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Symphony No. 36 (Mozart)

The Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 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.[1] 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 on 1 April 1784.[1]
The autograph score of the "Linz Symphony" was not preserved, but a set of parts sold by Mozart to the
Fürstenberg court at Donaueschingen in 1786 does survive[2].

Contents
Structure
Notes
References
External links

Structure
The symphony is scored for 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings.

There are 4 movements:

3 — Allegro spiritoso, 4
1. Adagio, 4 4
6
2. Andante in F major, 8
3. Menuetto, 43

2
4. Finale (Presto), 4

Every movement except the minuet is in sonata form.

The slow movement has a siciliano character and meter which was rare in Mozart's earlier symphonies
(only used in one of the slow movements of the "Paris") but would appear frequently in later works such
as No. 38 and No. 40.[3]

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The next symphony by Mozart is Symphony No. 38. The work known as "Symphony No. 37" is mostly by
Michael Haydn.[4]

Notes
1. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (2005). Die Sinfonien IV. Translated by Robinson, J. Branford. Kassel:
Bärenreiter-Verlag. pp. XVII. ISMN M-006-20466-3
2. Eisen, Cliff (1988). "New Light on Mozart's 'Linz' Symphony, K.425". Journal of the Royal Musical
Association. Journal of the Royal Musical Association, Vol. 113, No. 1 (1988), pp. 81-96. 113 (1): 81–
96. doi:10.1093/jrma/113.1.81 (https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fjrma%2F113.1.81). JSTOR 766270 (http
s://www.jstor.org/stable/766270).
3. Brown, A. Peter, The Symphonic Repertoire (Volume 2). Indiana University Press
(ISBN 025333487X), pp. 401-406 (2002).
4. Perger, Lothar (1907). Thematisches Verzeichnis der Instrumentalwerke von Michael Haydn. Vienna:
Artaria.

References
Steinberg, Michael. "The Symphony: a listeners guide". page 153. Oxford University Press, 1995.

External links

Sinfonie in C KV 425: Score (https://dme.mozarteum.at/DME/nma/nma_cont.php?vsep=109&gen=edi

tion&l=1&p1=3) and critical report (https://dme.mozarteum.at/DME/nma/nma_cont.php?vsep=110&l=
1&p1=5) (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
Symphony No. 36: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

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