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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 two are the only extant minor key among Mozart's symphonies. [1] [nb 1]
While the “Jupiter” symphony is universally hailed as a masterpiece in contrapuntal wizardry, and the Eb symphony is not as often performed as the other two, the G minor symphony is quintessential popular Mozart.
9 gru 2014 · The Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550 has four movements (the score samples are from the second version). In the brief description below I mention Norrington’s view — not necessarily as the ultimate reference (though I personally am close to seeing his interpretation this way), but more because I’m otherwise not discussing
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 two are the only extant minor key symphonies Mozart wrote. The symphony is scored (in its revised version) for flute, 2 oboes, 2 ...
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 ...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV. 550, 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 two are the only minor key symphonies Mozart wrote.
the G minor Symphony is the work in which Classicism and Romanticism meet and where once and for all we see a perfect equilibrium between them, neither outweighing the other by the tiniest fraction.
