Acknowledgements Tables, figures and music examples 1 The Viennese minor-key symphony 2 Imperial court composers: Wagenseil, Gassmann, Ordonez 3 Va?hal to 1771: five first movements 4. Two subgeneric conventions: the contrapuntal minuet, the stormy finale 5. Studies in Haydn's minor-key symphonies 1763-1772 6. Va?hal's new paths: four later symphonies 7. Modal reversal and characteristic symphonies 8. Mozart and the minor-key symphony Glossary of analytical terms Appendix 1 Thematic catalogues consulted for the information in Table 1.1 Appendix 2 Sources of the symphonies used for analysis CD recordings Bibliography Index
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