Symphony No. 5 (Mozart)
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The Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, K. 22, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in The Hague in December, 1765, at the age of nine, while he was on his musical tour of Western Europe.[1] Mozart fell seriously ill during his stay in Hague, and he wrote that composition probably while he was convalescing from his illnes.[1]
[edit] Structure
The symphony is cast in the standard three-movement Italianate form:
All three movements are colored especially prominently by horns. A rousing first movement in B-flat major opens the symphony, followed by a more solemn, mournful movement in G minor. A short, boisterous finale closes the work. The opening theme to the finale is notable because the exact same theme appears in a much later, more mature work of Mozart's: the Act 2 Finale of his 1786 opera buffa, Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Symphony in B-flat K. 22: Score and critical report (German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
- Symphony No. 5: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project.
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