Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...

 was prolific and wrote in many genres. Perhaps his best-admired work is in opera

Opera

Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...

, the piano concerto

Piano concerto

A piano concerto is a concerto written for piano and orchestra.See also harpsichord concerto; some of these works are occasionally played on piano...

 and sonata

Piano sonata

A piano sonata is a sonata written for a solo piano. Piano sonatas are usually written in three or four movements, although some piano sonatas have been written with a single movement , two movements , five or even more movements...

, the symphony

Symphony

A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, scored almost always for orchestra. A symphony usually contains at least one movement or episode composed according to the sonata principle...

, and in the string quartet

String quartet

A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...

 and string quintet

String quintet

A string quintet is a musical composition for a standard string quartet supplemented by a fifth string instrument, usually a second viola or a second cello , but occasionally a double bass. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who favoured addition of a viola, is considered a pioneer of the form...

. Mozart also wrote much work for solo piano, other forms of chamber music

Chamber music

Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...

, mass

Mass (music)

The Mass, a form of sacred musical composition, is a choral composition that sets the invariable portions of the Eucharistic liturgy to music...

es and other religious music, and numerous dances, divertimento

Divertimento

Divertimento is a musical genre, with most of its examples from the 18th century. The mood of the divertimento is most often lighthearted and it is generally composed for a small ensemble....

s, and other forms of light entertainment.

How Mozart's compositions are listed

• The indication "K." or "KV" refers to "Köchel Verzeichnis", i.e. the (more or less) chronological (i.e. by composition date) catalog of Mozart's works by Ludwig von Köchel
  Ludwig Ritter von Köchel
  Ludwig Alois Ferdinand Ritter von Köchel was a musicologist, writer, composer, botanist and publisher. He is best known for cataloguing the works of Mozart and originating the 'K-numbers' by which they are known ....
  
  . Note that this catalog has been amended several times, leading to ambiguity over some KV numbers (see e.g. Symphony No. 25
  Symphony No. 25 (Mozart)
  The Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183/173dB, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in October 1773, shortly after the success of his opera seria Lucio Silla. It was supposedly completed October 5, a mere two days after the completion of his Symphony No. 24, although this remains unsubstantiated...
  
  ).
• The compositions of Mozart listed below are grouped thematically, i.e. by type of composition. Not all thematic groups of Mozart's works have a separate numbering that is generally accepted: Köchel only numbers symphonies (1 to 41), piano concertos (1 to 27, leaving out some early transcriptions by Mozart) and a few other groups. On the other hand, for most chamber music and vocal music there is no such numbering (or at least no generally accepted one).
• Only relatively few of Mozart's compositions have opus number
  Opus number
  An Opus number , pl. opera and opuses, abbreviated, sing. Op. and pl. Opp. refers to a number generally assigned by composers to an individual composition or set of compositions on publication, to help identify their works...
  
  s, as not so many of his compositions were published during his lifetime, so numbering by opus number proves quite impractical for Mozart compositions.

Symphonies

Mozart's symphonic production covers a 24 year interval, from 1764

1764 in music

- Events :* Wilhelm Friedemann Bach leaves his post as organist at Halle.*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart becomes a pupil of Johann Christian Bach.- Classical music :*Joseph Haydn – Symphony no 22 *Michael Haydn – Trumpet Concerto...

 to 1788

1788 in music

-Events:* Antonio Salieri appointed Imperial Royal Kapellmeister by Emperor Joseph II of Austria.*Domenico Cimarosa is invited to St Petersburg by the Empress Catherine II of Russia.-Opera:*Thomas Carter – The Constant Maid, or Poll of Plympton...

. According to most recent investigations, Mozart wrote not just the 41 symphonies reported in traditional editions, but up to 68 complete works of this type. However, by convention, the original numbering has been retained, and so his last symphony is still known as "No. 41". Some of the symphonies (K. 297, 385, 550) were revised by the author after their first versions.

Childhood symphonies (1764–1771)

These are the numbered symphonies from Mozart's early childhood.

• Symphony No. 1
  Symphony No. 1 (Mozart)
  The Symphony No. 1 in E flat major, K. 16, was written in 1764 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the age of just eight years. By this time, he was already notable in Europe as a wunderkind performer, but had composed little music....
  
   in E-flat major, K. 16
• Symphony No. 2
  Symphony No. 2 (Mozart)
  The piece of music once known as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, KV 17, is now considered to be not by him, but by possibly his father, Leopold Mozart...
  
   in B-flat major, K. 17 (spurious, attributed to Leopold Mozart
  Leopold Mozart
  Johann Georg Leopold Mozart was a German composer, conductor, teacher, and violinist. Mozart is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for his violin textbook Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule.-Childhood and student years:He was born in Augsburg, son of...
  
  )
• Symphony No. 3
  Symphony No. 3 (Mozart)
  The so-called Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, K. 18, once attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is by today's scholarship considered not to be Mozart's own work but instead that of Carl Friedrich Abel, a leading German composer of the earlier Classical period....
  
   in E-flat major, K. 18 (spurious, by Carl Friedrich Abel)
• Symphony No. 4
  Symphony No. 4 (Mozart)
  The Symphony No. 4 in D major, K. 19, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was composed in London during the Mozart family's Grand Tour of Europe in 1765, when Mozart was 9 years old.- Background :...
  
   in D major, K. 19
• Symphony No. 5
  Symphony No. 5 (Mozart)
  The Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, K. 22, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in The Hague in December, 1765, at the age of nine, while he was on his musical tour of Western Europe...
  
   in B-flat major, K. 22
• Symphony No. 6
  Symphony No. 6 (Mozart)
  Symphony No. 6 in F major, K. 43, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1767. According to Alfred Einstein in his 1937 revision of the Köchel catalogue, the symphony was probably begun in Vienna and completed in Olomouc, a Moravian town to which the Mozart family fled to escape a Viennese...
  
   in F major, K. 43
• Symphony No. 7
  Symphony No. 7 (Mozart)
  Symphony No. 7 in D major, K. 45, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was completed in Vienna in January 1768 after the family's return from a visit to Olomouc and Brno in Moravia. The symphony is in four movements. Its first performance was probably at a private concert. The symphony was reworked to...
  
   in D major, K. 45
• Symphony No. 8
  Symphony No. 8 (Mozart)
  The Symphony No. 8 in D major, , by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is dated December 13, 1768. It was written in Vienna, at a time when the family were already due to have returned home to Salzburg...
  
   in D major, K. 48
• Symphony No. 9
  Symphony No. 9 (Mozart)
  Symphony No. 9 in C major, K. 73/75a, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, has an uncertain provenance. The most likely date of its composition appears to be late 1769 or 1770, during Mozart's first Italian journey, although some authorities have dated it "probably not before early summer 1772"...
  
   in C major, K. 73/75a
• Symphony No. 10
  Symphony No. 10 (Mozart)
  The Symphony No. 10 in G major, K. 74, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart probably during his first journey to Italy in the spring of 1770.The symphony is scored for two oboes, two horns and strings...
  
   in G major, K. 74
• Symphony No. 11
  Symphony No. 11 (Mozart)
  Symphony No. 11 in D major, K. 84/73q, was at one time considered unquestionably to be the work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Its status has, however, been challenged, and remains uncertain. It is believed to date from 1770, and may have been written in Milan or Bologna, if it is a genuine Mozart...
  
   in D major, K. 84/73q
• Symphony No. 12
  Symphony No. 12 (Mozart)
  Symphony No. 12 in G major, K. 110/75b, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was composed in Salzburg in the summer of 1771. The symphony was apparently prepared in anticipation of Mozart's second Italian journey, which was to take place between August and December 1771. The symphony is in four movements,...
  
   in G major, K. 110/75b
• Symphony No. 13
  Symphony No. 13 (Mozart)
  Symphony No. 13 in F major, K. 112, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was written in Milan during the autumn of 1771. The symphony is in four movements, the second of which is scored for strings alone. It is a work of originality and humour, using very limited instrumentation...
  
   in F major, K. 112

There are also several "unnumbered" symphonies from this time period. They are sometimes given numbers past 41 (but not in chronological order). Many of these can not be completely established as being written by Mozart (see here

Mozart symphonies of spurious or doubtful authenticity

This list of Mozart symphonies of spurious or doubtful authenticity contains 39 symphonic works where an initial attribution to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has subsequently been proved spurious, or is the subject of continuing doubt...

).

• Symphony in F major, K. 75 ("No. 42")
• Symphony in F major, K. 76/42a ("No. 43": doubtful)
• Symphony in D major, K. 81/73l ("No. 44": doubtful)
• Symphony in D major, K. 95/73n ("No. 45")
• Symphony in C major, K. 96/111b ("No. 46")
• Symphony in D major, K. 97/73m ("No. 47")
• Symphony in B-flat major, K. Anh. 214/45b ("No. 55": doubtful)
• Symphony in B-flat major, K. Anh. 216/C11.03 ("No. 54": doubtful)
• Symphony in G major, "Old Lambach", K. Anh. 221/45a ("No. 7a")
• Symphony in F major, K. Anh. 223/19a (no number)
• Symphony in A minor, "Odense", K. Anh. 220/16a (no number: doubtful)

Salzburg-era symphonies (1771–1777)

These symphonies are sometimes subcategorized as "Early" (1771–1773) and "Late" (1773–1777), and sometimes subcategorized as "Germanic" (with minuet

Minuet

A minuet, also spelled menuet, is a social dance of French origin for two people, usually in 3/4 time. The word was adapted from Italian minuetto and French menuet, and may have been from French menu meaning slender, small, referring to the very small steps, or from the early 17th-century popular...

