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Symphony No. 33 (Mozart)

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

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:

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

The autograph score is today preserved in the Biblioteka Jagiellońska, in Kraków.

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Symphony No. 33 (Mozart) Wikipedia