Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor

Classical period- Viennese classical style

Structure

• Sonata form (a large scale ternary form)
• Exposition, Development, Recapitulation

Tonality

• Tonic= G minor (Bb, Eb, with the accidental F#)
• Bb major (relative major) (Bb, Eb) for 2nd subject in Exposition, and into the closing section (codetta)
• Development moves through a variety of keys, then gives us the 'dominant preparation' to return us to G minor..
• Recapitulation remains centred around G minor

Harmony

• Simple diatonic harmony
• Some use of…