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Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
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By the summer of 1788 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart still had no court appointment and was very low on money. During this time he moved, with his wife, to the outskirts of Vienna, where he composed his three greatest and final symphonies. One of these, Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, stands as one of the composer’s most creative works. It is complex in its dynamic intensity and mood-evoking thematic relationships. This work, along with many others, places Mozart at the beginning of modern symphonic composition as we know it today.
"Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K.550" by Mozart, from Symphonies Nos. 40, 28 and 31 (Cat.# Naxos 8.550164) (p)1988 Pacific Music Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Austria; Classical Style (music); Music
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