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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.

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.

There are four movements:

1. Allegro,
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2. Andantino grazioso,
   ₈ in B-flat major
3. Menuetto – Trio,
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4. Molto allegro,
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References

1. ^ 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

• Classical music

• Symphonies by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• 1772 compositions
• Compositions in F major