Symphony No. 40

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (arr. Scott Stanton)

Subtitle: First Movement

General Info

Year: 1788 / 2011
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00   |   Score Only (print) - $7.00

Instrumentation (Flexible)

Full Score
Part 1
C Treble

• High B-flat
• High E-flat

Part 2

• C Treble
• High B-flat
• High E-flat
• Horn in F

Part 3

• Low B-flat
• Low E-flat
• Bass Clef
• Horn in F
• Viola

Part 4

• Low B-flat
• Low E-flat
• Bass Clef
• Bass
• Tuba

Keyboard (optional)
Timpani (optional)
Percussion (optional), including:

• Mallets
• Bass Drum
• Snare Drum
• Crash Cymbals

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1788. It is sometimes referred to as the "Great G minor symphony", to distinguish it from the "Little G minor symphony", No. 25. The two are the only extant minor key symphonies Mozart wrote.

The first movement, Molto Allegro, begins darkly, not with its first theme but with the accompaniment, played by the lower strings with divided violas. The technique of beginning a work with an accompaniment figure was later used by Mozart in his last piano concerto (KV. 595) and later became a favorite of the Romantics (examples include the openings of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto and Sergei Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto).

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. MIDI realization

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Ave Verum Corpus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kjaernes) (1791/1997)
• The Impresario Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (1786/2020)
• A Little Night Music (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Galvin) (1787/2020)
• The Magic of Mozart (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1991/2015)
• Mozartarium (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Shishikura) (2012)
• Symphony No. 40 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1788/2011)

