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G minor has been considered the key through which Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart best expressed sadness and tragedy,〔Hellmut Federhofer, foreword to the Bärenreiter Urtext of Mozart's Piano Quartet in G minor. "'" ("G minor was, for Mozart, the most suitable fate-key throughout his life for the expression of pain and tragedy.")(〕 and many of his minor key works are in G minor. Though Mozart touched on various minor keys in his symphonies, G minor is the only minor key he used as a main key for his numbered symphonies. In the Classical period, symphonies in G minor almost always used four horns, two in G and two in B-flat alto.〔H. C. Robbins Landon, ''Mozart and Vienna''. New York: Schirmer Books (1991): 48. "Writing for four horns was a regular part of the ''Sturm und Drang'' G minor equipment." Robbins Landon also notes that Mozart's No. 40 was first intended to have four horns.〕 Another convention of G minor symphonies observed in Mozart's No. 25 and No. 40 was the choice of the submediant, E-flat major, for the slow movement; other non-Mozart examples of this practice include J.C. Bach Opus 6 No. 6 from 1769, Haydn's No. 39 (1768/9) and Johann Baptist Wanhal's G minor symphony sometime before 1771 (Bryan Gm1).〔James Hepokoski og Warren Darcy, ''Elements of Sonata Theory'' (Oxford University Press: 2006) p. 328〕 Isolated sections in this key within Mozart's compositions may also evoke an atmosphere of grand tragedy, one example being the stormy G minor middle section to the otherwise serene B-flat major slow movement in the Piano Concerto No. 20. ==List of works== (詳細はSymphony No. 5, K. 22 *Fugue in G minor, K. 154 (385k) (Organ) *Symphony No. 25, K. 183/173db *"Vorrei punirti indegno" from La finta giardiniera, K. 196 *"Agnus Dei" from Missa Brevis No. 9, K. 275/272b *Allegro in G minor, K. 312/590d *6 Variations in G minor on "Helas, j'ai perdu mon amant", K. 360 (violin and piano) *Fugue in G minor, K. 401/375e (Organ) *Andante from Piano Concerto No. 18, K. 456 *Der Zauberer, K. 472 *Piano Quartet No. 1, K. 478 *String Quintet in G minor, K. 516 *Symphony No. 40, K. 550 *"Ach, ich fühl's" from The Magic Flute, K. 620 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mozart and G minor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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