for two flutes, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, timpani and strings. It has three movements, each in sonata form: Adagio – Allegro, Andante in G major, Finale (Presto), The first movement begins with a slow introduction (he does this in only two other symphonies, No. 36 ["Linz"] and No. 39). Daniel E. Freeman has noted that it is probably the longest and most sophisticated slow introduction written for any major symphony up to that time, perhaps to compensate for the length of the missing minuet in order to help bring the entire work into closer alignment with the customary length of a standard four-movement symphony. The introduction gives way to the main portion of the movement, in which six melodies are developed and recapitulated in a very contrapuntal example of sonata-allegro form. Certain phrases in the first movement bear a resemblance to the overture to Die Zauberflöte. The allegro proper opens in a complicated manner with the "first theme" traded off between the second violins (who start it) and the first violins (who finish it off). The second movement's structure is typical of Mozart symphonies dating from this period, although the music shifts into the minor-key in a movement of contrasting moods. It is in the subdominant key of G major. The third movement is a lively Presto in which the flute plays a prominent role, especially in counterpointing the main melody in the development section. This movement "shows Mozart in an unusual mood, nearer to Beethoven's boisterousness than his fastidious taste normally allowed him to go." Notes Sources Deutsch, Otto Erich 1965, Mozart: A Documentary Biography, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press Einstein, Alfred 1945, Mozart, his Character, his Work. London: Oxford University Press, (translated from the German by Arthur Mendel and Nathan Broder), LCCN 45001487 Freeman, Daniel E. 2021, Mozart in Prague, Minneapolis: Calumet Editions External links 38 Compositions in D major 1786 compositions