob. I:1HaydnHorn Concerto in D major, Hob. VIId:3HaydnPiano Sonata in A-flat major, Hob. XVI:46HaydnPiano Sonata in C minor, Hob. XVI:20HaydnString Quartet in A major, Op. 20 No. 6HaydnString Quartet in C major, Op. 20 No. 2HaydnString Quartet in D major, Op. 20 No. 4HaydnString Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 20 No. 1HaydnString Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5Path 02
Twelve symphonies from Mozart's Fortieth to Shostakovich's Fifth, the core of the concert repertoire.
Mozart → Haydn → Beethoven → Schubert → Berlioz → Mendelssohn → Brahms → Mahler → Tchaikovsky → Dvořák → Shostakovich
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The form behind most first movements, heard twelve times, from a small sonata to a symphony.
Mozart → Haydn → Beethoven → Schubert → Mendelssohn → Brahms → Prokofiev
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Mozart in twelve works, from a motet written at sixteen to the Requiem he left unfinished.
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