Symphony No. 13 (Mozart)

Symphony No. 13 in F major, K. 112, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was written in Milan during the autumn of 1771. The symphony is in four movements, the second of which is scored for strings alone.[1] The third movement minuet may have been written earlier, and then incorporated into the symphony—the autograph manuscript shows the minuet copied in Leopold's hand.[1] Nicholas Kenyon describes Symphony No. 13 as the last in "conventional mode"—thereafter "we are in the beginnings of a different world."[2]

Movements and instrumentation

The instrumentation was: strings, 2 oboes, 2 horns, bassoon, continuo[1]

\relative c'' { \tempo "Allegro" \key f \major \time 3/4 <f a, f>4\f c a | f4 r8 f\p f f | es4 r8 es es es | d4 r8 d'16\f( e! f8) d-. | c8-. f-. a-. c-. bes([ g)] | <f a,>4 }
  1. Allegro, 3/4
  2. Andante, 2/4
  3. Menuetto and Trio, 3/4
  4. Molto Allegro, 3/8

Performance details

Its probable first performance was at a concert given by Leopold and Wolfgang Mozart at the residence of Albert Michael von Mayr, on 22 or 23 November 1771.[1] This concert may also have seen the premiere of Mozart's 12th symphony.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Zaslaw, pp. 190–91
  2. ↑ Kenyon, p. 156

Sources

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