) or "Italian" (without minuet). None of these were printed during Mozart's lifetime.

Although not counted as "symphonies" the three Divertimenti

Divertimento

Divertimento is a musical genre, with most of its examples from the 18th century. The mood of the divertimento is most often lighthearted and it is generally composed for a small ensemble....

 K. 136–138, in 3-movement Italian overture style, are sometimes indicated as "Salzburg Symphonies" too.

• Symphony No. 14
  Symphony No. 14 (Mozart)
  Symphony No. 14 in A major, K. 114, is a symphony composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on December 30, 1771, when Mozart was fifteen years old, and a fortnight after the death of the Archbishop Sigismund von Schrattenbach.-Movements:...
  
   in A major, K. 114 (1771)
• Symphony No. 15
  Symphony No. 15 (Mozart)
  The Symphony No. 15 in G major, K. 124 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was written in Salzburg during the first weeks of 1772. A note on the autograph manuscript indicates that it might have been written for a religious occasion, possibly in honour of the new Archbishop of Salzburg...
  
   in G major, K. 124 (1772)
• Symphony No. 16
  Symphony No. 16 (Mozart)
  Symphony No. 16 in C major, K. 128, was the first of three symphonies composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in May, 1772, when Mozart was sixteen years old. This symphony is one of many written during the period in which Mozart stayed in Salzburg, between two trips to Italy...
  
   in C major, K. 128 (1772)
• Symphony No. 17
  Symphony No. 17 (Mozart)
  Symphony No. 17 in G major, K. 129, is the second of three symphonies completed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in May 1772, when he was sixteen years old, but some of its sections may have been written earlier.-Structure:...
  
   in G major, K. 129 (1772)
• Symphony No. 18
  Symphony No. 18 (Mozart)
  Symphony No. 18 in F major, K. 130, was the last of three symphonies composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in May, 1772, when he was sixteen years old.- Structure :...
  
   in F major, K. 130 (1772)
• Symphony No. 19
  Symphony No. 19 (Mozart)
  Symphony No. 19 in E flat major, K. 132, was a symphony composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in July, 1772.- Structure :The symphony has the scoring of two oboes, four horns , and strings....
  
   in E-flat major, K. 132 (1772)
• Symphony No. 20
  Symphony No. 20 (Mozart)
  Symphony No. 20 in D major, K. 133, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in July, 1772, when Mozart was sixteen years old. This symphony is one of many written during the period Mozart stayed in Salzburg, between two trips to Italy...
  
   in D major, K. 133 (1772)
• Symphony No. 21
  Symphony No. 21 (Mozart)
  Symphony No. 21 in A major, K. 134, was a symphony composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in August, 1772.-Structure:The symphony has the scoring of two flutes, two horns, and strings.There are four movements:#Allegro, 3/4#Andante, 2/4...
  
   in A major, K. 134 (1772)
• Symphony No. 22
  Symphony No. 22 (Mozart)
  Symphony No. 22 in C major, K. 162, is a symphony composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in April, 1773. The symphony has the scoring of two oboes, two horns, two trumpets, and strings.The symphony consists of three movements:#Allegro assai, 4/4...
  
   in C major, K. 162 (1773)
• Symphony No. 23
  Symphony No. 23 (Mozart)
  The Symphony No. 23 in D major, K. 181/162b, of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was dated as complete on May 19, 1773. It is sometimes called "Overture", even though the autograph score bears the title "Sinfonia"...
  
   in D major, K. 181/162b (1773)
• Symphony No. 24
  Symphony No. 24 (Mozart)
  Symphony No. 24 in B flat major, K. 182/173dA, is a symphony composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on October 3, 1773. The symphony has the scoring of two oboes, two horns, and strings.He wrote the symphony in three movements:#Allegro spiritoso, 4/4...
  
   in B-flat major, K. 182/173dA (1773)
• Symphony No. 25
  Symphony No. 25 (Mozart)
  The Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183/173dB, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in October 1773, shortly after the success of his opera seria Lucio Silla. It was supposedly completed October 5, a mere two days after the completion of his Symphony No. 24, although this remains unsubstantiated...
  
   in G minor, K. 183/173dB (1773)
• Symphony No. 26
  Symphony No. 26 (Mozart)
  The Symphony No. 26 in E-flat major, K. 184/161a, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and completed March 30, 1773, one month after he returned from his third Italian tour....
  
   in E-flat major, K. 184/161a (1773)
• Symphony No. 27
  Symphony No. 27 (Mozart)
  Symphony No. 27 in G major, K. 199/161b, is a symphony composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in April, 1773. The symphony has the scoring of two flutes, two horns, and strings.He wrote the symphony in three movements:#Allegro, 3/4#Andantino grazioso, 2/4...
  
   in G major, K. 199/161b (1773)
• Symphony No. 28
  Symphony No. 28 (Mozart)
  The Symphony No. 28 in C major, K. 200/189k, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Likely composed in 1774, it is his last piece in the "Salzburg series"...
  
   in C major, K. 200/189k (1774)
• Symphony No. 29
  Symphony No. 29 (Mozart)
  The Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201/186a, was completed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on 6 April 1774. It is, along with Symphony No. 25, one of his better known early symphonies. Stanley Sadie characterizes it as "a landmark .....
  
   in A major, K. 201/186a (1774)
• Symphony No. 30
  Symphony No. 30 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote Symphony No. 30 in D major, K. 202/186b in Salzburg, completing it on May 5, 1774.The work is scored for two oboes, bassoon, two horns, two trumpets, timpani and strings, but the timpani part has been lost...
  
   in D major, K. 202/186b (1774)

There are also several "unnumbered" symphonies from this time period that make use of music from Mozart's operas from the same time period. They are also given numbers past 41.

• Symphony in D major, K. 111+(102/111a) ("No. 48")
• Symphony in D major, K. (126+(161/163))/141a ("No. 50")
• Symphony in D major, K. 196+(121/207a) ("No. 51")
• Symphony in C major, K. 208+(102/213c) ("No. 52")

There are also three symphonies from this time period that are based on three of Mozart's serenades:

• Symphony in D major, K. 204 (based on the Serenade No. 5
  Serenade No. 5 (Mozart)
  The Serenade No. 5 in D major, K. 204/213a was written on August 5, 1775 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for ceremonies at the University of Salzburg. The work is very similar to K. 203 serenade composed for Salzburg the previous summer.-Structure:...
  
  )
• Symphony in D major, K. 250 (based on the "Haffner" serenade
  Serenade No. 7 (Mozart)
  Serenade for orchestra in D major, K. 250, popularly known as the Haffner Serenade, is a serenade by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart named for the Haffner family. Mozart's friend and contemporary Sigmund Haffner the Younger commissioned the serenade to be used in the course of the festivities before the...
  
  )
• Symphony in D major, K. 320 (based on the "Posthorn" serenade
  Serenade No. 9 (Mozart)
  The Serenade for Orchestra No. 9 in D major K. 320, Posthorn, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Salzburg, in 1779. The manuscript is dated 3 August 1779 and was intended for the university "finalmusik" ceremony that year....
  
  )

Late symphonies (1778–1791)

• Symphony No. 31
  Symphony No. 31 (Mozart)
  The Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 297/300a, better known as the Paris Symphony, is one of the more famous symphonies by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.-Composition and premiere:...
  
   in D major, "Paris", K. 297/300a (1778)
• Symphony No. 32
  Symphony No. 32 (Mozart)
  The Symphony No. 32 in G major, K. 318, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1779, after his return from Paris.The symphony is in the form of an Italian overture, consisting of three brief movements that follow one another without break:...
  
   in G major, "Overture in the Italian style", K. 318 (1779)
• Symphony No. 33
  Symphony No. 33 (Mozart)
  The Symphony No. 33 in B flat major, K. 319, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and dated on 9 July 1779.-Structure:The symphony has four movements:#Allegro assai, 3/4#Andante moderato, 2/4#Menuetto, 3/4#Finale: Allegro assai, 2/4...
  
   in B-flat major, K. 319 (1779)
• Symphony No. 34
  Symphony No. 34 (Mozart)
  Symphony No. 34 in C Major, K. 338, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1780, and completed on August 29.The work is scored for 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings....
  
   in C major, K. 338 (1780)
• Symphony No. 35
  Symphony No. 35 (Mozart)
  Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1782 and is also called the Haffner Symphony. It was commissioned by the Haffners, a prominent Salzburg family, for the occasion of Sigmund Haffner's ennoblement...
  
   in D major, "Haffner", K. 385 (1782)
• Symphony No. 36
  Symphony No. 36 (Mozart)
  The Symphony No. 36 in C major, KV 425, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart during a stopover in the Austrian town of Linz on his and his wife's way back home to Vienna from Salzburg in late 1783. The entire symphony was written in four days to accommodate the local count's announcement, upon...
  
   in C major, "Linz
  Linz
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  ", K. 425 (1783)
• Symphony No. 37
  Symphony No. 37 (Mozart)
  The so-called Symphony No. 37 in G major, K. 444/425a, is an introduction by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a symphony in G by Michael Haydn.- History :...
  
   in G major, K. 444 (1783)

  For years this was categorized as a Mozart symphony, but later scholarship determined that it was actually composed by Michael Haydn

  Michael Haydn

  Johann Michael Haydn was an Austrian composer of the classical period, the younger brother of Joseph Haydn.-Life:...

