Symphony No. 34 (Mozart)

Symphony No. 34 in C major, K. 338, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1780, and completed on 29 August.^[1]^[2]

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

$\relative c''' { \tempo "Allegro vivace" << { c2\f } \\ { <e, g,>4 s } >> r4 r8. c,16 | c2. r8. \times 2/3 { g32( a b } | c4) e-. g-. c-. | b8.\trill a16 g4 r c\p | \repeat unfold 2 { b8.\trill a16 g8 c } | b8.\trill a16 }$

Although most symphonies have four movements, this symphony has only three, which was still common in the early classical period:

Allegro vivace, 4/4
Andante di molto (più tosto Allegretto), 2/4 in F major
Finale: Allegro vivace, 6/8

The symphony features the fanfares and flourishes typical of the "festive symphony" or "trumpet symphony", which is characteristic of Austrian symphonic writing in C major. This is the first of Mozart's C-major symphonies to exhibit this character, but the style would be revisited in his subsequent two works in this key, the 36th and 41st symphonies.^[1]

The first movement is written in sonata form but also contains many styles and formal aspects of an Italian overture. There is no expositional repeat. The expositional coda contains an overture-like crescendo which is not included in the recapitulation. The development is based entirely on new material. The recapitulation on the exposition's first theme is abbreviated and interrupted by a brief development of that theme. Finally, the movement's coda contains nearly all of this first theme creating the appearance of a reverse-recapitulation common in Italian overtures.^[1]

The second movement in F major is scored for strings sotto voce with divided violas and a single bassoon doubling the cellos and bass.^[1]

Alfred Einstein advanced a theory in the third edition of the Köchel catalogue that the Minuet K. 409 was written at a later date by the composer for this work. However, there is no proof in the sources to support his thesis.^[2] Also, K. 409 calls for two flutes in its orchestration which does not match the rest of the symphony.^[1]

The finale is in sonata form and features energetic tarantella or saltarello rhythms.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 Brown, A. Peter, The Symphonic Repertoire (Volume 2). Indiana University Press (ISBN 025333487X), pp. 393–397 (2002).
1 2 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Giglberger, Veronika (preface), Robinson, J. Branford (transl.) (2005). Die Sinfonien IV. Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag. p. XV. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help) ISMN M-006-20466-3

External links

Symphony in C K. 338: Score and critical report (German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
Dennnis Pajot, K338 The Symphony in C and Menuet K409, Mozartforum.com
Mozart page of the Classical Archives
Symphony No. 34: 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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