Which Mozart symphony includes fugato passages in its first and fourth movements?

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The Mozart symphony that features extensive passages of fugato is his Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551, widely known as the Jupiter Symphony.

While the work is celebrated for its complex contrapuntal writing, it is specifically the finale of the Jupiter Symphony that is recognized as a unique tour de force in music history for its extensive use of fugato in quintuple invertible counterpoint. Although the first movement is noted for its serious spirit and authoritative character, the fourth movement is the section most famously defined by its strident fugal writing.12