The Summer of a Jupiter Symphony The year is 1788 when Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began working on his last three symphonies during a time of conflict for the musicians while the Austro-Turkish war continued. forward to Austria. Tired of having moved his family from central Vienna to the outskirts of Alsergrund, while in debt up to his ears as he continued to borrow money from friends including a fellow bricklayer, Michael Puchberg, Mozart completed his last symphony on 10 August 1788 This piece, nicknamed the “Jupiter Symphony,” coined by the impresario Johann Peter Saloman, was Mozart's longest symphony with a total of four movements, a symphonic form typical of the classical era. The Jupiter Symphony amounts to approximately forty-five minutes of music which ends with a quintuple fugato which takes up the five melodies introduced in the final movement making the last one one of the most complex examples of counterpoint ever created. My goal will be to give the reader an insight into Mozart's life at the time of this composition, a detailed analysis of all four of these movements, as well as a look at why this piece was seen as an opera of innovation. On January 27th In 1756, at number 9 Getreidegasse in Salzburg, Austria, a Jupiter was born among simple men and composers. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born the son of Anna Maria (1720-1778) and Leopold Mozart (1719-1787), composer, teacher and fourth violinist of Count Leopold Anton von Firmian. Already learning to play the keyboard at the age of just three, Mozart learned by sight as he watched his seven-year-old sister take lessons from her music teacher. As Mozart grew up and began to develop as a musician and composer, he traveled with his father around Europe performing as a child... middle of paper... while paving the way for the composers of Romanticism. period such as Ludwig van Beethoven, Gioachino Rossini and Franz Schubert. No one can doubt the finality that reflects Mozart's life in his final symphony and his last farewell.BibliographyAbert, Hermann. WA Mozart. Germany: Breitkopf and Hartel. 1956, print.Blom, Eric. Mozart's letters. Great Britain: Western Printing Services Ltd. 1956, Print.Grove, George. The Musical Times Volume 47. UK: Musical Times Publications Ltd. 1906, Print.Dr. Lorenz, Michele. Mozart's apartment on the Alsergrund. Last updated: September 30, 2011. Website.Sadie, Stanley. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Essays on his life and music. United States: Oxford University Press. 1996, print.Zaslaw, Neal. Mozart's symphonies: context, performance practice, reception. United States: Oxford University Press. 1989, print.