Symphony No. 25 (Mozart)

Symphony in G minor
Symphony in G minor
No. 25
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
	Mozart in 1773, portrait by Martin Knoller
Key	G minor
Catalogue	K. 183/173dB
Composed	1773
Movements	four

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The Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183/173 dB, was written by the then 17-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in October 1773,^[1] shortly after the success of his opera seria Lucio Silla. It was supposedly completed in Salzburg on October 5, a mere two days after the completion of his Symphony No. 24, although this remains unsubstantiated. Its first movement was used as the opening music in Miloš Forman's film Amadeus. A part of it is used as the theme of Indian watch manufacturer Titan.^[2]

This is one of two symphonies Mozart composed in G minor, sometimes referred to as the "little G minor symphony". The other is the Symphony No. 40; see also Mozart and G minor.

Movements[edit]

The symphony is laid out in standard classical form:

Allegro con brio, Template:Time signature in G minor
Andante, Template:Time signature in E-flat major
Menuetto & Trio, [[Triple metre|Template:Time signature]] in G minor, Trio in G major
Allegro, Template:Time signature in G minor

This symphony is scored for two oboes, two bassoons, four horns and strings.

First movement[edit]

\relative c {

 \tempo "Allegro con brio" 4 = 170
 \key g \minor
 g8 g4 g g g8 |
 d8 d4 d d d8 |
 es8 es4 es es es8 |
 fis,8 fis4 fis fis fis8 |

} </score>

Second movement[edit]

\relative c {

 \version "2.18.2"
 \tempo "Andante"
 \key ees \major
 \time 2/4
 \tempo 4 = 50	
 \partial 4 \partial 8 bes,8\p^\markup { \italic {con sordini} } (aes g) r8
 c8 (bes aes) r8
 aes (g f) r8 bes (aes g) r8
 ees'-! ees (f,) r8 bes-!
 aes (g) r8 c-!
 c (bes) r8
 d, (ees4) r8

} </score>

Third movement[edit]

<score>

\relative c {

 \version "2.18.2"
 \tempo "Menuetto"
 \key bes \major
 \time 3/4
 g,4\f d g
 bes2 c8 (a)
 g4 fis g
 a8 (fis) d4 r4
 c'4\p c c
 b4.\fp (c16 d c4)
 ees ees ees
 d4.\fp (ees16 f ees4)
 g4\f g g
 fis (c') bes-!
 \grace bes16 (a4) g fis
 g2 r4\bar ":|."

} </score>

<score>

<< \new Staff \with { instrumentName = #"Hb1 "}

 \relative c {
    \version "2.18.2"
    \key g \major
    \tempo "Trio"
    \time 3/4
   d2 \p  b'8 (g)
   g (fis) fis4 fis 
   fis (c') b16 (a g fis)
   g8 (b) d,4 r4
   g (fis e)
   a4.\fp (g8) e4
   \grace a16 (g4) fis e
   d2 r4 \bar ":|." 
 }

\new Staff \with { instrumentName = #"Hb2 "}

 \relative c {
   \key g \major
   \time 3/4
  b2\p r4
  r4 c c
  c (fis,) g16 (a b c)
  b8 (d) b4 r4
   e4 (d cis) 
   fis4.\fp (e8) d4
    \grace fis16 (e4) d cis
   d2 r4 \bar ":|."
 }

>> </score>

Fourth movement[edit]

<score>

\relative c {

    \version "2.18.2"
    \key bes \major
    \tempo "Allegro"
    \time 2/2
   g4 \p d bes'4. a8
   g4 bes (a g)
   fis d c'4. bes8
   a4 c (bes a)
   g bes ees4. d8
   c4 a d4. c8
   bes4 g ees cis
   d! c' (bes a)
   g8\f d'4 d d d8~ d4 g (fis g)
 }

</score>

Style and influence[edit]

With its wide-leap melodic lines and syncopation, this symphony is characteristic of the Sturm und Drang style. It shares certain features with other Sturm and Drang symphonies of this time, and is likely inspired by Haydn's Symphony No. 39, also in G minor.^[3]

Performance history[edit]

The work was first performed in the United States by the Boston Symphony Orchestra on October 27, 1899, under the direction of Wilhelm Gericke. It was not performed again in the U.S. until 1937, when rendered by the Alfred Wallenstein Sinfonietta. John Barbirolli and the New York Philharmonic performed it again in 1941 as part of their centennial season.^[4]

Notes[edit]

↑ Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (2005). Die Sinfonien III. Giglberger, Veronika (preface), Robinson, J. Branford (transl.). Kassel: Bärenreiter. pp. XIII. ISMN M-006-20466-3
↑ Kamath, Vinay (27 December 2018). "Music of Mozart". The Hindu.
↑ H. C. Robbins Landon, Haydn: Chronicle and Works, 5 vols, (Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press, 1976–) vol. 2, Haydn at Eszterhaza, 1766–1790
↑ Hall, David (1942). Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G minor (78rpm album set). John Barbirolli and the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York. New York: Columbia Records. MX-217.

External links[edit]

Template:NMA
Template:IMSLP
Template:Mutopia (the Allegro con brio movement)
Template:Mutopia (the Andante movement)
Symphony No. 25 in G minor mp3 by the RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (1950 recording), Liber Liber [it]

Template:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Template:Mozart symphonies

[1] Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (2005). Die Sinfonien III. Giglberger, Veronika (preface), Robinson, J. Branford (transl.). Kassel: Bärenreiter. pp. XIII. ISMN M-006-20466-3

[2] Kamath, Vinay (27 December 2018). "Music of Mozart". The Hindu.

[3] H. C. Robbins Landon, Haydn: Chronicle and Works, 5 vols, (Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press, 1976–) vol. 2, Haydn at Eszterhaza, 1766–1790

[4] Hall, David (1942). Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G minor (78rpm album set). John Barbirolli and the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York. New York: Columbia Records. MX-217.

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