Symphony No. 28 (Mozart)

The Symphony No. 28 in C major, K. 200/189k, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is his last piece in the "Salzburg series".[1] The date of composition is uncertain; it probably dates from 17 or 12(?) November 1774 or 1773(?).[1][2]

The symphony was written early in Mozart's oeuvre, following the example of the twenty-fifth symphony.

Structure


This symphony is scored for 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 trumpets and strings.

It is written in four movements:

  1. Allegro spiritoso, 3
    4
  2. Andante in F major, 2
    4
  3. Menuet — Trio, 3
    4
  4. Presto, 2
    2

References
  1. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Giglberger, Veronika (preface); Robinson, J. Branford (transl.) (2005). Die Sinfonien III. Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag. pp. XIII. ISMN M-006-20466-3
  2. Eisen, Cliff; Sadie, Stanley (2006). Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (in Slovak). Bratislava: Hudobné Centrum Slovakia. p. 147. ISBN 80-88884-78-0. Slovak translation by Peter Zagar of the Mozart entry in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).


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