MUSIC ANALYSIS PRESENTATION Karrie Giles Music 1010 Wolfgang

MUSIC ANALYSIS PRESENTATION Karrie Giles Music 1010 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mozart January 27, 1756 - December 5, 1791 • Born January 27, 1756 • First performed at age 5 • Composed over 600 works • Married, father of two sons

Mozart’s Beginning with Music ■ Mozart was introduced to music young ■ Father was his mentor ■ Got a job as a assistant concertmaster ■ Mother died July 3, 1778

Mozart's Music career began • Started composing works for church in 1779 • Forbidden from performing in Salzburg • Moved to Vienna in 1781 • Got married in 1782 • Died December 5, 1971

Composition History ■ Symphony no. 40 in G minor movement #1 ■ 1788 ■ Exists in two versions ■ Referred to as the “Great G Minor symphony” ■ Most popular symphony of all Mozart’s symphonies.

Listening Guides 0: 00 : Theme 1 Exposition The violins start playing together all on the same notes, and the music starts to sound more dramatic and grow in pitch 0: 29 Bridge Theme 2 Two oboes start to play in with the violins. The oboes and violins are playing on different notes. Bassoons also start to play in 1: 08 Closing of Theme 1 ends and Theme 2 starts. The oboes take a break and clarinets start to play together with the violins as well as the strings. 1: 44 Repeat of Theme 1 The violins, oboes and bassoons start to play together again repeating theme 1 4: 33 Theme 2 Repeats The instruments that played in theme 2 are now playing again. 5: 00 Bridge All instruments play together, playing very dramatic preparing for theme 2 to come back. 6: 33 Coda The instruments start to die down for the end of the song

Composition History ■ Symphony no. 40 in G minor movement #2 ■ 1788 ■ Referred to as the “Little G Symphony” ■ Became one of the first ringtones for the mobile phone in the 90’s.

Listening Guide 0: 00 Presentation of Theme A The violins start playing together slowly, with the occasion of a bassoon every few seconds. 0: 25 Theme A starts to close The violins are playing a few seconds long and then the bassoon will pay for a quick note. 0: 25 Theme B begins Clarinets start playing with the violins the bassoons stop playing 1: 37 Repeat of the composition Theme A and B repeat as they did in the beginning 2: 02 Bridge The instruments all start playing together very deep and on the same note, they are getting ready for Theme A to repeat. 2: 54 Recapitalization The instruments are playing different fragments of pieces very dramatically 3: 33 Sneaky repeat of Theme A The violins being to play again while the bassoons play on a different note as the bassoon. 4: 25 5: 47 Composition Continues to Theme B Theme A and B are played together Theme A begins to close down, theme B then Theme A and B begin playing together at the begins again. same time 6: 56 Bridge continues to grow Bridge continues but the instruments are playing louder and the drama just continues growing. 8: 25 Fragments on the bridge are playing Different parts of the bridge are being played expanding the bridge 9: 25 Themes are closing preparing for coda The bridge has slowed down and the violins, bassoons, and clarinets begin to play quieter slowly closing 9: 40 Coda All the instruments have gone silent and the composition is over.

References ■ https: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Symphony_No. _40_(Mozart) ■ https: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart ■ http: //www. classicfm. com/composers/mozart/music/symphony-no-40 -gminor/#A 1 XMD 06 m. LIk 0 Ems. S. 97 ■ http: //www. thefamouspeople. com/profiles/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart-479. php ■ https: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Symphony_No. _40_(Mozart) ■ http: //www. biography. com/people/wolfgang-mozart-9417115#european-fame