Symphony No. 13 in F major, K. 112, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was written in Milan during the autumn of 1771. The symphony is in four movements, the second of which is scored for strings alone.[1] It is a work of originality and humour, using very limited instrumentation.[2] The third movement minuet may have been written earlier, and then incorporated into the symphony—the autograph manuscript shows the minuet copied in Leopold's hand.[1] Nicholas Kenyon describes Symphony No. 13 as the last in "conventional mode"—thereafter "we are in the beginnings of a different world."[3]
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The instrumentation was: strings, 2 oboes, 2 horns, bassoon, continuo[1]
Its probable first performance was at a concert given by Leopold and Wolfgang Mozart at the residence of Albert Michael von Mayr, on 22 or 23 November, 1771.[1] This concert may also have seen the premiere of Mozart's 12th symphony.
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