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You can buy a '''Symphony in C major''' from eBay and have it dedicated to a special someone in your life. It is the perfect gift for that special someone who already has everything: a brand-new Symphony in C major dedicated to them, just like the old monarchs of the 18th Century. On eBay, just search for "symphony in c major dedicated to you" and it'll come up.

 

You can buy a '''Symphony in C major''' from eBay and have it dedicated to a special someone in your life. It is the perfect gift for that special someone who already has everything: a brand-new Symphony in C major dedicated to them, just like the old monarchs of the 18th Century. On eBay, just search for "symphony in c major dedicated to you" and it'll come up. The modern twist here is that the buyer would go down in history as the first person ever to commission a Symphony through eBay.

Within a month of purchase, Alonso del Arte will write a brand-new Symphony in the style of Mozart and his contemporaries, with trumpets and drums, lasting around 20 minutes, and mail you the dedication score. Then, within 3 months, he will travel to the nearest major city near you, and assemble an orchestra to premiere the new Symphony either at your mansion or in a suitable concert hall in the nearby major city, as well as perform a couple of old Symphonies from Mozart's time. Optionally, the concert may be delayed up to a year to fall on that special someone's birthday, name day or anniversary.  

Within a month of purchase, Alonso del Arte will write a brand-new Symphony in the style of Mozart and his contemporaries, with trumpets and drums, lasting around 20 minutes, and mail you the dedication score. Then, within 3 months, he will travel to the nearest major city near you, and assemble an orchestra to premiere the new Symphony either at your mansion or in a suitable concert hall in the nearby major city, as well as perform a couple of old Symphonies from Mozart's time. Optionally, the concert may be delayed up to a year to fall on that special someone's birthday, name day or anniversary.  

Of the Symphonies studied, about half have three movements and half have four movements. The first movement of course is in sonata form. It may have a slow introduction, as is the case with Joseph Haydn's Symphonies No.s 50 and 97<ref>Ethan Haimo, ''Haydn's Symphonic Forms: Essays in Compositional Logic'', Clarendon Press, Oxford (1995) p. 210, Table 9.1</ref> or Friedrich Witt's "Jena" Symphony (once thought to be by Beethoven) or not, as is the case with Michael Haydn's Symphony in C major, Perger 31, and Mozart's "Jupiter" Symphony, K. 551 (both written in 1788, the latter inspired by the former).

Of the Symphonies studied, about half have three movements and half have four movements. The first movement of course is in sonata form. It may have a slow introduction, as is the case with Joseph Haydn's Symphonies No.s 50 and 97<ref>Ethan Haimo, ''Haydn's Symphonic Forms: Essays in Compositional Logic'', Clarendon Press, Oxford (1995) p. 210, Table 9.1</ref> or Friedrich Witt's "Jena" Symphony (once thought to be by Beethoven) or not, as is the case with Michael Haydn's Symphony in C major, Perger 31, and Mozart's "Jupiter" Symphony, K. 551 (both written in 1788, the latter inspired by the former).

The slow movement would perhaps be best as a simple binary or ternary form as is the case with the C major Symphonies by Asplmayr and Albrechtsberger which were studied for this purpose.

 

 

 

 

 

The slow movement would perhaps be best as a simple binary or ternary form as is the case with the C major Symphonies by Asplmayr and Albrechtsberger which were studied for this purpose. Typically in F major, the slow movement may also be in G major.

The third movement may be a grand, stately Minuet, suitable for dancing.

The third movement may be a grand, stately Minuet, suitable for dancing.

The finale, whether third or fourth, may be a fugue; both Mozart and Al have studied instrumental fugues by Michael Haydn. As two of Michael Haydn's C major Symphonies close with fugatos, it was to be expected that Mozart would also close his last Symphony in C major that way, though "not by any means a strict fugue but a sonata form piece"<ref>Robert Dearling, ''The Music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Symphonies''. Farleigh Dickinson University Press (1982) p. 159</ref> with sonata form elements.

The finale, whether third or fourth, may be a fugue; both Mozart and Al have studied instrumental fugues by Michael Haydn. As two of Michael Haydn's C major Symphonies close with fugatos, it was to be expected that Mozart would also close his last Symphony in C major that way, though "not by any means a strict fugue but a sonata form piece"<ref>Robert Dearling, ''The Music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Symphonies''. Farleigh Dickinson University Press (1982) p. 159</ref> with sonata form elements.

The example of Schubert's last Symphony in C major has been kept in mind as well, but owing to its "heavenly length" and its status as a classical symphony "and at the same time a romantic symphony, the greatest of the romantic symphonies,"<ref>Bernard Shore, ''Sixteen Symphonies'' Hyperion Press, Westport, Connecticut (1979) p. 79</ref> it proved less suitable as a model for a Symphony fit for a King.

The example of Schubert's last Symphony in C major has been kept in mind as well, but owing to its "heavenly length" and its status as a classical symphony "and at the same time a romantic symphony, the greatest of the romantic symphonies,"<ref>Bernard Shore, ''Sixteen Symphonies'' Hyperion Press, Westport, Connecticut (1979) p. 79</ref> it proved less suitable as a model for a Symphony fit for a King.