K. 19, Symphony no. 4
What happened to K. 17?
Seems those nerdy historians have determined Mozart did not write
it. It makes a guy wonder. I heard a bunch of debates concerning whether
Bach wrote some of his more famous works: Minuet in G and Toccata and Fugue. Last I’ve heard Minuet in G was most likely
not written by him, but Toccata and Fugue was.
Who knows? How many more new
Mozart works will be discovered, and how many will be disavowed?
Anyway, now on to K. 19.
His next work on the K6 scale. The first movement opens with a marching
number, like something I would hear in a royal parade. Then, it shifts to a frolic that hints of
sprinting in intervals. It is the
shortest movement. The second movement
sighs with reminiscence. The andante
recounts happy moments as well as sorrowful, both blended beautifully. The third movement is a presto. That’s a new
tempo mark to me. Not sure what exactly
it entails, just that it is fast. But,
the third movement didn’t sound a lot different than the allegro first.
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