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Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1788. It is sometimes referred to as the "Great G minor symphony", to distinguish it from the "Little G minor symphony", No. 25 .
The later G minor symphony exists in two versions, with and without clarinets in the wind section. The version with clarinets is probably the second version, and most likely made for a specific performance, based upon the local orchestra—the composer being a pragmatist.
The symphony in Eb major (No. 39) was completed on the 25th July and is the longest, grandest and most assured of the three. By contrast the G minor symphony is a more subdued work with moments suggesting nostalgic longing, and others of passion and anger.
The first movement of Mozart's Symphony no. 40, like most classical symphonies, uses in sonata form. Unlike most Classical Era first movement sonatas, Mozart begins in media res dropping the listener into the quick motion of the lower strings and a turbid melody in violin octaves.
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, symphony by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, sometimes known as the Great G Minor Symphony. Composed in the summer of 1788, it was finished at about the same time as his Symphony No. 39 and Symphony No. 41, marking a period of productivity exceptional even by Mozart’s.
31 gru 2009 · Digital resources for Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 include program notes. This well loved symphony dates from the summer of 1788.
Mozart's Symphony in G Minor, K. 550, is one of those rare works of art whose very perfection seems to defy analysis. It exists; it is com-prehensible to the perceptive listener; it does not require explanation and justification for satisfactory aesthetic experience. It is neither monu-mental, like the Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, op. 125, by ...
