Symphony No. 32 (Mozart)
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The Symphony No. 32 in G major, K. 318, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1779, after his return from Paris.
Mozart in 1777, wearing the Papal Order of the Golden Spur
Thamos, King of Egypt
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Thamos, King of Egypt is a play by Tobias Philipp von Gebler, for which, between 1773 and 1780, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote incidental music, K. 345/336a, of an operatic character.
Symphony No. 32 (Mozart)
…where the two themes of the first movement are recapitulated in opposite order. The work was earlier considered as an overture to Mozart's operas Thamos, King of Egypt or Zaide, but this is unlikely because the dates of those works do not coincide with the autograph manuscript and also because the overture was generally…
Statue of Sethos, the only role Mozart named for the play