  
   (Symphony No. 25

  Symphony No. 25 (Michael Haydn)

  The Symphony No. 25 in G major, Perger 16, Sherman 25, MH 334 is a classical symphony that was composed by Michael Haydn in 1783, with a completion date of May 23. It is scored for flute , 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and strings....

  
  ), and Mozart wrote only the slow introduction for it.

• Symphony No. 38
  Symphony No. 38 (Mozart)
  The Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in late 1786. It was premiered in Prague on January 19, 1787, a few weeks after Le nozze di Figaro opened there. It is popularly known as the Prague Symphony...
  
   in D major, "Prague", K. 504 (1786)

The three final symphonies (Nos. 39–41) were completed in about three months in 1788. It is quite likely that he hoped to publish these three works together as a single opus, although actually they remained unpublished until after his death. One or two of them might have been played in public in Leipzig in 1789.

• Symphony No. 39
  Symphony No. 39 (Mozart)
  The Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, K. 543, was completed on 26 June 1788.-Composition and premiere:The 39th Symphony is the first of a set of three that Mozart composed in rapid succession during the summer of 1788. No. 40 was completed 25 July and No. 41 on 10...
  
   in E-flat major, K. 543 (1788)
• Symphony No. 40
  Symphony No. 40 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV. 550, in 1788. It is sometimes referred to as the "Great G minor symphony," to distinguish it from the "Little G minor symphony," No. 25. The two are the only minor key symphonies Mozart wrote....
  
   in G minor, K. 550 (1788)
• Symphony No. 41
  Symphony No. 41 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, on 10 August 1788. It was the last symphony that he composed.The work is nicknamed the Jupiter Symphony...
  
   in C major, "Jupiter", K. 551 (1788)

Piano concertos

Wolfgang Mozart's concertos for piano and orchestra are numbered from 1 to 27. The first four

Piano Concertos Nos 1-4 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began his series of preserved piano concertos with four that he wrote at the age of 11, in Salzburg: KV 37 and 39-41. The autographs, all held by the Jagiellonian Library, Kraków, are dated by his father as having been completed in April and July of 1767...

 numbered concertos are early works. The movements of these concertos are arrangements of keyboard sonatas by various contemporary composers (Raupach, Honauer, Schobert, Eckart, C. P. E. Bach

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

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). There are also three unnumbered concertos, K. 107, which are adapted from piano sonatas by J. C. Bach

Johann Christian Bach

Johann Christian Bach was a composer of the Classical era, the eleventh and youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. He is sometimes referred to as 'the London Bach' or 'the English Bach', due to his time spent living in the British capital...

. Concertos 7 and 10

Piano Concerto No. 10 (Mozart)

The Concerto No. 10 in E-flat major for Two Pianos, K. 365/316a, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was written in 1779. Mozart wrote it to play with his sister Maria Anna . He was 23 years old and on the verge of leaving Salzburg for Vienna....

 are compositions for three and two pianos respectively. The remaining twenty-one are original compositions for solo piano and orchestra. Among them, fifteen were written in the years from 1782

1782 in music

- Events :*March 17 – Violinist Giovanni Battista Viotti makes a début at the Concert Spirituel in Paris.* August 4 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart marries Constanze Weber.* William Shield is appointed resident composer to Covent Garden....

 to 1786

1786 in music

-Events:*November 7 – America's oldest singing society is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.*In Britain, William Parsons succeeds John Stanley as Master of the King's Musick....

, while in the last five years Mozart wrote just two more piano concertos.

• Piano Concerto No. 1
  Piano Concertos Nos 1-4 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began his series of preserved piano concertos with four that he wrote at the age of 11, in Salzburg: KV 37 and 39-41. The autographs, all held by the Jagiellonian Library, Kraków, are dated by his father as having been completed in April and July of 1767...
  
   in F major, K. 37
• Piano Concerto No. 2
  Piano Concertos Nos 1-4 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began his series of preserved piano concertos with four that he wrote at the age of 11, in Salzburg: KV 37 and 39-41. The autographs, all held by the Jagiellonian Library, Kraków, are dated by his father as having been completed in April and July of 1767...
  
   in B-flat major, K. 39
• Piano Concerto No. 3
  Piano Concertos Nos 1-4 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began his series of preserved piano concertos with four that he wrote at the age of 11, in Salzburg: KV 37 and 39-41. The autographs, all held by the Jagiellonian Library, Kraków, are dated by his father as having been completed in April and July of 1767...
  
   in D major, K. 40
• Piano Concerto No. 4
  Piano Concertos Nos 1-4 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began his series of preserved piano concertos with four that he wrote at the age of 11, in Salzburg: KV 37 and 39-41. The autographs, all held by the Jagiellonian Library, Kraków, are dated by his father as having been completed in April and July of 1767...
  
   in G major, K. 41
• Three Piano Concertos
  Piano Concertos K. 107 (Mozart)
  The Piano Concertos, K. 107 are three keyboard concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on sonatas by Johann Christian Bach. These sonatas are from Christian Bach's Op. 5; Mozart turned Sonata no. 2 in D, Sonata no. 3 in G, and Sonata no. 4 in E flat from this set into the three concertos of K...
  
   in D major, G major and E-flat major, K. 107
• Piano Concerto No. 5
  Piano Concerto No. 5 (Mozart)
  Piano Concerto No. 5 in D major, K. 175, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1773, at the age of 17. It is Mozart's first fully original piano concerto; his previous efforts were based on works by other composers.-Instrumentation:...
  
   in D major, K. 175
• Piano Concerto No. 6
  Piano Concerto No. 6 (Mozart)
  The Piano Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, K. 238, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in January of 1776.The work is in three movements:*I. Allegro aperto*II. Andante un poco adagio*III. Rondeau: Allegro-References:...
  
   in B-flat major, K. 238
• Piano Concerto No. 7 in F major for Three Pianos, K. 242
• Piano Concerto No. 8
  Piano Concerto No. 8 (Mozart)
  The Piano Concerto No. 8 in C major, K. 246, or Lützow Concert was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in April of 1776 in the same year as the Haffner Serenade . Countess Antonia Lützow, 25 or 26 years old, second wife of Johann Nepomuk Gottfried Graf Lützow, the Commander of the Hohensalzburg...
  
   in C major, "Lützow", K. 246
• Piano Concerto No. 9
  Piano Concerto No. 9 (Mozart)
  The Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme" in E flat major, K. 271, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was written in Salzburg in 1777, when Mozart was 21 years old....
  
   in E-flat major, "Jeunehomme", K. 271
• Piano Concerto No. 10
  Piano Concerto No. 10 (Mozart)
  The Concerto No. 10 in E-flat major for Two Pianos, K. 365/316a, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was written in 1779. Mozart wrote it to play with his sister Maria Anna . He was 23 years old and on the verge of leaving Salzburg for Vienna....
  
   in E-flat major for Two Pianos, K. 365
• Piano Concerto No. 11
  Piano Concerto No. 11 (Mozart)
  Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 11 in F major, KV. 413 , was the second of the group of three early concertos he wrote whilst in Vienna, in the autumn of 1782 . It was the first full concerto he wrote for the subscription concerts he gave in the city...
  
   in F major, K. 413/387a
• Piano Concerto No. 12
  Piano Concerto No. 12 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414 was written in the autumn of 1782 in Vienna. It is scored for solo piano, two oboes, two bassoons , two horns, and strings...
  
   in A major, K. 414/385p
• Piano Concerto No. 13
  Piano Concerto No. 13 (Mozart)
  The Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was composed in Vienna in 1782–83. It is the third of the first three full concertos Mozart composed for his subscription concerts.It consists of three movements:...
  
   in C major, K. 415/387b
• Piano Concerto No. 14
  Piano Concerto No. 14 (Mozart)
  The Piano Concerto No. 14 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, written in 1784 is a piano concerto in E-flat major catalogued with K. 449.It is the first composition he entered into a notebook of his music he then kept for the next seven years, marking down main themes, dates of completion, and other...
  
   in E-flat major, K. 449
• Piano Concerto No. 15
  Piano Concerto No. 15 (Mozart)
  The Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat Major, KV. 450 is a concertante work for piano, or pianoforte, and orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart composed the concerto for performance at a series of concerts at the Vienna venues of the Trattnerhof and the Burgtheater in the first quarter of...
  
   in B-flat major, K. 450
• Piano Concerto No. 16
  Piano Concerto No. 16 (Mozart)
  The Piano Concerto No. 16 in D Major, KV. 451 is a concertante work for piano, or pianoforte, and orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart composed the concerto for performance at a series of concerts at the Vienna venues of the Trattnerhof and the Burgtheater in the first quarter of 1784,...
  
   in D major, K. 451
• Piano Concerto No. 17
  Piano Concerto No. 17 (Mozart)
  The Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, KV. 453, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was written in 1784.The work is orchestrated for solo piano, flute, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns, and strings...
  
   in G major, K. 453
• Piano Concerto No. 18
  Piano Concerto No. 18 (Mozart)
  The Piano Concerto No. 18 in B flat Major, KV. 456 is a concertante work for piano, or pianoforte, and orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In Mozart's own catalogue of his works, this concerto is dated 30 September 1784....
  
   in B-flat major, K. 456
• Piano Concerto No. 19
  Piano Concerto No. 19 (Mozart)
  The Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, KV. 459 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was written at the end of 1784: Mozart's own catalogue of works records that it was completed on 11 December...
  
   in F major, K. 459
• Piano Concerto No. 20
  Piano Concerto No. 20 (Mozart)
  The Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1785. The first performance took place at the Mehlgrube Casino in Vienna on February 11, 1785, with the composer as the soloist.-Background:...
  
