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