Symphony No. 17 (Mozart)

Symphony No. 17
by W. A. Mozart
Mozart in 1773, portrait by Martin Knoller
KeyG major
CatalogueK. 129
ComposedMay 1772
Durationc. 12 minutes
Movements3
ScoringOrchestra

Symphony No. 17 in G major, K. 129, was the second of three symphonies completed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in May 1772, when he was sixteen years old, but some of its sections may have been written earlier.[1]

Structure

Mozart wrote the symphony in three movements and it is scored for two oboes, two horns, and strings.

  1. Allegro, 4
    4
  2. Andante, 2
    4    , C major
  3. Allegro, 3
    8

The first movement is notable for its use of the Mannheim crescendo, while the second movement features a solo violin.

\relative c' { \override Score.NonMusicalPaperColumn #'line-break-permission = ##f \tempo "Allegro" \key g \major <g d' b' g'>2.\f b'8.\trill( a32 b) | c4 b16( c8.) d16( c8.) b16( c8.) | cis16( d8.) d4 r d8.\trill( c32 d) | e8 r c' r fis, r a r | }

References

  1. ↑ Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (2005). Die Sinfonien III. Translated by Robinson, J. Branford. Kassel: Bärenreiter. p. X. ISMN M-006-20466-3
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