   in D minor, K. 466
• Piano Concerto No. 21
  Piano Concerto No. 21 (Mozart)
  The Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, was completed on March 9, 1785 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, four weeks after the completion of the previous D minor concerto.- Structure :There are three movements....
  
   in C major, K. 467
• Piano Concerto No. 22
  Piano Concerto No. 22 (Mozart)
  The Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, K. 482, is a concertante work for piano, or pianoforte, and orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart composed the concerto in December of 1785....
  
   in E-flat major, K. 482
• Piano Concerto No. 23
  Piano Concerto No. 23 (Mozart)
  The Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major is a musical composition for piano and orchestra written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was finished, according to Mozart's own catalogue, on March 2, 1786, around the time of the premiere of his opera, The Marriage of Figaro...
  
   in A major, K. 488
• Piano Concerto No. 24
  Piano Concerto No. 24 (Mozart)
  The Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 is a concertante work for piano, or pianoforte, and orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart composed the concerto in the winter of 1785–1786 and completed the work on 24 March 1786...
  
   in C minor, K. 491
• Piano Concerto No. 25
  Piano Concerto No. 25 (Mozart)
  The Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503, was completed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on December 4, 1786, alongside the Prague Symphony, K.504. Although two more concertos would later follow, this work is the last of the twelve great piano concertos written in Vienna between 1784 and...
  
   in C major, K. 503
• Piano Concerto No. 26
  Piano Concerto No. 26 (Mozart)
  The Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K. 537, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and completed on February 24, 1788. It is generally known as the "Coronation" Concerto.-Source of the nickname "Coronation":...
  
   in D major, "Coronation", K. 537
• Piano Concerto No. 27
  Piano Concerto No. 27 (Mozart)
  The Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K. 595, is a concertante work by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, for piano or fortepiano and orchestra, the last piano concerto he wrote.-Time of composition:The manuscript is dated 5 January 1791...
  
   in B-flat major, K. 595

• Rondo for piano and orchestra in D major, K. 382
• Rondo for piano and orchestra in A major, K. 386

Violin concertos

Mozart's five violin concertos were written in Salzburg around 1775. They are notable for the beauty of their melodies and the skillful use of the expressive and technical characteristics of the instrument, though Mozart probably never went through all the violin possibilities like others (e.g. Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...

 and Brahms

Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...

) did after him. (Alfred Einstein notes that the violin concerto–like sections in the serenades are more virtuosic than in the works titled Violin Concertos.)

• Violin Concerto No. 1
  Violin Concerto No. 1 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 1 in B flat major, K. 207, was originally supposed to have been composed in 1775 , along with the other four wholly authentic violin concerti. However, analysis of handwriting and the manuscript paper on which the concerto was written suggest that the...
  
   in B-flat major, K. 207 (1775)
• Violin Concerto No. 2
  Violin Concerto No. 2 (Mozart)
  Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major K. 211 was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1775. The concerto has the usual fast-slow-fast structure. The movements of the work have the tempo headings:# Allegro moderato# Andante# Rondeau, Allegro...
  
   in D major, K. 211 (1775)
• Violin Concerto No. 3
  Violin Concerto No. 3 (Mozart)
  The Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Salzburg in 1775. Mozart was only 19 at the time.- Movements :The piece is in three movements:AllegroAdagioRondeau. Allegro- I. Allegro :...
  
   in G major, K. 216 (1775)
• Violin Concerto No. 4
  Violin Concerto No. 4 (Mozart)
  Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major K. 218 was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1775 in Salzburg. The autograph of the score is preserved in Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Kraków.- Structure :...
  
   in D major, K. 218 (1775)
• Violin Concerto No. 5
  Violin Concerto No. 5 (Mozart)
  The Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1775, premiering during the holiday season that year in Salzburg. It follows the typical fast-slow-fast musical structure.- Background :...
  
   in A major, K. 219 (1775)

Mozart also penned an adagio and two stand-alone rondos for violin and orchestra.

• Adagio for violin and orchestra in E major
  Adagio in E for Violin and Orchestra (Mozart)
  The Adagio in E for Violin and Orchestra, K. 261, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1776. It was probably a replacement movement for the original slow movement of his Violin Concerto No. 5 in A...
  
  , K. 261 (1776)
• Rondo for violin and orchestra in B-flat major
  Rondo in B-flat for Violin and Orchestra (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Rondo in B-flat for Violin and Orchestra, K. 269/261a, was likely composed between 1775 and 1777 as a replacement finale for the K. 207. Like the Adagio in E and Rondo in C, the Rondo in B-flat was requested by Italian violinist Antonio Brunetti...
  
  , K. 269 (between 1775 and 1777)
• Rondo for violin and orchestra in C major
  Rondo in C for Violin and Orchestra (Mozart)
  The Rondo in C for Violin and Orchestra, K. 373, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in April of 1781. The rondo was likely written for Italian violinst Antonio Brunetti, who is known to have also requested both the Adagio in E and Rondo in B-flat. The Rondo in C, however, was written years...
  
  , K. 373 (1781)

In addition, there are two works that are spuriously attributed to Mozart.

• Violin Concerto in E-flat major , K. 268 (1780) (attributed to Johann Friedrich Eck)
• Violin Concerto in D major, "Kolb", K. 271a ("No. 7") (1777)

Horn concertos

Arguably the most widely played concertos for horn

Horn (instrument)

The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. A musician who plays the horn is called a horn player ....

, the four Horn Concertos are a major part of most professional horn players' repertoire. They were written for Mozart's lifelong friend Joseph Leutgeb. The concertos (especially the fourth) were written as virtuoso vehicles that allow the soloist to show a variety of abilities on the valveless horns of Mozart's day.

The Horn Concertos are characterized by an elegant and humorous dialogue between the soloist and the orchestra. Many of the autographs contain jokes aimed at the dedicatee.

• Horn Concerto No. 1
  Horn Concerto No. 1 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major, K. 412/386b was written in 1791. The work is in two movements:*I. Allegro*II. Rondo 6/8This is one of two horn concerti of Mozart to include bassoons Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major, K. 412/386b was written in 1791....
  
   in D major, K. 412 (1791)
• Horn Concerto No. 2
  Horn Concerto No. 2 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major, K. 417 was completed in 1783. The work is in three movements:*I. Allegro maestoso*II. Andante*III. Rondo Più allegro 6/8...
  
   in E-flat major, K. 417 (1783)
• Horn Concerto No. 3
  Horn Concerto No. 3 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major, K. 447 was completed between 1784 and 1787, during the Vienna Period- Background :...
  
   in E-flat major, K. 447 (c. 1784–87)
• Horn Concerto No. 4
  Horn Concerto No. 4 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495 was completed in 1786.- Structure :The work is in three movements:*I. Allegro moderato*II. Romance *III. Rondo 6/8...
  
   in E-flat major, K. 495 (1786)

Woodwind concertos

• Bassoon Concerto
  Bassoon Concerto (Mozart)
  The Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, K. 191/186e, written in 1774 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is the most standard piece in the entire bassoon repertory...
  
   in B-flat major, K. 191 (1774)
• Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra
  Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra (Mozart)
  The Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra in C major, K. 299 is a piece by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for flute, harp, and orchestra. It is one of only two true double concertos that he wrote, as well as the only piece of music that Mozart wrote that contains the harp...
  
   in C major, K. 299 (1778)
• Oboe Concerto
  Oboe Concerto (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314 was originally composed in Spring or Summer 1777 for oboist Giuseppe Ferlendis from Bergamo, then reworked by the composer as a concerto for flute in D major in 1778...
  
   in C major, K. 314 (has come down to us as the second flute concerto, but was almost certainly an oboe concerto) (1777–78)
• Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
  Clarinet Concerto (Mozart)
  Mozart's Clarinet concerto in A major, K. 622 was written in 1791 for the clarinetist Anton Stadler.It consists of the usual three movements, in a fast–slow–fast form:# Allegro# Adagio# Rondo: Allegro...
  
   in A major, K. 622 (1791)
• Flute Concerto No. 1
  Flute Concerto No. 1 (Mozart)
  The Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major was written in 1778 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Commissioned by the Dutch flautist Ferdinand De Jean in 1777, Mozart was supposed to provide four flute quartets and three flute concerti, yet he only completed two of the three concerti: K. 313 being the first....
  
   in G major, K. 313 (1778)
• Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 314 (1778) (An arrangement of the above Oboe Concerto
  Oboe Concerto (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314 was originally composed in Spring or Summer 1777 for oboist Giuseppe Ferlendis from Bergamo, then reworked by the composer as a concerto for flute in D major in 1778...
  
  ).
• Andante for flute and orchestra in C major, K. 315/285e (1778)

Concertante symphonies

Sinfonia concertante

Sinfonia concertante is a musical form that emerged during the Classical period of Western music. It is essentially a mixture of the symphony and the concerto genres: a concerto in that one or more soloists are on prominent display, and a symphony in that the soloists are nonetheless discernibly a...

• Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-flat major, K. 364 (1779)
• Sinfonia Concertante for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Orchestra in E-flat major, K. 297b (Anh. 9 and later Anh. C 14.01) (Probably spurious arrangement of lost Sinfonia Concertante for Flute, Oboe, Horn, Bassoon, and Orchestra from 1778)

These were not Mozart's only attempts at the genre; a few other fragmentary works were also composed around the same time, though not completed.

• Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola, Cello and Orchestra in A major, K. 320e (Anh. 104) (c. 1779, fragment)
• Sinfonia Concertante for Piano, Violin and Orchestra in D major, K. Anh. 56 (1778, fragment)

Other

• Concerto for Trumpet
  Trumpet Concerto (Mozart)
  The Trumpet Concerto, K. 47c is a concerto for trumpet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that is apparently now lost. It is Mozart's only concerto written for a brass instrument other than his four horn concertos.-History and evidence for existence:...
  
  , K. 47c (lost)
• Cello Concerto, K.206a (1775, lost)

Piano music

Mozart's earliest composition attempts begin with piano sonata

Piano sonata

A piano sonata is a sonata written for a solo piano. Piano sonatas are usually written in three or four movements, although some piano sonatas have been written with a single movement , two movements , five or even more movements...

s and other piano pieces, as this is the instrument on which his musical education took place. Almost everything that he wrote for piano was intended to be played by himself (or by his sister, also a proficient piano player). Examples of his earliest works are those found in Nannerl's Music Book.
Between 1782 and 1786 he wrote 20 works for piano solo (including sonatas, variations

Variation (music)

In music, variation is a formal technique where material is repeated in an altered form. The changes may involve harmony, melody, counterpoint, rhythm, timbre, orchestration or any combination of these.-Variation form:...

, fantasias

Fantasia (music)

The fantasia is a musical composition with its roots in the art of improvisation. Because of this, it seldom approximates the textbook rules of any strict musical form ....

, suite

Suite

In music, a suite is an ordered set of instrumental or orchestral pieces normally performed in a concert setting rather than as accompaniment; they may be extracts from an opera, ballet , or incidental music to a play or film , or they may be entirely original movements .In the...

s, fugue

Fugue

In music, a fugue is a compositional technique in two or more voices, built on a subject that is introduced at the beginning in imitation and recurs frequently in the course of the composition....

s, rondo

Rondo

Rondo, and its French equivalent rondeau, is a word that has been used in music in a number of ways, most often in reference to a musical form, but also to a character-type that is distinct from the form...

) and works for piano four hands and two pianos.

Piano four-hands

• Sonata for Keyboard Four-hands
  Sonata for Keyboard Four-hands (Mozart)
  Sonata for Keyboard Four-hands in C major, K. 19d is a sonata composed by the 9-year old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in May 1765 when he was in London during the Mozart family's Grand Tour of Europe. It was probably first performed by Mozart in Hickford's Great Room, Brewer Street, accompanied by his...
  
   in C major, K. 19d (London, May 1765)
• Sonata for Keyboard Four-hands in D major, K. 381 / 123a
• Sonata for Keyboard Four-hands in B-flat major, K. 358 / 186c
• Sonata for Keyboard Four-hands in F major, K. 497
• Sonata for Keyboard Four-hands in C major, K. 521
• Sonata for Keyboard Four-hands in G major, K. 357 (incompleted)
• Fugue in G minor, K. 401
• Andante and Variations in G major, K. 501
• Adagio and Allegro (Fantasia) in F minor, K. 594 (organ, composer's transcription)
• Fantasia in F minor, K. 608 (organ, composer's transcription)

Two pianos

• Sonata for Two Pianos in D major
  Sonata for Two Pianos in D major (Mozart)
  The Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K. 448 is a piano work composed in 1781 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, at 25 years of age. It is written in strict sonata-allegro form, with three movements. The sonata was composed for a performance he would give with fellow pianist Josephine von Aurnhammer...
  
  , K. 448 / 375a
• Fugue for Two Pianos in C minor, K. 426

Violin music

He also wrote for piano and violin

Violin

The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

. Note the order of the two instruments, for the most part, these are keyboard-centric sonatas where the violin plays a more accompanying role. In later years, the role of the violin grew to not just a support to the other solo instrument, but to build a dialogue with it.

Childhood violin sonatas (1763–66)

• Violin Sonatas, KV 6–9
  Violin Sonatas, KV 6-9 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's first four sonatas for keyboard and violin, K. 6-9 are among his earliest works. These were composed by a budding Mozart between 1762 and 1764...
  
  
  • Violin Sonata No. 1 in C for Keyboard and Violin, K. 6
  • Violin Sonata No. 2 in D for Keyboard and Violin, K. 7
  • Violin Sonata No. 3 in B-flat for Keyboard and Violin, K. 8
  • Violin Sonata No. 4 in G for Keyboard and Violin, K. 9
• Violin Sonatas, KV 10–15
  Violin Sonatas, KV 10-15 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's set of six sonatas for keyboard with accompaniment of violin or flute, K. 10-15 were composed in late 1764 in London during the Mozart family's grand tour of Europe. Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom commissioned them on October 25 and the works were dedicated on...
  
  
  • Violin Sonata No. 5 in B-flat for Keyboard and Violin (or Flute), K. 10
  • Violin Sonata No. 6 in G for Keyboard and Violin (or Flute), K. 11
  • Violin Sonata No. 7 in A for Keyboard and Violin (or Flute), K. 12
  • Violin Sonata No. 8 in F for Keyboard and Violin (or Flute), K. 13
  • Violin Sonata No. 9 in C for Keyboard and Violin (or Flute), K. 14
  • Violin Sonata No. 10 in B-flat for Keyboard and Violin (or Flute), K. 15
• Violin Sonatas, KV 26–31
  Violin Sonatas, KV 26-31 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's set of six sonatas for keyboard and violin, K. 26-31 were composed in early 1766 in The Hague during the Mozart family's grand tour of Europe. They were dedicated to Princess Caroline of Nassau-Weilburg on the occasion of the eighteenth birthday of her brother, the Prince...
  
  
  • Violin Sonata No. 11 in E-flat for Keyboard and Violin, K. 26
  • Violin Sonata No. 12 in G for Keyboard and Violin, K. 27
  • Violin Sonata No. 13 in C for Keyboard and Violin, K. 28
  • Violin Sonata No. 14 in D for Keyboard and Violin, K. 29
  • Violin Sonata No. 15 in F for Keyboard and Violin, K. 30
  • Violin Sonata No. 16 in B-flat for Keyboard and Violin, K. 31

Mature violin sonatas (1778–88)

• Violin Sonata No. 17 in C major, K. 296
• Violin Sonata No. 18 in G major, K. 301
• Violin Sonata No. 19 in E-flat major, K. 302
• Violin Sonata No. 20 in C major, K. 303
• Violin Sonata No. 21 in E minor, K. 304
  Violin Sonata No. 21 (Mozart)
  Violin Sonata No. 21 in E minor, K. 304 is a work by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was composed in 1778 while Mozart was in Paris. The piece was composed during the same period that Mozart's mother, Anna Maria Mozart, died, and the sonata's mood reflects this...
  
  
• Violin Sonata No. 22 in A major, K. 305
  Violin Sonata No. 22 (Mozart)
  Violin Sonata No. 22 in A major, K. 305 is a work composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Mannheim 1778. There are two movements:#Allegro di molto#Tema. Andante grazioso - Variations I-V - Variation VI. Allegro...
  
  
• Violin Sonata No. 23 in D major, K. 306
• Violin Sonata No. 24 in F major, K. 376
• Violin Sonata No. 25 in F major, K. 377
• Violin Sonata No. 26 in B-flat major, K. 378
• Violin Sonata No. 27 in G major, K. 379
• Violin Sonata No. 28 in E-flat major, K. 380
• Violin Sonata No. 29 in A major, K. 402 (fragment, completed by M. Stadler)
• Violin Sonata No. 30 in C major, K. 403 (fragment, completed by M. Stadler)
• Violin Sonata No. 31 in C major, K. 404 (fragment)
• Violin Sonata No. 32 in B-flat major, K. 454
  Violin Sonata No. 32 (Mozart)
  Violin Sonata No. 32 in B-flat major was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna on April 21, 1784. It was published by Christoph Torricella in a group of three sonatas Violin Sonata No. 32 in B-flat major (K. 454) was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna on April 21, 1784. It was...
  
  
• Violin Sonata No. 33 in E-flat major, K. 481
  Violin Sonata No. 33 (Mozart)
  Violin Sonata No. 33 in E-flat major was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna on December 12, 1785. It was published on its own by Franz Anton Hoffmeister, a German composer and music publisher to whom Mozart's String Quartet No. 20 is dedicated...
  
  
• Violin Sonata No. 35 in A major, K. 526
• Violin Sonata No. 36 in F major, K. 547
  Violin Sonata No. 36 (Mozart)
  The Sonata in F for Violin and Keyboard, K. 547, was completed on July 10, 1788 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The sonata is often nicknamed "For Beginners" and was completed two weeks after the similarly nicknamed piano sonata in C major, K. 545. Unlike the previous few keyboard sonatas, where the...
  
  

Variations for violin and piano

• Variations in G major, "La bergere Celimene", K. 359
• 6 Variations in G minor on "Helas, j'ai perdu mon amant", K. 360

String duos and trios

• Trio for 2 Violins & Cello in B-flat major, K. 266
• Preludes and Fugues for Violin, Viola & Cello, K. 404a
• Duo for Violin & Viola in G major, K. 423
  String Duo No. 1 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's String Duo No. 1 in G major for violin and viola, K. 423, the first of the two Mozart wrote to complete Michael Haydn's set of six for the Archbishop Colloredo, was written in the summer of 1783...
  
   (1783)
• Duo for Violin & Viola in B-flat major, K. 424
  String Duo No. 2 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's String Duo No. 2 in B-flat major for violin and viola, K. 424, the second of the two Mozart wrote to complete Michael Haydn's set of six for the Archbishop Colloredo, was written in the summer of 1783...
  
