This symphony begins with a loud unison C, followed by two quick ascending figures from G back up to C.
This symphony begins with a loud unison C, followed by two quick ascending figures from G back up to C. This symphony was written during the same summer that produced its composer's previous two symphonies, in E-flat major and in G minor. Its first movement introduces a theme taken from its composer's insertion aria "Un bacio di mano". Its fourth movement begins with first violins playing the motif "C D F E" in long whole notes, and introduces a total of five different themes that are later weaved into a large fugato passage in its coda. Johann Peter Salomon coined the nickname for this symphony, comparing its magnificence to that of the chief Roman god. For 10 points, name this final symphony of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
This symphony begins with a loud unison C, followed by two quick ascending figures from G back up to C.
Jupiter Symphony [or Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 41 in C major; or K. 551; or Symphony No. 41 after Mozart is read] 