Listening Chart 7 Mozart, Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, first movement (Molto allegro)
Mozart, Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, first movement (Molto allegro)
Sonata form. 8 min., 14 sec.
| EXPOSITION | |||
| 0:01 | Theme 1 (main theme) | Theme 1, p, minor key (G minor); repeated cadences f |
|
| 0:25 | Theme 1 repeats and begins the modulation to a new key. | ||
| 0:34 | Bridge | Bridge theme, f, confirms the modulation. |
|
Abrupt stop |
|||
| Second Group | |||
| 0:53 | Theme 2 | Theme 2, p, in major key; phrases divided between wood- |
|
| 1:04 | Theme 2 again, division of phrases is reversed. | ||
| 1:22 | Other, shorter ideas, f, and p: echoes of theme 1 motive | ||
| 1:48 | Cadence theme | Cadence theme, f, downward scales followed by repeated cadences |
|
|
Abrupt stop |
|||
| 2:04 | Exposition repeated | ||
| DEVELOPMENT | |||
| 4:10 | Theme 1 developed | Theme 1, p, modulating | |
| 4:26 | Contrapuntal passage | Sudden f: contrapuntal treatment by the full orchestra of theme 1 | |
| 4:54 | Fragmentation | Sudden p: beginning of theme 1 echoes between strings and woodwinds; theme fragmented from 
to 
and finally to 
|
|
| 5:11 | Retransition f (full orchestra), p (woodwinds), which leads into the recapitulation | ||
| RECAPITULATION | |||
| 5:26 | Theme 1 | Theme 1, p, G minor, as before | |
| 5:50 | Theme 1, modulating differently than before | ||
| 5:59 | Bridge | Bridge, f, longer than before | |
|
Abrupt stop |
|||
| Second Group | |||
| 6:41 | Theme 2 | Theme 2, p, this time in the minor mode (G minor) | |
| All the other second- |
|||
| 7:42 | Cadence theme | Scale part of the cadence theme, f | |
| CODA | |||
| 7:54 | New imitative passage, p, strings; based on theme 1 motive |
|
|
| 8:04 | Repeated cadences, f Stop, this time confirmed by three solid chords | ||