   (1783)
• Trio for Violin, Viola & Cello in E-flat major, K. 563 (1788)

String quartets

• String Quartet No. 1
  String Quartet No. 1 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's String Quartet No. 1 in G major, K. 80/73f, was completed in March of 1770 while touring in Lodi, Lombardy. Mozart was 14 at the time.-Movements:In contrast to the Milanese Quartets, this quartet is in four movement form:...
  
   in G major, "Lodi", K. 80/73f (1770)
• Milanese Quartets
  Milanese Quartets (Mozart)
  The six string quartets, K. 155-160, were composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in late 1772 and early 1773. Because they were composed in Milan while he was working on his opera Lucio Silla, they are popularly known as the Milanese Quartets. Before this set was composed, Mozart had written one...
  
  , K. 155–160 (1772–1773)

This cycle, in three movements, is interesting as far as these works can be considered precursors of the later —more complete— string quartets.

• String Quartet No. 2 in D major, K. 155/134a (1772)
• String Quartet No. 3 in G major, K. 156/134b (1772)
• String Quartet No. 4 in C major, K. 157 (1772–73)
• String Quartet No. 5 in F major, K. 158 (1772–73)
• String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat major, K. 159 (1773)
• String Quartet No. 7 in E-flat major, K. 160/159a (1773)
• Viennese Quartets
  Viennese Quartets (Mozart)
  The six string quartets, K. 168-173, were composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in late 1773 in Vienna. These are popularly known as the Viennese Quartets....
  
  , K. 168–173 (1773)

Much more stylistically developed. In Vienna Mozart is believed to have heard the op. 17 and op. 20 quartets of Joseph Haydn

Joseph Haydn

Franz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms...

, and had received from them a deep impression.

• String Quartet No. 8 in F major, K. 168 (1773)
• String Quartet No. 9 in A major, K. 169 (1773)
• String Quartet No. 10 in C major, K. 170 (1773)
• String Quartet No. 11 in E-flat major, K. 171 (1773)
• String Quartet No. 12 in B-flat major, K. 172 (1773)
• String Quartet No. 13 in D minor, K. 173 (1773)
• Haydn Quartets
  Haydn Quartets (Mozart)
  The "Haydn" Quartets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are a set of six string quartets published in 1785 in Vienna, dedicated to the composer Joseph Haydn. They are considered to be the pinnacle of Classical string quartet writing, containing some of Mozart's most memorable melodic writing and refined...
  
   K. 387, 421, 428, 458, 464, 465, Opus 10 (1782–1785)

Mozart returned to the quartet in the early 1780s after he had moved to Vienna, met Haydn in person, and developed a friendship with the older composer. Haydn had just published his set of six quartets Opus 33

String Quartets, Op. 33 (Haydn)

The Op. 33 String Quartets were written by Joseph Haydn in the summer and Autumn of 1781 for the Viennese publisher Artaria. This set of quartets has several nicknames, the most common of which is the "Russian" quartets, because Haydn dedicated the quartets to the Grand Duke Paul of Russia and...

, which are thought to have been a stimulus to Mozart in returning to the genre. These quartets are often regarded as among the pinnacles of the genre.

• String Quartet No. 14
  String Quartet No. 14 (Mozart)
  The String Quartet No. 14 in G major, K. 387, nicknamed the "Spring" quartet, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1782 while in Vienna. In the composer's inscription on the title page of the autograph score is stated: "li 31 di decembre 1782 in vienna". The work was perhaps edited in 1783...
  
   in G major, "Spring", K. 387 (1782)
• String Quartet No. 15
  String Quartet No. 15 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's String Quartet No. 15 in D minor K. 421/417b, the second of the Quartets dedicated to Haydn and the only one of the set in a minor key, is believed to have been completed in 1783. The quartet is, however, undated in the autograph....
  
   in D minor, K. 421/417b (1783)
• String Quartet No. 16
  String Quartet No. 16 (Mozart)
  The String Quartet No. 16 in E flat major, K. 428/421b, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This is the third of the Haydn Quartets, a set of six string quartets he wrote during his first few years in Vienna and later dedicated to Joseph Haydn....
  
   in E-flat major, K. 428/421b (1783)
• String Quartet No. 17
  String Quartet No. 17 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's String Quartet No. 17 in B-flat major K. 458, nicknamed "The Hunt," is the fourth of the Quartets dedicated to Haydn. It was completed in 1784 It is in four movements:# Allegro vivace assai# Menuetto and Trio...
  
   in B-flat major, "Hunt", K. 458 (1784)
• String Quartet No. 18
  String Quartet No. 18 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's String Quartet No. 18 in A major K. 464, the fifth of the Quartets dedicated to Haydn, was completed in 1785 Mozart's autograph catalogue states as the date of composition "1785. / the 10th January"...
  
   in A major, K. 464 (1785)
• String Quartet No. 19
  String Quartet No. 19 (Mozart)
  The String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, KV. 465 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, nicknamed "Dissonance" on account of its unusual slow introduction, is perhaps the most famous of his quartets...
  
   in C major, "Dissonance", K. 465 (1785)
• String Quartet No. 20 in D major, "Hoffmeister", K. 499 (1786)

This work was published by (dedicated to?) Franz Anton Hoffmeister

Franz Anton Hoffmeister

Franz Anton Hoffmeister was a German composer and music publisher.Born in Rottenburg am Neckar, he went to Vienna at the age of fourteen to study law...

, as well as the Prussian Quartets. Mozart's last three quartets, dedicated to the King of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm II

Frederick William II of Prussia

Frederick William II was the King of Prussia, reigning from 1786 until his death. He was in personal union the Prince-Elector of Brandenburg and the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel.-Early life:...

, are noted for the cantabile character of the parts for cello (the instrument played by the king himself), the sweetness of sounds and the equilibrium among the different instruments.

• Prussian Quartets, K. 575, 589, 590 (1789–1790)
• String Quartet No. 21
  String Quartet No. 21 (Mozart)
  The String Quartet No. 21 in D Major, K. 575, was written in June 1789 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It has acquired the nickname The Violet...
  
   in D major, K. 575 (1789)
• String Quartet No. 22
  String Quartet No. 22 (Mozart)
  The String Quartet No. 22 in B-flat Major, K. 589, was written in May 1790 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is the second of the Prussian Quartets.There are four movements:#Allegro, in B flat major#Larghetto#Menuetto: Moderato#Allegro assai, in B flat major...
  
   in B-flat major, K. 589 (1790)
• String Quartet No. 23
  String Quartet No. 23 (Mozart)
  The String Quartet No. 23 in F Major, K. 590, was written in July 1790 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is the third of the Prussian Quartets.There are four movements:#Allegro moderato, in F major#Andante#Menuetto: Allegretto#Allegro F major...
  
   in F major, K. 590 (1790)

String quintets

The string quintet

String quintet

A string quintet is a musical composition for a standard string quartet supplemented by a fifth string instrument, usually a second viola or a second cello , but occasionally a double bass. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who favoured addition of a viola, is considered a pioneer of the form...

s (K. 174, 406, 515, 516, 593, 614), for two violins, two violas and cello. Charles Rosen

Charles Rosen

Charles Rosen is an American pianist and author on music.-Life and career:In his youth he studied piano with Moriz Rosenthal. Rosenthal, born in 1862, had been a student of Franz Liszt...

 wrote that "by general consent, Mozart's greatest achievement in chamber music is the group of string quintets with two violas."

• String Quintet No. 1
  String Quintet No. 1 (Mozart)
  The String Quintet No. 1 in B flat major, K. 174, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in December 1773. Like all of Mozart's string quintets, it is a "viola quintet" in that it is scored for string quartet and an extra viola .Mozart composed this quintet a few months following the composition...
  
   in B-flat major, K. 174
• String Quintet No. 2
  String Quintet No. 2 (Mozart)
  The String Quintet No. 2 in C minor, K. 406/516b, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1787, a transcription of his earlier Serenade No. 12, K. 388, for wind octet. Like all of Mozart's string quintets, it is a "viola quintet" in that it is scored for string quartet and an extra viola...
  
   in C minor, K. 406 (516b) - This is a transcription for string quintet of the earlier Serenade for wind octet in C minor
  Serenade No. 12 (Mozart)
  The Serenade No. 12 for Winds in C minor K. 388/384a, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1782 or 1783. The work is sometimes called "Nacht Musique". In 1787, Mozart transcribed the work for viola quintet. This transcription survives as String Quintet, K...
  
  , K. 388.
• String Quintet No. 3
  String Quintet No. 3 (Mozart)
  The String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K. 515 is written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Like all of Mozart's string quintets, it is a "viola quintet" in that it is scored for string quartet and an extra viola ....
  
   in C major, K. 515
• String Quintet No. 4
  String Quintet No. 4 (Mozart)
  The String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K. 516 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Like all of Mozart's string quintets, it is a "viola quintet" in that it is scored for string quartet and an extra viola ....
  
   in G minor, K. 516
• String Quintet No. 5
  String Quintet No. 5 (Mozart)
  The String Quintet No. 5 in D major, K. 593 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Like all of Mozart's string quintets, it is a "viola quintet" in that it is scored for string quartet and an extra viola .-Movements:...
  
   in D major, K. 593
• String Quintet No. 6
  String Quintet No. 6 (Mozart)
  The String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat major, K. 614, was completed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on April 12, 1791. It is Mozart's last major chamber work. Like all of Mozart's string quintets, it is a "viola quintet" in that it is scored for string quartet and an extra viola .-Movements:The work is in...
  
   in E-flat major, K. 614

Piano trios

• Divertimento à 3 in B-flat for Piano, Violin and Violoncello, K. 254
• Trio (Sonata) in G for Piano, Violin and Violoncello, K. 496
• Trio in B-flat for Piano, Violin and Violoncello, K. 502
• Trio in E for Piano, Violin and Violoncello, K. 542
• Trio in C for Piano, Violin and Violoncello, K. 548
• Trio in G for Piano, Violin and Violoncello, K. 564

Other chamber music

• Flute Quartets
  Flute quartet
  A flute quartet is a musical term for a type of chamber music group. They are normally found in two forms: those consisting of a flute, a violin, a viola and a cello; and those consisting of four flutes...
  
