Mozart: Symphony No 40 1St Movement

Front 1

List five basic facts about the first movement of Symphony No 40:

Back 1

1. Composed by Mozart in 1788
2. Written in the Classical Period
3. Written for chamber orchestra but with no drums or trumpets.
4. Uses Sonata Form

Front 2

What is Sonata Form?

Back 2

EXPOSITION - Themes are first introduced.
Theme one = First Subject (Tonic g minor)
Bridge
Theme two = Second Subject (Relative Major B flat)
Codetta - little ending
DEVELOPMENT - Themes are developed. Lots of modulation (key changes)
RECAPITULATION - Themes are heard again - this time both are in the TONIC KEY
CODA - The ending

Front 3

MELODY

Back 3

Balanced 4 and 8 bar question and answer phrases.
Use of scalic passages (using scales)
First subject quaver quaver crotchet rhythm very memorable and is important throughout the piece.
Second subject falling chromatic morif - like a sigh - sadness.

Front 4

RHYTHM, METRE (TIME SIGNATURE) AND TEMPO

Back 4

4/4 TIME SIGNATURE
Molto Allegro tempo marking (very fast)
Quaver, quaver, crotchet motif (first subject) used throughout the piece.

Front 5

TEXTURE

Back 5

Mainly HOMOPHONIC - melody plus accompaniment
Counterpoint and Imitation in the DEVELOPMENT section
Octave doubling
Dialogue (conversation) between the woodwind and strings at start of second subject.

Front 6

DYNAMICS

Back 6

EXPOSITION - *first subject (p) soft - *transition - (f) loud-*second subject begins (p) then gets louder (crescendo) towards the end
DEVELOPMENT - starts and ends (p) softly, crescendo in the middle
RECAPITULATION - as for EXPOSITION

Front 7

INSTRUMENTATION

Back 7

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Strings (Violins 1 and 2, viola, cellos, double basses)
Woodwind (1 flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons)
CLARINET - recently invented!
Brass (2 horns)
NO TRUMPETS, NO DRUMS (UNUSUAL)