Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Symphony No. 40 in G Minor

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First Movement

• Sonata form
• Woodwinds
• Horn
• Strings

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Themes

• First Theme Track 1
• Second Theme Track 3

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Exposition, First Theme

• Main theme in violins, soft, throbbing
  accompaniment in violas, minor key
• Full orchestra, loud

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Exposition, Bridge

• Violins, soft, main theme takes new turn to
• Full orchestra, loud, major key, staccato motive
  and insistent upward scales in violins. Pause

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Exposition, 2nd Theme

• Lyrical melody, soft, major key, strings and
  woodwinds
• Woodwinds and strings, soft, lyrical melody
  somewhat varied. Crescendo in full orchestra
• Staccato phrase, loud, downward scale, soft to

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Exposition, Closing section

• String sighs, soft, 3-note motive in woodwinds,
  violins, loud. Varied repetition of string sighs
  and 3-note motive
• Downward scales, forte, full orchestra, cadence
  in major key
• Exposition is repeated

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Development

• High woodwinds, soft lead to
• Violins, soft, main-theme phrase repeated on
  lower pitches
• Sudden, loud, full orchestra, main-theme phrase
  combined with rapid countermelody
• Sudden soft, high violins and woodwinds, 3-note
  motive
• Sudden loud, full orchestra, 3-note motive
• Sudden soft, high flutes and clarinets, 3-note
  motive carried down to . . .

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Recapitulation First Theme

• Main theme in violins, soft, throbbing
  accompaniment in violas, minor key.
• Full orchestra

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Recapitulation Bridge

• Violins soft, main theme takes new turn to
• Full orchestra loud, staccato motive in violins
  and cellos.
• Insistent upward scales in violins, loud
• Pause

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Recapitulation 2nd theme

• Lyrical melody, soft, minor key, strings and
  woodwinds
• Woodwinds and strings, soft, lyrical melody
  somewhat varied. Crescendo in full orchestra
• Staccato phrase, loud, downward scale, soft to .
  . .

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Recapitulation Closing Section

• String sighs, soft, 3-note motive in woodwinds,
  violins, loud.
• Varied repetition of string stighs and 3-note
  motive.
• Downward scales, loud, full orchestra

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Coda

• Sudden soft, main-theme motive in strings
• Full orchestra, loud, cadence in minor key.

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What is the first part of a movement in sonata
form?

• A -Development
• B - Recapitulation
• C - Exposition

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How many themes are usually in a movement in
sonata form?

• A - 1
• B - 2
• C - 3

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What is an optional part at the end of a movement?

• A - Slow introduction
• B Change of key
• C - Coda

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Second Movement

• Sonata form
• Andante moderately slow
• Repeated note theme with
• 2-note rhythmic figure

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Third Movement

• Menuetto (Allegretto quickly)
• Minuet and trio form
• Not much like a dance though
• Minuet (A)
• Trio (B)
• Minuet (A)

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Fourth Movement

• Sonata form