Symphony No. 10 (Mozart)
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No. 10 in G major, K.
74, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
probably during his first journey to Italy in the spring of 1770.
The symphony is scored for two oboe
s, two horns
and string
s. The duration is approximately 9 minutes.
The symphony is in the form of an Italian overture
and consists of the following movements:
(No tempo assignments are given in the autograph score.)
The andante section is not written as a separate movement, but as the second part of the opening movement, following immediately after a double bar at m. 118.
The autograph score of the work, which does not contain any additional remarks by Mozart, bears the remark "Ouverture zur Oper Mitridate" (Ouverture to the opera Mitridate) by the hand of Johann Anton André
, which is struck out except for the word "Ouverture". Obviously André was under the impression that this piece was originally planned as an overture to Mitridate, re di Ponto
(which has an ouverture of its own, different from this 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...
No. 10 in G major, K.
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....
74, was written 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...
probably during his first journey to Italy in the spring of 1770.
The symphony is scored for two oboe
Oboe
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, two horns
Horn (instrument)
The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. A musician who plays the horn is called a horn player ....
and string
String section
The string section is the largest body of the standard orchestra and consists of bowed string instruments of the violin family.It normally comprises five sections: the first violins, the second violins, the violas, the cellos, and the double basses...
s. The duration is approximately 9 minutes.
The symphony is in the form of an Italian overture
Overture
Overture in music is the term originally applied to the instrumental introduction to an opera...
and consists of the following movements:
- (Allegro – Andante) 4/4 – 3/8
- Allegro, 2/4
(No tempo assignments are given in the autograph score.)
The andante section is not written as a separate movement, but as the second part of the opening movement, following immediately after a double bar at m. 118.
The autograph score of the work, which does not contain any additional remarks by Mozart, bears the remark "Ouverture zur Oper Mitridate" (Ouverture to the opera Mitridate) by the hand of Johann Anton André
Johann Anton André
Johann Anton André was a German composer and music publisher.André wrote operas, symphonies, masses, and lieder, as well as a still unfinished Lehrbuch der Tonsetzkunst in two volumes...
, which is struck out except for the word "Ouverture". Obviously André was under the impression that this piece was originally planned as an overture to Mitridate, re di Ponto
Mitridate, re di Ponto
Mitridate, re di Ponto , K. 87 , is an early opera seria in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto is by Vittorio Amadeo Cigna-Santi after Giuseppe Parini's Italian translation of Jean Racine....
(which has an ouverture of its own, different from this symphony).