Symphony No. 36 (Mozart)

The Symphony No. 36 in C major, KV 425, (known as the "Linz Symphony") was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart during a stopover in the Austrian town of Linz on his and his wife's way back home to Vienna from Salzburg in late 1783.cite book |title=Die Sinfonien IV. |last=Mozart |first=Wolfgang Amadeus |authorlink= |coauthors=Giglberger, Veronika (preface), Robinson, J. Branford (transl.) |year=2005 |publisher=Bärenreiter-Verlag |location=Kassel |isbn= |pages=p. XVII |url= ISMN M-006-20466-3] The entire symphony was written in four days to accommodate the local count's announcement, upon hearing of the Mozarts' arrival in Linz, of a concert. The première in Linz took place on 4 November, 1783. The composition was also premièred in Vienna short while later, on 1 April, 1784.cite book |title=Die Sinfonien IV. |last=Mozart |first=Wolfgang Amadeus |authorlink= |coauthors=Giglberger, Veronika (preface), Robinson, J. Branford (transl.) |year=2005 |publisher=Bärenreiter-Verlag |location=Kassel |isbn= |pages=p. XVII |url= ISMN M-006-20466-3] The autograph score of the "Linz Symphony" is not preserved.

Structure

The symphony is laid out in classical form:

# "Adagio—Allegro spiritoso
# "Andante"
# "Menuetto"
# "Finale (Presto)"

The first and last movements are in sonata form.

The next symphony by Mozart is Symphony No. 38. The work known as "Symphony No. 37" is mostly by Michael Haydn.

Notes

References

* [http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=composition&composition_id=3159 Background to the 36th symphony] from Notes to a January 2006 performance at the Kennedy Center.
*Steinberg, Michael. "The Symphony: a listeners guide". page 153. Oxford University Press, 1995.

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