Symphony No. 18 (Mozart)
Symphony No. 18 in F major, K. 130, was the last of three symphonies composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in May 1772, when he was sixteen years old.[1]
Structure
The symphony is scored for two flutes, two horns in C and two horns in F for the first, third and fourth movements, in F and B-flat for the second, and strings. There are no oboes in this symphony; Mozart used flutes instead for the first time. Mozart also used a second pair of horns throughout this work, which is a rarity in his oeuvre.[1]
There are four movements:
References
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (2005). Die Sinfonien III. Translated by J. Branford Robinson. Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag. p. X. ISMN M-006-20466-3
External links
- Symphony in F K. 130: Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
- Symphony No. 18: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
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