Symphony No. 19 (Mozart)
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Symphony No. 19 in E flat major, K.
132, was a symphony
composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
in July, 1772.
s, four horns (two of them uniquely written in "E flat alto"), and strings.
There are four movements:
The first movement opens with a motif that Mozart would later use at the beginning of his twenty-second piano concerto
in the same key. The exposition is brief and there is no repeat. The development focuses on new material.
There is also an alternative slow movement, marked Andantino grazioso. The tempo marks in the first, second and fourth movements were written in the hand of Leopold Mozart
.
The finale is a French rondo
in seven part (ABACADA) form. Each part of the rondo is repeated except for the final A.
Köchel-Verzeichnis
The Köchel-Verzeichnis is a complete, chronological catalogue of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart which was originally created by Ludwig von Köchel. It is abbreviated K or KV. For example, Mozart's Requiem in D minor was, according to Köchel's counting, the 626th piece Mozart composed....
132, was a symphony
Symphony
A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, scored almost always for orchestra. A symphony usually contains at least one movement or episode composed according to the sonata principle...
composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
in July, 1772.
Structure
The symphony has the scoring of two oboeOboe
The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...
s, four horns (two of them uniquely written in "E flat alto"), and strings.
There are four movements:
- Allegro, 4/4
- Andante, 3/8
- MenuettoMinuetA minuet, also spelled menuet, is a social dance of French origin for two people, usually in 3/4 time. The word was adapted from Italian minuetto and French menuet, and may have been from French menu meaning slender, small, referring to the very small steps, or from the early 17th-century popular...
: Trio, 3/4 - Allegro, 2/2
The first movement opens with a motif that Mozart would later use at the beginning of his twenty-second piano concerto
Piano Concerto No. 22 (Mozart)
The Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, K. 482, is a concertante work for piano, or pianoforte, and orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart composed the concerto in December of 1785....
in the same key. The exposition is brief and there is no repeat. The development focuses on new material.
There is also an alternative slow movement, marked Andantino grazioso. The tempo marks in the first, second and fourth movements were written in the hand of Leopold Mozart
Leopold Mozart
Johann Georg Leopold Mozart was a German composer, conductor, teacher, and violinist. Mozart is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for his violin textbook Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule.-Childhood and student years:He was born in Augsburg, son of...
.
The finale is a French rondo
Rondo
Rondo, and its French equivalent rondeau, is a word that has been used in music in a number of ways, most often in reference to a musical form, but also to a character-type that is distinct from the form...
in seven part (ABACADA) form. Each part of the rondo is repeated except for the final A.