![]() 136 and the Sinfonia concertante show Mozart’s early mastery over conventional forms and hints of the ingenuity to come. But that definition of a masterwork, as one sanctified by noble effort and yielding a musical monument that should stand for eternity, leaves out much of the most beautiful, and indeed masterful, music Mozart wrote. We more readily think of an ailing Mozart laboring over the Requiem, an image fostered in no small degree by the movie “Amadeus”. In some ways, this seeming haste or capriciousness contradicts our idea of a masterwork. So, it is perhaps not surprising that this mutual affinity inspired a period of intense creativity for Mozart, including three symphonies written with astounding speed-the Linz Symphony took only four or five days to complete. Mozart loved Vienna, and Vienna, for the most part, loved him back. 36 was written at the height of Mozart’s career in Vienna (1782-1786), where he was far happier than in his hometown of Salzburg. (If it has a special name and not just a number, then somebody, somewhere probably thinks it’s a masterwork.) Like the Haffner and Prague, the Symphony No. ![]() ![]() Of Mozart’s works, the Linz Symphony typically makes the list, alongside the Haffner, Prague and Jupiter¬ Symphonies. ![]() What is a masterwork? Answers to this question often involve examples, rather than clear definitions. ![]()
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