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Symphony No. 33 (Mozart)

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Symphony in B♭ major
No. 33
by W. A. Mozart
First page of the autograph manuscript
KeyB-flat major
CatalogueK. 319
Composed1779, revised 1782 or 1785
Published1785 (Artaria)
MovementsFour (Allegro assai, Andante moderato, Menuetto, Finale: Allegro assai)

The Symphony No. 33 in B♭ major, K. 319, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and dated on 9 July 1779.[1]

Structure

\relative c''' { \tempo "Allegro assai" \key bes \major \time 3/4 << { bes2.\f | } \\ { <bes, d,>4 s2 | } >> r4 bes8-.\p r c-. r | d8-. r es-. r e-. r | f8-. r g-. r d-. r | es4.\f d8 c4 | r4 a8-.\p r bes-. r | c8-. r }

The symphony has 4 movements, and is scored for strings, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, and 2 horns, the smallest orchestral force employed in his last ten symphonies:

  1. Allegro assai, 3
    4    , in sonata form
  2. Andante moderato in E♭ major, 2
    4    , in modified sonata form, order of first and second subjects reversed in the recapitulation
  3. Menuetto, 3
    4    , in ternary form
  4. Finale: Allegro assai, 2
    4    , in sonata form

The autograph score is today preserved in the Biblioteka Jagiellońska, in Kraków.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (2005). Die Sinfonien IV. Translated by Robinson, J. Branford. Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag. p. XV. ISMN M-006-20466-3


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