Symphony No. 18 (Mozart)

Symphony No. 18 in F major, K. 130, was the last of three symphonies composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in May 1772, when he was sixteen years old.^[1]

I. Allegro

II. Andantino grazioso

III. Menuetto

IV. Molto allegro

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Structure

The symphony is scored for two flutes, two horns in C and two horns in F for the first, third and fourth movements, in F and B-flat for the second, and strings. There are no oboes in this symphony; Mozart used flutes instead for the first time. Mozart also used a second pair of horns throughout this work, which is a rarity in his oeuvre.^[1]

There are four movements:

Allegro, ⁴
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Andantino grazioso, ³
₈ in B-flat major
Menuetto – Trio, ³
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Molto allegro, ⁴
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References

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

External links

Symphony in F K. 130: Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
Symphony No. 18: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

[autogenerated1-1] Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (2005). Die Sinfonien III. Translated by J. Branford Robinson. Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag. p. X. ISMN M-006-20466-3

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