Mozart – Muhai Tang
Mozart’s Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major was written in London in 1764, when Mozart was only eight. The three-part work – molto allegro, andante, presto – shows the influence of several composers, including his father and the sons of JS Bach, especially Johann Christian Bach, an important early symphonist working in London whom Mozart had met.
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