Symphony No. 19 in E flat major

Symphony No. 19 in E flat major, K. 132, was a symphony composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in July, 1772.^[1]

Structure

The symphony has the scoring of two oboes, four horns (two of them uniquely written in "E flat alto"), and strings. There are four movements:

1. Allegro, 4/4
2. Andante, 3/8
3. Menuetto: Trio, 3/4
4. Allegro, 2/2

The first movement opens with a motif that Mozart would later use at the beginning of his twenty-second piano concerto in the same key.^[2] The exposition is brief and there is no repeat. The development focuses on new material.^[2]

There is also an alternative slow movement, marked Andantino grazioso.^[1] The tempo marks in the first, second and fourth movements were written in the hand of Leopold Mozart.^[1]

The finale is a French rondo in seven part (ABACADA) form. Each part of the rondo is repeated except for the final A.^[2]

References

External links

• Symphony in E flat K. 132: Score and critical report (German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
• Symphony No. 19: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project.