!!!Viennese Classic - Early Period !!Matthias Georg Monn: ''Symphony in G'' [{Image src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Matthias_Georg_Monn_Symphonie_in_G/080102a.jpg' height='250' alt='Symphonie in G' caption='Symphony in G' width='208'}] Matthias Georg Monn (1717 - Wien - 1750) together with Georg Christoph Wagenseil and Josef Starzer count as the better-known composers of the so-called Viennese Pre-Classical School. It is a little-known fact that Monn's ''Symphonie in G'' (1749) introduces a kind of second theme (''Seitenthema'') very early in the history of the symphony - this was important for the development of the so-called Sonata Form. He was also a pioneer (1740) for using a minuet in the third movement of the type of symphony with three movements. (E. Stadler) !Sound Clip [{Audio src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Matthias_Georg_Monn_Symphonie_in_G/080102am.mp3' caption='Matthias Georg Monn: Symphony in G\\© Bella Musica Tonträger GmbH, Bühl (D), CD-Nr. BM 31 9012.'}] [{Metadata Suchbegriff='' Kontrolle='Nein'}] %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Matthias_Georg_Monn_Symphonie_in_G|class='wikipage austrian'] %%