Why was it important that Mozart wrote symphony # 40 in minor? what does this re!
Question: Why was it important that Mozart wrote symphony # 40 in minor!? what does this represent!?
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Two important features of #40 that I can recall off the top of my head:
1) One of the only two minor-key symphonies Mozart wrote
2) Mvt 1 does not begin with the main theme, but an accompaniment figure - very unusual for symphony/sonata form up to that point
I'm not sure if the minor key "represents" anything; Mozart scholars here will have to chime in on that exact point!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
1) One of the only two minor-key symphonies Mozart wrote
2) Mvt 1 does not begin with the main theme, but an accompaniment figure - very unusual for symphony/sonata form up to that point
I'm not sure if the minor key "represents" anything; Mozart scholars here will have to chime in on that exact point!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Hmm!.!.
The only thing I can think of is that in the 6-week period in 1788 in which he wrote this, he also wrote two other symphonies, the 39th and the 41st, and hardly anything else!. His 6-month old daughter had recently died, perhaps coloring his thoughts at the time!. There were some other factors in his life at the time as well!.
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The slow movement of the 41st also has some pathos in certain passages, which for Mozart is the exception rather than the rule!.
Interesting question!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
The only thing I can think of is that in the 6-week period in 1788 in which he wrote this, he also wrote two other symphonies, the 39th and the 41st, and hardly anything else!. His 6-month old daughter had recently died, perhaps coloring his thoughts at the time!. There were some other factors in his life at the time as well!.
http://w3!.rz-berlin!.mpg!.de/cmp/mozart_sy!.!.!.
The slow movement of the 41st also has some pathos in certain passages, which for Mozart is the exception rather than the rule!.
Interesting question!.Www@Enter-QA@Com