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Jagdsinfonie

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The Jagdsinfonie or Sinfonia da Caccia for 4 Horns and Strings is a work by Leopold Mozart in the key of G major.[1] It is scored for corni di caccia, or hunting horns, strings, and gunshots, a naturalism not atypical of this composer. Some performances add the recorded sounds of shouts and barking dogs.

There are 3 movements:

Sources

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  1. ^ François Verschaeve (2007). What's What in Titles of Classical Music. p. 312. ISBN 978-0-9738454-1-9.
  • Archive of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna (ms. nr. 13/23533)
  • Fürstlich Öttingen-Wallersteinsche Bibliothek in Harburg (ms. nr. III, 4°, 1/2 4 537)
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