The "minor" symphonies

Drifting away from the contemporary styles of music, here is a post to do justice to the master Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Mozart is known in history as a composer of mad talent. There might be some dispute as to his character. What stands absolutely undisputed is his sheer genius.

In his entire career Mozart wrote only two symphonies in a minor key, and they had such an impact that to this day, the continue to be referred to as G Minor Symphonies. A minor key casts a very different kind of mood compared to the major key for instance. Whether he intentionally wanted to introduce this mood by using a minor key is for historians and music critics to answer. But these songs have achieved their objective of touching the souls of its listeners.

Perhaps the only competition these symphonies have is each other. Hence the symphony no. 40 is often called the Great G minor symphony whereas the symphony no. 25 referred to as the little G minor symphony.







The Little minor symphony



The Great minor Symphony