Symphony No. 15 (Mozart)

The Symphony No. 15 in G major, K. 124 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was written in Salzburg during the first weeks of 1772. A note on the autograph manuscript indicates that it might have been written for a religious occasion, possibly in honour of the new Archbishop of Salzburg.^[1] The work is in four movements, the first of which has been described as innovative and "daring",^[2] in view of its variations of tempo.^[3] The last movement is characterised by good humour and frivolity,^[2] with "enough ending jokes to bring the house down".^[3]

Movements and instrumentation

The instrumentation was: strings, two oboes, two horns, bassoon, continuo.^[1]

$\relative c'' { \tempo "Allegro" \key g \major \time 3/4 g4\f d b' | a4 d, r | a'4 d, c' | \appoggiatura c8 b a16 b g4 r | <g' b, d,>2 d8. b16 | g4 b' \appoggiatura c8 b a16 g | <a c, d,>2 c,8. a16 | }$

Allegro, 3/4
Andante, C major, 2/4
Menuetto and Trio, trio in D major, 3/4
Presto, 2/4

Performance details

There are no details available as to when the initial performance took place.

References

1 2 Zaslaw, pp. 219–22
1 2 Dearling, p. 112
1 2 Kenyon, p. 156

Sources

Dearling, Robert: The Music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Symphonies Associated University Presses Ltd, London 1982 ISBN 0-8386-2335-2
Kenyon, Nicholas: The Pegasus Pocket Guide to Mozart Pegasus Books, New York 2006 ISBN 1-933648-23-6
Zaslaw, Neal:Mozart's Symphonies: Context, Performance Practice, Reception OUP, Oxford 1991 ISBN 0-19-816286-3

External links

Sinfonie in G KV 124: Score and critical report (German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
Symphony No. 15: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

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Symphonies by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Unnumbered	K. 16a (Odense) K. 19a K. 45a (Old Lambach) K. 76 K. 45b K. 74g K. 81 K. 95 K. 97 K. 75 K. 98 K. 111+120 K. 96 K. 161 K. 135+61h K. 196+121 K. 208+102

Numbered	#1 (K. 16) #2 (K. 17)^a #3 (K. 18)^b #4 (K. 19) #5 (K. 22) #6 (K. 43) #7 (K. 45) #8 (K. 48) #9 (K. 73) #10 (K. 74) #11 (K. 84) #12 (K. 110) #13 (K. 112) #14 (K. 114) #15 (K. 124) #16 (K. 128) #17 (K. 129) #18 (K. 130) #19 (K. 132) #20 (K. 133) #21 (K. 134) #22 (K. 162) #23 (K. 181) #24 (K. 182) #25 (K. 183) #26 (K. 184) #27 (K. 199) #28 (K. 200) #29 (K. 201) #30 (K. 202) #31 (K. 297, Paris) #32 (K. 318) #33 (K. 319) #34 (K. 338) #35 (K. 385, Haffner) #36 (K. 425, Linz) #37 (K. 444)^c #38 (K. 504, Prague) #39 (K. 543) #40 (K. 550) #41 (K. 551, Jupiter)

Lost	K. 19b K. 66c K. 66d K. 66e K. Anh.C 11.07 K. Anh.C 11.08

^a #2 now attributed to Leopold Mozart. ^b #3 now attributed to Carl Friedrich Abel. ^c #37 now attributed to Michael Haydn. List of symphonies by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart List of spurious/doubtful Mozart symphonies

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