All Wind Works

• Abduction from the Seraglio (arr. Isaac) (1782/1967)
• The Abduction from the Seraglio (tr. Longfield) (1782/2003)
• Abduction from the Seraglio (arr. Wendt) (1782/1975)
• Adagio (arr. Hautvast) (1798/2009)
• Adagio, K. 411
• Alla Turca (arr. Saleh; ed. Steinquest) (1783)
• Allegro Molto (arr. Thornton) (1776/1975)
• Allegro from "Symphony No. 10" (arr. Bobrowitz) (c. 1770/2015)
• Amadeus (arr. Mortimer) (1791/1999)
• Andante Gracioso (arr. Thornton) (1776/1975)
• Ave Verum Corpus (arr. Kreines) (1791)
• Ave Verum Corpus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kjaernes) (1791/1997)
• Ave Verum Corpus (arr. Buehlman) (1791/1967)
• Ave Verum Corpus (arr. Williams) (1791/2006)
• Classical Suite for Piano and Band (with Haydn; arr. Curnow) (2005)
• Concerto for 2 Pianos (tr. Dich) (c. 1779/2007)
• Concerto for Bassoon, K191 (arr. Yeago) (1774)
• Concerto for Clarinet, K622 (arr. Rumbelow) (1791/1997)
• Concerto for Horn in E-flat, K417 (arr. Rumbelow) (1783/2000)
• Concerto for Oboe in C major, K314 (arr. Rumbelow) (1777)
• Concerto No. 3 in E-flat Major, K.447 (arr. Bardeen) (c. 1787/1964)
• Concerto No. 3 in E-flat Major, K.447 (tr. Yeago) (c. 1787)
• Concerto No. 4 in E-flat Major, K.495 (tr. Yeago) (c. 1786)
• Così Fan Tutte (arr. Hovey) (1790/1974)
• "Così Fan Tutte" Overture (arr. Jourdan) (1790/1997)
• Die Schlittenfahrt (arr. Hautvast)
• Divertimento in B-flat No. 4, K.186 (1773)
• Divertimento in B-flat major, No. 1 K.270
• Divertimento in Eb, K 166 (1773)
• Don Giovanni (arr. Josef Triebensee)
• Don Giovanni Overture (arr. Thorne) (1787/2017)
• Ein Musikalischer Spass (A Musical Joke) (arr. Thompson)
• Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (arr. Erickson)
• Fantasia in F (arr. Schaefer) (1790/1962)
• Figaro's Wedding (arr. Mayr) (1786/1909)
• Fugue in G minor (arr. Shumway) (c. 1781/1961)
• Horn Quintet in E-flat major (arr. Hoet) (1782/2008)
• Il Re Pastore (arr. Barnes) (1795/1965)
• Il Re Pastore (arr. Hovey) (1795/1968)
• The Impresario Overture (arr. Glover) (1786/2007)
• The Impresario Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (1786/2020)
• Là ci darem la mano from "Don Giovanni" (arr. Ninmer) (1787/)
• La Clemenza di Tito (arr. Hovey) (1791/1973)
• Le Nozze di Figaro. See also: The Marriage of Figaro
• Le Nozze di Figaro (arr. Bernardini) (1786)
• Le Nozze di Figaro (tr. Peters) (1786/2013)
• Le Nozze di Figaro (tr. Takahashi) (1786/2006)
• A Little Night Music (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Galvin) (1787/2020)
• The Magic Flute (arr. Heidenreich) (1791/1977)
• Magic Flute: Overture (arr. Laurendeau) (1791/1900/1935)
• The Magic of Mozart (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1991/2015)
• The Marriage of Figaro (arr. Slocum) (1786/1958)
• The Marriage of Figaro. See also: Le Nozze di Figaro
• The Marriage of Figaro Overture. See also: Figaro's Wedding
• Menuetto and Rondo (arr. Snavely) (1783/1972)
• Minuet and Trio (arr. Longfield) (1782/2011)
• Mozart! (arr. Harnsberger) (2006)
• Mozart: Symphony No. 29, First Movement (arr. Bobrowitz) (1774/2013)
• Mozart Alleluia (arr. John O'Reilly)
• A Mozart Celebration (arr. Erickson) (1991)
• A Mozart Festival (arr. Johnson) (1957)
• Mozart Minuet and Rondo (arr. John O'Reilly)
• Mozart Serenade and Dance (arr. John O'Reilly)
• Mozartarium (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Shishikura) (2012)
• Overture to "Abduction from the Seraglio" (arr. Longfield) (1782/2003)
• Overture to "The Magic Flute" (arr. Blomhert) (1791/1982)
• Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro" Harmoniemusik (arr. Wendt) (1786)
• Piano Concerto No. 10. See: Concerto for 2 Pianos
• Requiem, K.626 (arr. Longfield) (1792/2005)
• Romanza from "Horn Concerto No 3, K 447 (arr. Clark) (1787/1997)
• Rondo (arr. Coles) (1791/1955)
• Rondo from the Posthorn Serenade, K320 (arr. Marcus)
• Rondo in Eb for Horn and Orchestra (arr. Saras)
• Serenade in E-flat Major K375 (ed. Leeson & Zaslaw) (1781/1979)
• Serenade K361 also known as Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita"
• Serenade K375 also known as Serenade No. 11 in E-flat Major
• Serenade No 10 in Bb "Gran Partita" (tr. Thompson) (1781/2019)
• Serenade No 11 in Eb (ed. Fennell) (c. 1781/1791/1995)
• Serenade No. 12 in C minor. See: Serenade in C minor K388
• Serenade in C minor K388
• The Sleigh Ride (arr. Dunnigan) (1791/1998)
• Sonata in A (3rd Movement -- Rondo alla turca) also known as the Turkish March arr. (arr. Amis)
• Sonata for Oboe and Wind Ensemble (arr. Marek)
• Swing Mozart 2004 (arr. Tsunoda) (2004)
• Symphony No. 15 Finale (arr. Daehn) (1722/2006)
• Symphony No. 29: First Movement (arr. Bobrowitz). See: Mozart: Symphony No. 29, First Movement
• Symphony No. 40 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1788/2011)
• Titus Overture (arr. Moehlmann) (1791/1955)
• Turkish March (arr. Longfield) (ca. 1783/2002)

Resources

• Perusal score
• Symphony No. 40 (Mozart), Wikipedia Accessed 31 May 2020