Classical Hour
Giovanni Antonini Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) composed his final three symphonies, Nos. 39 to 41, during the summer of 1788. It remains uncertain whether he ever heard them performed in his lifetime. Symphony No. 41 soon earned the nickname Jupiter Symphony, and Mozart’s longest and most sophisticated symphonic work became an ideal for later composers such as Beethoven, Brahms, and Bruckner.