Hunting symphony
The Sinfonia di caccia or Hunting Symphony is a three-movement symphony by Leopold Mozart .
The hunting symphony originated in the 1850s. It has come down to us in two manuscripts. The title page of the Viennese manuscript bears the heading: Die Jagd Sinfonie / 4 Violini / 4 Corni ex D / 2 Corni ex G / 2 Violi / a Kugelbichse / et / Basso / del Sig. Mozart Leopold . The Augsburg manuscript is called Sinfonia di Caccia | à | 2 violini | Viola | 4 Corni obligatory | et | Basso | A: Sig: Leopoldo Mozart .
The sentence names:
- Allegro
- Andante più tosto un poco allegretto a gusto d 'un echo
- Menuet
Leopold Mozart writes about the execution of the symphony:
“First of all, the horns would have to be pounded very roughly, as is usually the case with the yacht and as always possible. item can also be a hip horn. Then you should have several dogs that bark, but the rest of them scream ho ho etl together. but only 6 bars long "
Manuscripts
- Archive of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna (ms. No. 13/23533)
- Öttingen-Wallerstein collection of the Augsburg University Library (ms. No. III, 4 °, 1/2 4 537)
expenditure
- Bulkhead
- Eulenburg