Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the symphony
W.A Mozart was the first great composer who writes the music for the piano, and he wrote many different kind of music like symphonies, operas, solo concertos, and chamber music. Mozart composed forty-one symphonies from which "Symphony No.25 in G Minor K.183" and "Symphony No.40 in G Minor K.550" are most popular one and written in G minor. Mozart was from the mid classical period and wrote pieces which included multiple themes in a single movement. Mozart was brilliant composer in the true classical style and succeeded to satisfy the desire of his musical connoisseurs even though of the classical era’s rigid constraints. "Symphony No. 25 and 40," both have similar first, second, and forth movements …show more content…
The symphony was unique for its "Sturm and Drang" style and his chromatic creativity makes different to those of others composer like Hyden. To structure a movement, a composer can use sonata, ABA, and rondo form. Sonata form is the first movement, which is one of the common ways of structuring a movement. It contains three sections: exposition, development, and recapitulation. Exposition exposed two themes, on which two other themes were based. Composer varied its themes during development section. In the third section of recapitulation, it reminds audience about the beginning of movement and sometimes also brings it to conclusion. During each movement, the tempo, whether it changes, is structured with the violins. The piece includes several violins, cellos, and clarinets. These pieces are a marvelous representation of the classical period in homophonic texture with the several parts working in …show more content…
40 in G Minor, K.550" is also written in the key of G minor. Unlike all other symphony structures, in this symphony, Mozart uses sonata form to structure the first, second, and fourth movements, whereas, the third movement is the usual minuet and trio. The first movements is molto allegro, which is very fast in sonata form and Mozart begins by dropping the listener into the quick motion of the lower strings and a cloudy melody in violin octaves, and restless theme that repeats itself during the movement. While the second theme of first movement is expressing melancholy and involving a modification of the normal scale of string to make it chromatic. This duality between feeling and control is at the heart of this symphony. The second movement is andante which is a slower moment and in a more free rounded double or ABA form. The third movement which is different from "Symphony No.25 in G Minor K.183" is allegretto, a classic minuet and trio form, slightly slower than allegro. This minuet is very different from the calm gentle minuet of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. The tempo remains allegretto during the whole movement. In The fourth movement, Mozart used the rondo form, but it is cast into sonata form with rounded binary (ABA) form and feel like repetition of development and recapitulation.
Mozart used orchestra for these both symphonies that he used usually. "Symphony No.25 in G Minor" played by two oboes, two bassoons, four horns, and string instruments. However,