   (flute, violin, viola, cello) K. 285, K. 285a, K. 285b, K. 298 (1777–1778)
• Sonata for Bassoon and Violoncello in B-flat major, K. 292
• Oboe Quartet
  Oboe Quartet (Mozart)
  The Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in early 1781. The quartet is scored for oboe, violin, viola and cello. In 1780, Mozart was invited to Munich to visit Elector Karl Theodor, who had commissioned the opera Idomeneo for a carnival celebration...
  
   (oboe, violin, viola, cello) in F major, K. 370 (1781)
• Horn Quintet In E-flat, K. 407
• Quintet for piano and winds
  Quintet for Piano and Winds (Mozart)
  The Quintet in E flat major for Piano and Winds, K. 452, was completed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on March 30, 1784 and premiered two days later at the Imperial and Royal National Court Theater in Vienna...
  
   (oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon) K. 452 (1784)
• Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor
  Piano Quartet No. 1 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478, is considered the first major piece composed for piano quartet in the chamber music repertoire.-Composition and reception:...
  
   K. 478 (1785)
• 12 Duets — For Two Horn
  Horn (instrument)
  The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. A musician who plays the horn is called a horn player ....
  
  s, K. 487 (incorrectly published as being for Basset horns)
• Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major
  Piano Quartet No. 2 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, K. 493, was written after Franz Anton Hoffmeister released Mozart from the obligation of writing three piano quartets.-Composition and reception:...
  
   K. 493 (1786)
• Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano
  Kegelstatt Trio
  The Kegelstatt Trio , also referred to as the Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in E-flat, is a classical chamber music composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.-History:...
  
   in E-flat major, "Kegelstatt", K. 498 (1786)
• Clarinet Quintet
  Clarinet Quintet (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, K. 581, was written in 1789 for the clarinetist Anton Stadler. A clarinet quintet is a work for one clarinet and a string quartet . Although originally written for basset clarinet, it is almost always played on a clarinet in A or B-flat...
  
   in A major, K. 581 (1789)
• Adagio and Rondo for Glass Harmonica, Flute, Oboe, Viola and Cello, K⁶. 617 (1791)
• Adagio in C for Glass Harmonica, K⁶. 617a (1791)

Serenades, divertimenti, and other instrumental works

The production for instrumental ensembles includes several Divertimenti

Divertimento

Divertimento is a musical genre, with most of its examples from the 18th century. The mood of the divertimento is most often lighthearted and it is generally composed for a small ensemble....

, Notturni, Serenades, Cassations, Marches, and Dances, besides, of course, the Symphonies. Mozart's production for orchestra is written for string ensembles (like the early Divertimenti K. 136–138), as well as for wind instruments ensembles and the varied combinations of string and wind.

Serenades

• Serenade No. 1 in D major, K. 100
• Serenade No. 3 in D major, "Antretter", K. 185
• Serenade No. 4
  Serenade No. 4 (Mozart)
  The Serenade No. 4 in D major, K. 203/189ba was written on August of 1774 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for ceremonies at the University of Salzburg. It is nicknamed Colloredo after Mozart's patrion, Count Hieronymus von Colloredo. The work is very similar to K...
  
   in D major, "Colloredo" K. 203
• Serenade No. 5
  Serenade No. 5 (Mozart)
  The Serenade No. 5 in D major, K. 204/213a was written on August 5, 1775 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for ceremonies at the University of Salzburg. The work is very similar to K. 203 serenade composed for Salzburg the previous summer.-Structure:...
  
   in D major, K. 204
• Serenade No. 6
  Serenade No. 6 (Mozart)
  The Serenade for Orchestra No. 6 in D major K. 239, Serenata notturna, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Salzburg, in 1776. Mozart's father, Leopold Mozart, wrote the title and a January 1776 date on the original manuscript.It has three movements:...
  
   in D major, "Serenata Notturna", K. 239
• Serenade No. 7
  Serenade No. 7 (Mozart)
  Serenade for orchestra in D major, K. 250, popularly known as the Haffner Serenade, is a serenade by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart named for the Haffner family. Mozart's friend and contemporary Sigmund Haffner the Younger commissioned the serenade to be used in the course of the festivities before the...
  
   in D major, "Haffner", K. 250
• Notturno in D for Four Orchestras (Serenade No. 8), K. 286 (1776–77)
• Serenade No. 9
  Serenade No. 9 (Mozart)
  The Serenade for Orchestra No. 9 in D major K. 320, Posthorn, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Salzburg, in 1779. The manuscript is dated 3 August 1779 and was intended for the university "finalmusik" ceremony that year....
  
   in D major, "Posthorn", K. 320
• Serenade No. 10 for twelve winds and double bass in B-flat major, "Gran Partita", K. 361
• Serenade No. 11
  Serenade No. 11 (Mozart)
  The Serenade No. 11 for Winds in E-flat major K. 375, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, on 15 October, 1781, for St Theresa's day.The original version of the serenade is scored for 2 clarinets, 2 horns, and 2 bassoons...
  
   for winds in E-flat major, K. 375
• Serenade No. 12
  Serenade No. 12 (Mozart)
  The Serenade No. 12 for Winds in C minor K. 388/384a, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1782 or 1783. The work is sometimes called "Nacht Musique". In 1787, Mozart transcribed the work for viola quintet. This transcription survives as String Quintet, K...
  
   for winds in C minor, K. 388
• Serenade No. 13 for String Quartet & Bass in G major, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", K. 525

Divertimenti

• Galimathias Musicum (Quodlibet), K. 32 (1766)
• Cassation in G, K. 63 (1769)
• Cassation in B-flat, K. 99 (1769)
• Divertimento in E-flat, K. 113 (1771)
• Divertimento in D, K. 131 (1772)
• Divertimento in D for string quartet or string orchestra, K. 136/125a (1772)
• Divertimento in B-flat for string quartet or string orchestra, K. 137/125b (1772)
• Divertimento in F for string quartet or string orchestra, K. 138/125c (1772)
• Divertimento in E-flat, K.166
• Divertimento in B-flat, K.186
• Divertimento in D, K. 205 (1773)
• Divertimento in F, K.213
• Divertimento in B-flat, K.240
• Divertimento in F, "Lodron", K. 247 (1776)
• Divertimento in D, K. 251
  Divertimento No. 11 (Mozart)
  Divertimento No. 11 or Divertimento in D, K. 251, is a composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was written in July 1776 in Salzburg, possibly for the name day of Mozart's sister, Nannerl on July 26th or her birthday on July 30th...
  
   (1776)
• Divertimento in F, K.253
• Divertimento in B-flat, K.270
• Divertimento in B-flat, "Lodron", K. 287 (1777)
• Divertimento in D, K. 334 (1779–80)
• 25 Pieces (five divertimenti) for three basset horns, K. 439b (K. Anh. 229)
• Divertimento for two horns and strings, "A Musical Joke
  A Musical Joke
  A Musical Joke K. 522, is a composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; the composer entered it in his Verzeichnis aller meiner Werke on June 14, 1787...
  
  ", ("Ein Musikalischer Spaß"), K. 522
• Divertimento for string trio in E-flat major K. 563 (1788)

Marches

• March in D major, K. 62 (Introduction to K. 100 Serenade, also used in Mitridate, re di Ponto
  Mitridate, re di Ponto
  Mitridate, re di Ponto , K. 87 , is an early opera seria in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto is by Vittorio Amadeo Cigna-Santi after Giuseppe Parini's Italian translation of Jean Racine....
  
  )
• March in D major, K. 189 (probably to open/close K. 185 Serenade)
• March in C major, K. 214
• March in D major, K. 215 (to open and/or close Serenade, K. 204)
• March in D major, K. 237 (to open and/or close Serenade, K. 203)
• March in F major, K. 248 (for use with Divertimento, K. 247)
• March in D major, K. 249 (to open and/or close Serenade, "Haffner", K. 250)
• March in D major, K. 290
• March in D major, K. 335, No. 1 (probably to open Serenade, "Posthorn", K. 320)
• March in D major, K. 335, No. 2 (probably to close Serenade, "Posthorn", K. 320)
• March in C major, K. 408, No. 1
• March in D major, K. 408, No. 2
• March in C major, K. 408, No. 3
• March in D major, K. 445 (for use with Divertimento, K. 334)

Dances

Mozart left a huge production of dances for orchestra, including the genres of Minuetto (more than 100), Contredanse and Allemande (or Teitsch, or Laendler, or German Dances).

In his production of minuet

Minuet

A minuet, also spelled menuet, is a social dance of French origin for two people, usually in 3/4 time. The word was adapted from Italian minuetto and French menuet, and may have been from French menu meaning slender, small, referring to the very small steps, or from the early 17th-century popular...

s, Mozart generally followed Haydn's example, preferring the slow character of the dance. Allemandes (56 between 1787 and 1791) were written mainly for public balls in Vienna. In the Contredanse production, also written mainly in Vienna, some examples of program music are found, like Il Temporale, K. 534, La Bataille, K. 535, Canary, K. 600/5, etc.

