Symphony No. 7 (Mozart)

Symphony No. 7 in D major, K. 45, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was completed in Vienna in January 1768 after the family's return from a visit to Olomouc and Brno in Moravia. The symphony is in four movements. Its first performance was probably at a private concert.[1] The symphony was reworked to become the overture to Mozart's opera, La finta semplice, K. 51,[2] composed and performed later that year, and the overture itself was subsequently adapted further to create a new symphony, known in the Köchel 1964 (K6) catalogue as K. 46a. The autograph of the score is preserved in the Staatsbibliothek Preusischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin.[2]

Movements and instrumentation

For the original (K. 45) version the instrumentation was: strings, 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, bassoon, continuo. For the symphonic overture (K. 46a) version the trumpets were replaced with flutes, an extra bassoon was added, and the timpani were excised.[1][3]



  1. Molto allegro, 4
    4
  2. Andante, 2
    4
  3. Menuetto and Trio, 3
    4     (this movement was omitted from the "overture" version)[3]
  4. Molto allegro, 2
    4

Performance history

According to analyst Neal Zaslaw, the first occasion on which the K. 45 version could have been heard was a concert given by Prince von Galitzin, the Russian ambassador, at his Vienna residence in late March, 1768.[1] The K. 46b version was heard at the premiere of La finta semplice, at Salzburg on 1 May 1769.[3]

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References
  1. Zaslaw, pp. 114–18
  2. Giglberger 2005, p. XI.
  3. Osborne, p. 40

Sources
  • Giglberger, Veronika: (Preface), translated by J. Branford Robinson. In Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Sinfonien I, edited by . Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 2005 ISMN M-006-20466-3.
  • Osborne, Charles: The Complete Operas of Mozart Gollancz, London 1992 ISBN 0-575-03823-3
  • Zaslaw, Neal: Mozart's Symphonies: Context, Performance Practice, Reception OUP, Oxford 1991 ISBN 0-19-816286-3
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