Symphony No. 29 (Mozart)
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The Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1774. It is, along with Symphony No. 25, one of his better known early symphonies. Stanley Sadie characterizes it as "a landmark ... personal in tone, indeed perhaps more individual in its combination of an intimate, chamber music style with a still fiery and impulsive manner."
The symphony follows classical form:
The first movement is in sonata form, with a graceful principal theme characterized by an octave drop and ambitious horn passages. The second movement is scored for muted strings with limited use of the winds, and is also in sonata form. The third movement, a minuet, is characterized by nervous dotted rhythms and staccato phrases; the trio provides a more graceful contrast. The energetic last movement, another sonata-form movement in 6/8 time, connects back to the first movement with its octave drop in the main theme.
[edit] References
- Stanley Sadie, The New Grove Mozart. New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 1983. ISBN 0-393-30084-6. Page 41.
[edit] External links
- Symphony in A K. 201: Score and critical report (German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
- BBC Discovering Music (browse for .ram file for this work)
- Symphony No. 29 was available at the International Music Score Library Project.
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