Great G minor

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Great G minor is the commonly used nickname for Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G minor, one of his most famous and frequently performed symphonies.

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Great G minor canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf symphony ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G minor ⓘ
Symphony No. 40 in G minor ⓘ
approximateCompositionDate 1788 ⓘ
catalogNumber K. 550 ⓘ
composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ⓘ
compositionPlace Vienna ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
creator Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Little G minor ⓘ
Symphony No. 25 in G minor ⓘ
famousRecordingBy Berlin Philharmonic ⓘ
Vienna Philharmonic ⓘ
firstMovementForm sonata form ⓘ
firstMovementKey G minor ⓘ
followedBy Symphony No. 41 in C major ⓘ
fourthMovementForm sonata form ⓘ
fourthMovementKey G minor ⓘ
genre symphony ⓘ
hasMovement Allegro assai ⓘ
Andante ⓘ
Menuetto: Allegretto ⓘ
Molto allegro ⓘ
key G minor ⓘ
languageOfTitle Italian ⓘ
movementCount 4 ⓘ
nickname Great G minor ⓘ
notableFeature among Mozart’s most frequently performed symphonies ⓘ
famous for its dramatic opening theme ⓘ
one of Mozart’s only two minor-key symphonies ⓘ
numberInSeries 40 ⓘ
orchestration horns ⓘ
strings ⓘ
woodwinds ⓘ
originalTitle Sinfonia in sol minore n. 40 ⓘ
partOf Mozart’s late symphonies ⓘ
Mozart’s symphonies ⓘ
period Classical era ⓘ
precededBy Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major ⓘ
secondMovementForm sonata form ⓘ
secondMovementKey E-flat major ⓘ
thirdMovementForm minuet and trio ⓘ
thirdMovementKey G minor ⓘ
tonalCenter G ⓘ
typicalPerformanceDuration approximately 25 minutes ⓘ

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Symphony No. 40 in G minor → nickName → Great G minor ⓘ
Great G minor → nickname → Great G minor ⓘ