Great G minor Symphony

E784755

The "Great G minor Symphony" is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, one of his most famous and emotionally intense late symphonies, noted for its dramatic minor-key character and lyrical themes.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Great G minor Symphony canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf classical composition ⓘ
symphony ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 ⓘ
Symphony No. 40 in G minor ⓘ
catalogNumber K. 550 ⓘ
composedIn Vienna ⓘ
composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ⓘ
compositionYear 1788 ⓘ
emotionalCharacter restless ⓘ
stormy ⓘ
tragic ⓘ
firstMovementKey G minor ⓘ
firstMovementTempoMarking Molto allegro ⓘ
followedBy Symphony No. 41 in C major ⓘ
fourthMovementKey G minor ⓘ
fourthMovementTempoMarking Allegro assai ⓘ
genre symphony ⓘ
hasVersion original version without clarinets ⓘ
revised version with clarinets ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of Mozart’s most famous symphonies ⓘ
one of the few minor-key symphonies by Mozart ⓘ
influenced Romantic-era symphonic writing ⓘ
key G minor ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
movementCount 4 ⓘ
notableFeature dramatic minor-key character ⓘ
intense emotional expression ⓘ
lyrical themes ⓘ
number 40 ⓘ
openingThemeCharacteristic descending melodic line ⓘ
syncopated accompaniment ⓘ
orchestration horns ⓘ
strings ⓘ
woodwinds ⓘ
partOf Mozart’s last three symphonies ⓘ
period Classical era ⓘ
precededBy Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major ⓘ
secondMovementKey E-flat major ⓘ
secondMovementTempoMarking Andante ⓘ
style menuet and trio in third movement ⓘ
sonata form in first movement ⓘ
sonata-rondo elements in finale ⓘ
thirdMovementKey G minor ⓘ
thirdMovementTempoMarking Menuetto ⓘ
tonalCenter G ⓘ
workOf Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Symphony No. 40 in G minor → alternativeTitle → Great G minor Symphony ⓘ