Symphony No. 19 in E-flat major, K. 132, is a symphony composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in July 1772.[1]
Structure edit
The symphony is scored for two oboes, four French 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.[2] The exposition is brief and there is no repeat. The development focuses on new material.[2]
There is also an alternative slow movement, marked Andantino grazioso.[1] The tempo marks in the first, second and fourth movements were written in the hand of Leopold Mozart.[1]
The finale is a French rondo in seven-part form (ABACADA). Each part of the rondo is repeated except for the final A.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b c Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (2005). Die Sinfonien III. Translated by Robinson, J. Branford. Kassel: Bärenreiter. p. XI. ISMN M-006-20466-3
- ^ a b c Brown, A. Peter, The Symphonic Repertoire (Volume 2). Indiana University Press (ISBN 0-253-33487-X), p. 367 (2002).
External links edit
- Symphony in E-flat, K. 132: Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe, first movement recordings
- Symphony No. 19: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
