Symphony No. 23 (Mozart)

The Symphony No. 23 in D major, K. 181/162b, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was dated as complete on May 19, 1773.^[1] It is sometimes called "Overture", even though the autograph score bears the title "Sinfonia".^[2] The symphony is scored for 2 oboes, 2 horns in D, 2 trumpets in D, and strings.

$\relative c''' { \tempo "Allegro spiritoso" \key d \major d2:16\f d4 r | d2:16 d4 r | d,,8 e16 fis g a b cis d e fis gis a b cis d | cis4 <a a,> q }$

Mozart wrote the symphony as a single uninterrupted movement consisting of 3 distinct tempi:

Allegro spiritoso, ⁴
₄
Andantino grazioso, ³
₈ in G major
Presto assai, ²
₄

References

^ Mozart 2005, p. XIII.
^ Mozart 2005, p. XI.

Sources

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (2005). Die Sinfonien. Vol. III. Translated by Robinson, J. Branford. Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag. ISMN 9790006204663.

External links

Sinfonie in D KV 181: Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
Symphony No. 23 (Mozart): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Symphony Nr. 23, K. 181, All About Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Biography

Music

Editions	Köchel catalogue Alte Mozart-Ausgabe Neue Mozart-Ausgabe

Family

Leopold Mozart (father)
Anna Maria Mozart (mother)
Maria Anna Mozart (Nannerl) (sister)
Constanze Mozart (wife)
Maria Anna Thekla Mozart (Bäsle) (first cousin)
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (son)
Karl Thomas Mozart (son)
Johann Georg Mozart (paternal grandfather)
Franz Mozart (paternal great-grandfather)
Joseph Lange (brother-in-law)
Cäcilia Weber (mother-in-law)
Josepha Weber (sister-in-law)
Aloysia Weber (sister-in-law)
Sophie Weber (sister-in-law)

Influences

Category

v t e Symphonies by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Unnumbered	K. 16a (Odense)^d K. 19a K. 45a (Old Lambach) K. 76^a K. 45b^a K. 74g^a K. 81^a K. 95^a K. 97^a K. 75^a K. 98^d K. 111+120 K. 96^a K. 161 K. 135+61h^a K. 196+121 K. 208+102
Numbered	No. 1 (K. 16) No. 2 (K. 17)^b No. 3 (K. 18)^c No. 4 (K. 19) No. 5 (K. 22) No. 6 (K. 43) No. 7 (K. 45) No. 8 (K. 48) No. 9 (K. 73) No. 10 (K. 74) No. 11 (K. 84)^a No. 12 (K. 110) No. 13 (K. 112) No. 14 (K. 114) No. 15 (K. 124) No. 16 (K. 128) No. 17 (K. 129) No. 18 (K. 130) No. 19 (K. 132) No. 20 (K. 133) No. 21 (K. 134) No. 22 (K. 162) No. 23 (K. 181) No. 24 (K. 182) No. 25 (K. 183) No. 26 (K. 184) No. 27 (K. 199) No. 28 (K. 200) No. 29 (K. 201) No. 30 (K. 202) No. 31 (K. 297) (Paris) No. 32 (K. 318) No. 33 (K. 319) No. 34 (K. 338) No. 35 (K. 385) (Haffner) No. 36 (K. 425) (Linz) No. 37 (K. 444)^e No. 38 (K. 504) (Prague) No. 39 (K. 543) No. 40 (K. 550) No. 41 (K. 551) (Jupiter)
Adapted from serenades	K. 204 K. 250 K. 320
Lost	K. 19b K. 66c K. 66d K. 66e K. Anh.C 11.07 K. Anh.C 11.08
^a Symphonies of doubtful authenticity. ^b No. 2 now attributed to Leopold Mozart. ^c No. 3 now attributed to Carl Friedrich Abel (although Mozart changed the instrumentation). ^d Symphonies generally agreed to be spurious today, but included in either the old or new complete editions. ^e No. 37 now attributed to Michael Haydn, except for the slow introduction which Mozart added. List of symphonies by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart List of spurious/doubtful Mozart symphonies

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