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Symphony, K. 111+120 (Mozart)

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1771 symphony by W. A. Mozart

The Symphony in D major "No. 48", K. 111+120, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1771. The first two movements are from the overture to the opera Ascanio in Alba, K. 111, and the last movement, K. 120/111a, was composed separately.

\relative c'' { \key d \major \tempo "Allegro assai" <d' d, d,>\f r8 d,,16( e fis4) r8 fis16( g a4) a-! a-! r \grace b'16\p(a8 ) g16 a fis8 r \grace g16(fis8 ) e16 fis d8 r \grace e16(d8 ) cis16 d a8 r \grace b16(a8 ) g16 a fis8 r }

The symphony is scored for two flutes, two oboes, two horns in D, two trumpets in D, timpani and strings. The trumpets and timpani are silent for the second movement.

The symphony consists of the following movements:

  1. Allegro assai,
    4
  2. Andante grazioso,
    8
  3. Presto,
    8

The Alte Mozart-Ausgabe (published 1879–1882) gives the numbering sequence 1–41 for the 41 numbered symphonies. The unnumbered symphonies (some, including K. 120, published in supplements to the Alte-Mozart Ausgabe until 1910) are sometimes given numbers in the range 42 to 56, even though they were written earlier than Mozart's Symphony No. 41 (written in 1788). The symphony K. 111+120 is given the number 48 in this numbering scheme.

The final (Presto) movement of this symphony is also employed as the final movement of the Musik zu einer Pantomime: Pantalon und Colombine (Music to a Pantomime) in D major, K. 446/416d (1783, incomplete) in the completion and orchestration by Franz Beyer (recorded by Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields for The Complete Mozart Edition).

Notes

  1. Only the last movement was published in the Alte Mozart-Ausgabe.

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  • Symphonies of doubtful authenticity.
  • No. 2 now attributed to Leopold Mozart.
  • No. 3 now attributed to Carl Friedrich Abel (although Mozart changed the instrumentation).
  • Symphonies generally agreed to be spurious today, but included in either the old or new complete editions.
  • No. 37 now attributed to Michael Haydn, except for the slow introduction which Mozart added.
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