Symphony No. 33 (Mozart)

The Symphony No. 33 in B♭ major, K. 319, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and dated on 9 July 1779.^[1]

Structure

$\relative c''' { \tempo "Allegro assai" \key bes \major \time 3/4 << { bes2.\f | } \\ { <bes, d,>4 s2 | } >> r4 bes8-.\p r c-. r | d8-. r es-. r e-. r | f8-. r g-. r d-. r | es4.\f d8 c4 | r4 a8-.\p r bes-. r | c8-. r }$

The symphony has 4 movements, and is scored for strings, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, and 2 horns, the smallest orchestral force employed in his last ten symphonies:

Allegro assai, ³
₄, in sonata form
Andante moderato in E♭ major, ²
₄, in modified sonata form, order of first and second subjects reversed in the recapitulation
Menuetto, ³
₄, in ternary form
Finale: Allegro assai, ²
₄, in sonata form

The autograph score is today preserved in the Biblioteka Jagiellońska, in Kraków.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (2005). Die Sinfonien IV. Translated by Robinson, J. Branford. Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag. p. XV. ISMN M-006-20466-3

External links

Symphony No. 33: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Symphony in B-flat K. 319: Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe

[sinf4-1] Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (2005). Die Sinfonien IV. Translated by Robinson, J. Branford. Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag. p. XV. ISMN M-006-20466-3

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