Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)

Title Symphony No. 40
Creators Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer
Opus K.550
Instrumentation orchestra
Number of movements 4
Keys G minor
Composed 1788
First published 1794
Dedication
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Average duration (sec)
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Composition types Symphonies
Period Classical
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Sections

Title
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Metronome Key Measures
Molto allegro
Andante
Menuetto
Allegro assai

Arrangements

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
View Complete 2 violins, viola and cello Ignacio Massun
View Complete 2 piano 8 hands Theodor Kirchner
View Complete flute, violin, cello and piano Johann Nepomuk Hummel
View Complete 2 horns Leonard Spira
View Complete violin and piano Heinrich Gottwald
View Complete 2 pianos
View Complete piano 4 hands Hugo Ulrich
View Complete piano Leopold Godowsky
View Complete piano August Horn
View Complete piano Johann Nepomuk Hummel
View Complete piano Wilhelm Meves
View Complete piano Max Pauer
View Complete piano August Stradal
View Selections piano Roberto Novegno
View Molto Allegro (No.1) clarinet and piano Emmanuel Legrand
View Allegro and Menuetto violin, cello and piano Renaud de Vilbac
August Schulz
View Andante (No.2) piano Roberto Novegno
View Menuetto (No.3) theater orchestra Otto Langey
View Menuetto (No.3) piano 6 hands Renaud de Vilbac
View Menuetto (No.3) cello and piano Charles Vogel
Henri Guérout
View Menuetto (No.3) piano Charles-Valentin Alkan
View Menuetto (No.3) piano Roberto Novegno

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Complete Breitkopf und Härtel 1880 Complete Score
Complete Score (bar numbers added)
View Complete Bärenreiter-Verlag 1957 Version I
Version II
II. Andante, mm.29-32: autograph variant
II. Andante, mm.100-103: autograph variant
View Complete Ricordi Complete Score
View Complete Complete Score
View Complete parts Sieber Flute
Oboe 1, 2
Bassoon 1, 2
Horn 1, 2 (Balto/E/G, G/E)
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos and Basses
Cover
View Complete parts Breitkopf und Härtel Flute
Oboe 1, 2
Clarinet 1, 2 (B)
Bassoon 1, 2
Horn 1 (B, E, G), 2 (G, E)
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos and Basses
View Complete parts Breitkopf und Härtel Flute
View Complete parts Breitkopf und Härtel Oboe 1
Oboe 2
View Complete parts Edition Peters Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
View Complete parts Flute
Oboes 1, 2
Clarinets 1, 2 (B)
Bassoons 1, 2
Horn (Balto)
Horn (F)
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos/Basses
View Complete Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello
by Ignacio Massun
Complete Score
Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
View Complete Arrangement for 2 piano 8 hands
by Theodor Kirchner
Edition Peters Piano 1
Piano 2
View Complete Arrangement for flute, violin, cello and piano
by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Edition Peters Piano Part
View Complete Arrangement for 2 horns
by Leonard Spira
Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for violin and piano
by Heinrich Gottwald
F.E.C. Leuckart 1859 Complete Score and Incomplete Violin Part
View Complete Arrangement for 2 pianos Edition Peters Complete Score
Color Cover
View Complete Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Hugo Ulrich
Edition Peters Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Leopold Godowsky
Art Publication Society 1915 Incomplete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by August Horn
Edition Peters Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Schott Complete Score
Complete Score (cleaned and straightened)
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Wilhelm Meves
Litolff Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Max Pauer
Schott Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by August Stradal
Schuberth & Co. Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Roberto Novegno
; selections
Nos.1, 4
View Molto Allegro (No.1) Arrangement for clarinet and piano
by Emmanuel Legrand
Emmanuel Legrand 2017 Complete Score
View Allegro and Menuetto Arrangement for violin, cello and piano
by Renaud de Vilbac
August Schulz

Litolff Complete Score
Violin
Cello
View Andante (No.2) Arrangement for piano
by Roberto Novegno
Complete score
View Menuetto (No.3) Arrangement for theater orchestra
by Otto Langey
Shirmer 1920 Condensed Score and Parts
View Menuetto (No.3) Arrangement for piano 6 hands
by Renaud de Vilbac
Heugel 1874 Complete Score
View Menuetto (No.3) Arrangement for cello and piano
by Charles Vogel
Henri Guérout

Litolff Complete Score
Cello
View Menuetto (No.3) Arrangement for piano
by Charles-Valentin Alkan
Richault Complete Score
View Menuetto (No.3) Arrangement for piano
by Roberto Novegno
Complete Score

Recordings/Performances

DetailsTypeEnsemblePerformersArranged forFiles (click to listen)
View Das Orchester Tsumugi (orchestra) 1. Molto allegro
2. Andante
3. Menuetto
4. Allegro assai
View Fulda Symphonic Orchestra (orchestra) Simon Schindler, conductor 1. Molto allegro
2. Andante
3. Menuetto
4. Allegro assai
View Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra) Karl Böhm, conductor Complete Performance
View London Symphony Orchestra (orchestra) Antal Doráti, conductor 1. Molto allegro
2. Andante
3. Menuetto
4. Allegro assai
View London Symphony Orchestra (orchestra) Colin Davis, conductor Complete Performance
View London Symphony Orchestra (orchestra) Leopold Ludwig, conductor 1. Molto allegro
2. Andante
3. Menuetto
4. Allegro assai
View Bamberger Symphoniker (orchestra) Joseph Keilberth, conductor Complete Performance
View Orchestre Symphonique Munich (orchestra) Kurt Redel, performer Complete Performance
View Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (orchestra) Erich Leinsdorf, conductor 1. Molto allegro
2. Andante
3. Menuetto
4. Allegro assai
View Philadelphia Orchestra (orchestra) Eugene Ormandy, conductor 1. Molto allegro
2. Andante
3. Menuetto - Trio
4. Allegro assai
View New York Philharmonic (orchestra) Bruno Walter, conductor 1. Molto allegro
2. Andante
3. Menuetto - Trio
4. Allegro assai
View Orchestre national de France (orchestra) Paul Kletzki, conductor Complete Performance
View Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (orchestra) Ernest Ansermet, conductor 1. Molto allegro
2. Andante
3. Menuetto - Allegretto
4. Allegro assai
View Papalin, performer For Recorder Ensemble (Yamanaka) I. Molto allegro
View Synthesized For Piano (Novegno) I. Molto Allegro
II. Andante (full repeat)
II. Andante (half repeat)
II. Andante (no repeat)
III. Menuetto
III. Menuetto (transposed in G sharp minor )
III. Menuetto (transposed in F sharp minor )
IV. Allegro assai


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