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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, on 10 August 1788. [1] The longest and last symphony that he composed, it is regarded by many critics as among the greatest symphonies in classical music. [2] [3] The work is nicknamed the Jupiter Symphony, probably coined by the impresario Johann Peter Salomon. [4]
Mozart's "37th symphony" is actually Michael Haydn's 25th symphony; Mozart only added a 20-bar slow introduction to it. Some symphonies of uncertain authenticity were included in either the Alte Mozart-Ausgabe or the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe ; they are in this list but marked as uncertain or spurious (in the cases of K. 16a and K. 98, which later ...
Romantic Symphony: 1969: Hugo Kaun: 1: D minor: An mein Vaterland. Dem Andenken meines Vaters: To my fatherland. My father's memory: 1895: The score is published by Breitkopf & Härtel since 1898. Hershy Kay: Western Symphony: 1954: This work is a ballet, Kay arranged some American Folk Tunes and worked with choreographer George Balanchine ...
The date of completion of this symphony is known exactly, since Mozart in his mature years kept a full catalog of his completed works; he entered the 40th Symphony into it on 25 July 1788. [2] Work on the symphony occupied an exceptionally productive period of just a few weeks during which time he also completed the 39th and 41st symphonies (26 ...
Mozart's symphonic production covers a 24-year interval, from 1764 to 1788. According to most recent investigations, Mozart wrote not just the 41 symphonies reported in traditional editions, but up to 68 complete works of this type. However, by convention, the original numbering has been retained, and so his last symphony is still known as "No ...
The Symphony No. 39 is the first of a set of three (his last symphonies) that Mozart composed in rapid succession during the summer of 1788.No. 40 was completed on 25 July and No. 41 on 10 August. [1]
The Haffner Symphony is in the key of D major. [16] Mozart's choice of key for the Haffner Symphony is interesting, according to Cuyler, because "the key of D major, which was so felicitous for the winds, served Mozart more often than any other key, even C, for his symphonies", [17] including the Paris (No. 31) and Prague (No. 38) symphonies.
The Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 297/300a, better known as the Paris Symphony, is one of the most famous symphonies by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It may have been first of his symphonies to be published when Jean-Georges Sieber released their edition in 1779.