Mozart Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter"
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
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Mozart's Third Theme Is a Closed Loop
This is a theme that i would call a closed loop. And it's something that distinguishes great composers from good ones. This theme, unlike the theme he wrote at the beginning of the symphony, can't go anywhere. Just keeps going around and around and around in a circle. So what's it doing here? To me, it's a big joke.
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