Mozart's symphonies

English name

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Life

1756–1791

Country

Austria

Mainly active in

Salzburg · Vienna

Symphony

41 symphonies

In a line

A Classical-era Austrian composer who left behind works including Symphony No. 40

Fun to know

• No. 36, "Linz," was finished in about four days after he arrived in Linz
• He wrote all of the last three symphonies (Nos. 39–41) within a few weeks in the summer of 1788
• The nickname "Jupiter" is said to have been given by the London impresario Salomon

9 symphonies

• Symphony No. 25G minor · 1773 · about 22 minA 17-year-old Mozart's stormy minor key
• Symphony No. 29A major · 1774 · about 25 minThe key is the opening note, dropping an octave
• Symphony No. 31, "Paris"D major · 1778 · about 16 minA symphony aimed squarely at Parisian taste
• Symphony No. 35, "Haffner"D major · 1782 · about 18 minWritten in a hurry amid marriage and opera
• Symphony No. 36, "Linz"C major · 1783Arrived without a score and had it done in four days
• Symphony No. 38, "Prague"D major · 1786 · about 30 minA gift for a city wild about Figaro
• Symphony No. 39E-flat major · 1788 · about 28 minClarinets instead of oboes, the gentle first of the final trilogy
• Symphony No. 40G minor · 1788 · about 28 minAn opening melody everyone knows, in the minor to the end
• Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter"C major · 1788 · about 30 minFive themes at once at the end!