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Symphony No. 14 (Mozart)

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Symphony No. 14 in A major, K. 114, is a symphony composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on December 30, 1771, when Mozart was fifteen years old, and a fortnight after the death of the Archbishop Sigismund von Schrattenbach.Neal Zaslaw & William Cowdery, The Complete Mozart: A Guide to the Musical Works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. New York: W. W. Norton (1990): 178 The piece was written in Salzburg between the composer's second and third trips to Italy.{{AllMusic|last=Leonard|first=James|title=Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 14 in A major, K. 114|class=composition|id=mc0002370653}} Mozart was also influenced by J. C. Bach's "Italianate" style of composition".{{cite web|last1=Maiben|first1=Dana|title=2006-05-21 Program Notes|url=http://atlantabaroque.org/concerts-and-events/past-concerts/concerts-in-2006/2006-05-21-program-notes/|website=Atlanta Baroque Orchestra|access-date=12 November 2016}}{{cite book|last1=Sadie|first1=Stanley|author-link=Stanley Sadie|title=Mozart: The Early Years 1756–1781|date=2006|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780198165293|page=255}}

Musicologist Jens Peter Larsen called the symphony "One of [Mozart's] most inspired symphonies of the period... a fine example of the fusion of Viennese symphonic traditions with distinctly Italian cantabile."{{cite web|last1=Folkman|first1=Benjamin|title=1991 Nov 22 / Subscription Season / Dutiot|url=http://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/09c0a15b-346c-4333-9e96-e38b6b027063/fullview#page/4/mode/2up|website=Leon Levy Digital Archives|publisher=New York Philharmonic|access-date=12 November 2016}}

Movements

The symphony is scored for two flutes, two oboes (2nd movement only), two horns in A, and strings with divided violas in the 1st and 2nd movements.

:

\relative c'' {

\tempo "Allegro moderato"

\key a \major

\time 2/2

a4\p e2 cis'8( a) |

b4 e,2 d'8( b) |

cis2 \appoggiatura e8 d4 \appoggiatura cis8 b4 |

a2( gis4) r |

a4 e' \appoggiatura d8 cis4 b8( a) |

}

It has four movements:

  1. Allegro moderato, A major, {{music|time|2|2}}
  2. Andante, D major, {{music|time|3|4}}
  3. Menuetto – Trio, A major, {{music|time|3|4}} (Trio in A minor)
  4. Molto allegro, A major, {{music|time|2|4}}

References

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External links

  • {{NMA|97|165|98|30|{{noitalic|Symphony in A, KV 114}}|bullet=no}}
  • {{IMSLP|work=Symphony No.14 in A major, K.114 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)|cname=Symphony No. 14 (W. A. Mozart)}}
  • {{YouTube|OsiXB-8PnHE|Animated score}}, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner conducting

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Category:1771 compositions

Category:Compositions in A major

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