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Instructions for Writing Assignment #2 Your assignment is to write a 3-page paper about Mozart's Symphony No. 40. The is your chance to demonstrate that you understand form, melody, harmony, rhythm, and texture and how composers manipulate these musical elements to create works of art. Steps in This Assignment To remind you about the materials of music that composers manipulate to create their art, you are advised to review the quizzes that cover chapters 1-11. Re-Read College-Level Writing Tips (When Writing About Music). Below is a YouTube link to a performance of Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G Minor by the Boston Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Leonard Bernstein). For each of the 4 movements, do the following: Listen all the way through without taking any notes. Listen a second time and consider the emotional power the piece has. Jot down some notes about what you think the composer is communicating. This is your subjective reaction. Listen to the movement a third time and refine your notes to include a description of musical elements that you believe the composer manipulates to achieve emotional impact. This is your objective reaction. Create a Microsoft Word document that addresses each of the symphony's four movements. Each movement should be described in about 3/4 of a page (about 200 words, 12-point font, double-spaced). Therefore, your completed assignment should be approximately 3 pages long. Include a short introduction listing the date, the names of the performing forces and selections, the conductor, etc. Include a short conclusion paragraph that outlines what you've learned about this symphony. Was it composed at the beginning or ending of Mozart's life? Is there anything about it that's not like most other classical symphonies? Your paper should have 6 paragraphs (one for each movement, plus an introduction and a conclusion). Your paper will be graded using the rubric attached to this assignment. See the following list, also. Your introduction and conclusion are each worth 4 points. Each movement's description is worth 23 points. Did you name the form of each movement?: 3 points Did you address and analyze all the melodies (themes) in each movement?: 3 points Did you address and analyze the key and harmony of each movement?: 3 points Did you address and analyze the texture of each movement?: 3 points Did you address and analyze the meter/tempo/rhythm of each movement?: 3 points Is your grammar and spelling correct?: 4 points Are subjective statements supported by correct objective analyses and observations?: 4 point

Answer

MOZART Symphony No 40 in G minor KV550

Introduction

Silence is used to differentiate the movements in music when listening to the main piece
and the movements in it. Ideally, every movement has a varying rhythm, harmony, tempo, and
key. These four movements form the musical elements in music that a composer can manipulate
when creating their musical art. The MOZART Symphony No 40 in G minor KV550, conducted
by Leonard Bernstein, was created in the late 1700s by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Mozart's symphony’s four movements

1. An opening Sonata-Brisk and lively or allegro
The structure contained in this movement is the sonata form. Essentially, the sonata form
is understood easily, enabling the listener to appreciate the beauty of classical music. The
opening Sonata-Brisk and lively movement apply the classical symphonies to form its first
movement. As such, the sonata's first theme is forceful and loud, followed by a second theme
which is quieter and more lyrical. At the beginning of the music, the first theme comes out
strong, while a soft theme follows after a few harmony activities. After the first section, the
composer develops a theme that makes the music feel and sound more logical and exciting. At
the beginning of MOZART Symphony, No 40 in G minor KV550’s symphony, the traditional
opening chords are absent. Only a quiet accompaniment is audible. The tempo in the first
movement of the symphony is speedy. Occasionally, jubilation bursts appear between the gentle
and graceful melodies and plaintive sighs. The rhythm or meter is 4/4 with a consistent
simplicity.
2. Slow movement and lyrical

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The second movement is more relaxing and relatively slow. Unlike the first movement,
this movement's structure is loose, and the rhythm is more harmonious. The soft elegance of this
movement is comparable to a quiet moonlit evening. In MOZART’s Symphony, the second
movement has audibled woodwinds and strings that are divided. Mozart used the strings to play
various things, such as sustained notes, running scales, and melodies. The strings are more
prominent than the woodwinds in the symphony because the woodwinds do not have many quick
runs and their notes are more sustained. Mozart ultimately set aside the minor essential shadows,
replacing them with the brighter significant keys. The section starts with a rather sharp and
unexpected F-sharp key indicating a vital development section in which Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart gave a relatively moderate walking pace. The codetta has a calm and peaceful tempo,
beginning with long, slurred notes. The rhythm or metre is 4/4 with a consistent simplicity and
an occasional dotted rhythm use.
3. A minuet-Dancy or scherzo with trio
This movement includes wanting to dance to the song and comprises three sections:
minuet, trio, and minute. Every part of the MOZART’s Symphony plays out with other
disclosures hence the sections that ought to be comforting slow movements evoke agitation. In
the third movement of Mozart’s symphony, the tempo is slightly slower than the allegro. The
codetta has a calm and peaceful tempo, beginning with long, slurred notes. Moreover, the forte
violin interrupts the peace with the movement's profound use of crotchets and quavers. The dark
passage in this movement is very assertive, while the lighter ones are more soothing and sweeter.
In the previous movements, the rhythm or metre is 4/4 with a consistent simplicity and an
occasional dotted rhythm used to create momentum, which makes for exciting reading.
4. Rondo, Allegro, Sonata-Rollicking

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The final movement is usually fast and furious, demonstrating the orchestra’s power. In
the MOZART Symphony No 40 in G minor KV550, this last part contains some intense
chromatics from the first movement. Hence, the tempo in this movement came out very fast in
Mozart’s symphony. Mozart focused on more extreme moods, often giving them a fretful and
urgent turn. The first subject appears again in the recapitulation but remains short while
dynamics are observed. Like in the previous movewments, the rhythm or metre is 4/4 with a
consistent simplicity and an occasional dotted rhythm used to create momentum, making for
exciting reading. This symphony has a texture that is majorly homophobic, and octave doubling
and imitation are inherent in the symphony. The exposition of this movement is quiet in the first
subject, and the second subject starts quietly but increases in loudness as the symphony
progresses. The exposition and the recapitulation share the same dynamics.

Conclusion

Incredibly, Mozart was going through tough times when he created this piece. Distressed
by budgetary constraints, an ill wife, declining fame, and preceding disappointing shows, he
made the last orchestras, which turned out to be the best he ever had. There are some differences
between the MOZART Symphony with classical symphonies as, in the beginning, it lacks the
conventional opening chords. Mozart's symphony creates shapes and illustrations in the mind g
the listener and allows them to share in the emotions portrayed by the symphony. Unlike many
other classical symphonies, Mozart's symphony shifts the balance of interest in the last
movement. The growing orchestral sensitivity, the addition of codas, slow movements, and
minuet lengths and scope portray maturity.