• 6 Menuets, K. 61h
• 7 Menuets, K. 65a/61b
• 4 Contredanses, K. 101/250a
• 20 Menuets, K. 103
• 6 Menuets, K. 104/61e
• 6 Menuets, K. 105/61f
• Menuet in E-flat, K. 122
• Contredanse in B-flat, K. 123
• 6 Menuets, K. 164
• 16 Menuets, K. 176
• 4 Contredanses, K. 267/271c
• Gavotte in B-flat, K. 300
• 3 Menuets, K. 363
• 5 Menuets, K. 461
• 6 Contredanses, K. 462/448b
• 2 Quadrilles, K. 463/448c
• 6 German Dances, K. 509
• Contredanse in D, "Das Donnerwetter", K. 534
• Contredanse in C, "La Bataille", K. 535
• 6 German Dances, K. 536
• 6 German Dances, K. 567
• 12 Menuets, K. 568
• 6 German Dances, K. 571
• 12 Menuets, K. 585
• 12 German Dances, K. 586
• Contredanse in C, "Der Sieg vom Helden Koburg", K. 587
• 6 Menuets, K. 599
• 6 German Dances, K. 600
• 4 Menuets, K. 601
• 4 German Dances, K. 602
• 2 Contredanses, K. 603
• 2 Menuets, K. 604
• 3 German Dances
  Three German Dances (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Three German Dances , K. 605, are a set of three dance pieces composed by Mozart in 1791.-History and the other German Dances:...
  
  , K. 605
• 6 German Dances, K. 606
• 5 German Dances, K. 609
• Contredanse in G, K. 610

Sacred music

Mozart's sacred music is mainly vocal, though also instrumental examples
exist, like the Sonate da Chiesa for 2 violins, double bass and organ,
composed between 1767 and 1780.

Mozart's sacred music presents a rich stylistic mosaic: Gregorian choral
elements meet rigorous counterpoint, and even operatic elements can sometimes
emerge. Stylistic unity and consistency is present over all his sacred music work.

We include in this genre, for their liturgical character, also the
compositions written for the Masonic Lodge, like the cantata

Cantata

A cantata is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir....

 Laut Verkunde unsre Freude K623 and the Maurerische Trauermusik

Maurerische Trauermusik

The Maurerische Trauermusik in C minor, K. 477 , for orchestra, is a piece composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1785 in his capacity as a member of the Freemasons. According to Mozart's own catalogue, the piece was composed in July 1785...

 (Masonic Funeral Music), K. 477.

Masses

• Mass No. 1 ("Missa brevis") in G major, K. 49
• Mass No. 2 ("Missa brevis") in D minor, K. 65
• Mass No. 3 in C major, "Dominicusmesse", K. 66
• Mass No. 4 ("Missa solemnis") in C minor, K. 139
• Mass No. 5 ("Missa brevis
  Missa Brevis No. 6 (Mozart)
  The Missa Brevis No. 6 in G major, K. 140, K3 Anh. 235d, K6 Anh. C 1.12, may have been written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1773 for Salzburg. The mass is scored for soloists, choir, strings and organ, the latter supplying figured bass for most of the duration...
  
  ") in G major, K. 140
• Mass No. 6 ("Missa brevis
  Missa Brevis No. 3 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Missa Brevis in F major, K. 192 , was completed in Salzburg, on 24 June 1774. It is scored for SATB soloists, SATB choir, 2 trumpets , 3 trombones, 2 violins, bass, organ. AMA I/1 No...
  
  ") in F major, K. 192
• Mass No. 7 in C major, "Missa in honorem Sanctissimae Trinitatis", K. 167
• Mass No. 8 ("Missa brevis") in D major, K. 194
• Mass No. 9 ("Missa brevis") in C major, "Spatzenmesse", K. 220
• Mass No. 10 ("Missa brevis") in C major, "Credo Mass", K. 257
• Mass No. 11 in C major, "Spaurmesse" or "Piccolomissa", K. 258
• Mass No. 12 ("Missa brevis") in C major, "Organ Solo", K. 259
• Mass No. 13 ("Missa longa") in C major, K. 262
• Mass No. 14 ("Missa brevis
  Missa Brevis No. 9 (Mozart)
  The Missa Brevis No. 9 in B-flat major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, K. 275/272b, was probably written before September 1777 for Salzburg. The mass is scored for soloists, choir, strings and organ, the latter supplying figured bass for most of the duration....
  
  ") in B-flat major, K. 275
• Mass No. 15 in C major, "Coronation", K. 317
• Mass No. 16 ("Missa solemnis") in C major, "Missa aulica", K. 337
• Mass No. 17 in C minor, "Great", K. 427
• Requiem Mass in D minor
  Requiem (Mozart)
  The Requiem Mass in D minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was composed in Vienna in 1791 and left unfinished at the composer's death. A completion by Franz Xaver Süssmayr was delivered to Count Franz von Walsegg, who had anonymously commissioned the piece for a requiem Mass to commemorate the...
  
  , K. 626 (completed by Franz Xaver Süssmayr
  Franz Xaver Süssmayr
  Franz Xaver Süssmayr was an Austrian composer, now famous for his completion of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem.-Early life:...
  
   after Mozart's death)

Other sacred music

Mozart's other sacred music includes:

• God is Our Refuge, K. 20
• Scande Coeli Limina in C, K. 34
• Kyrie in D minor for soprano, alto, tenor and bass, K. 90

Three settings of the Marian antiphon Regina coeli

Regina Coeli

The Regina Caeli or Regina Coeli , an ancient Latin Marian Hymn of the Christian Church, is one of the four seasonal Marian antiphons of the Blessed Virgin Mary, prescribed to be sung or recited in the Liturgy of the Hours at the conclusion of the last of the hours to be prayed in common that day,...

:

• Regina Coeli for soprano, chorus and orchestra, K. 108
• Regina Coeli for soprano, chorus and orchestra, K. 127
• Regina Coeli for soloists, chorus and orchestra, K. 276

• Te Deum
  Te Deum
  The Te Deum is an early Christian hymn of praise. The title is taken from its opening Latin words, Te Deum laudamus, rendered literally as "Thee, O God, we praise"....
  
  , K. 141
• Exsultate, jubilate
  Exsultate, jubilate
  Exsultate, jubilate K. 165, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was written in 1773.This religious solo motet was composed at the time Mozart was visiting Milan....
  
  , K. 165

Two Vesper

Vespers

Vespers is the evening prayer service in the Western Catholic, Eastern Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran liturgies of the canonical hours...

 services:

• Vesperae de Dominica
  Vesperae de Dominica (Mozart)
  Vesperae solennes de Dominica, K. 321, is a sacred work for four solo voices , mixed choir, orchestra and organ composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1779. It was composed in Salzburg at the request of the Archbishop Colloredo....
  
   in C, K. 321
• Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339 (1780)
• Kyrie
  Kyrie
  Kyrie, a transliteration of Greek κύριε , vocative case of κύριος , meaning "Lord", is the common name of an important prayer of Christian liturgy, which is also called the Kýrie, eléison ....
  
   in D minor, K. 341
• Ave verum corpus
  Ave verum corpus (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Ave verum corpus in D major was written for Anton Stoll who was musical co-ordinator in the parish of Baden bei Wien, near Vienna. This setting of the Ave verum corpus text was composed to celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi and the autograph is dated 17 June 1791...
  
  , K. 618

as well as four litanies

Litany

A litany, in Christian worship and some forms of Jewish worship, is a form of prayer used in services and processions, and consisting of a number of petitions...

, numerous offertories

Offertory

The Offertory is the portion of a Eucharistic service when bread and wine are brought to the altar. The offertory exists in many liturgical Christian denominations, though the Eucharistic theology varies among celebrations conducted by these denominations....

, psalms, motets, and other mass fragments.

Church sonatas

• Church Sonata No. 1
  Church Sonata No. 1 (Mozart)
  The Church Sonata No. 1 in E-flat major, K. 67 , is a sonata in one movement by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.Alfred Einstein dated this work from 1767, but later investigations, particularly by Hans Dennerlein, conclude that it is highly unlikely to have been written before 9 August 1772 when...
  
   in E-flat K. 41h (1772)
• Church Sonata No. 2
  Church Sonata No. 2 (Mozart)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Church Sonata No. 2 in B-flat major, K 68 is a sonata in one movement. It was composed when Mozart was 16 years old. The work is scored for two violins, organ, cello and double bass....
  
   in B K. 68 (1772)
• Church Sonata No. 3 in D K. 69 (1772)
• Church Sonata No. 4 in D, K. 144 (1772)
• Church Sonata No. 5 in F, K. 145 (1772)
• Church Sonata No. 6 in B, K. 212 (1775)
• Church Sonata No. 7 in F, K. 241a (1776)
• Church Sonata No. 8 in A, K. 241b (1776)
• Church Sonata No. 9 in G, K. 241 (1776)
• Church Sonata No. 10 in F, K. 244 (1776)
• Church Sonata No. 11 in D, K. 245 (1776)
• Church Sonata No. 12 in C, K. 263 (1776)
• Church Sonata No. 13 in G, K. 274 (1777)
• Church Sonata No. 14 in C, K. 278 (1777)
• Church Sonata No. 15 in C, K. 328 (1779)
• Church Sonata No. 16 in C, K. 329 (1779)
• Church Sonata No. 17 in C, K. 336 (1780)

Organ music

• Fugue in E-flat major, K. 153 (375f)
• Fugue in G minor, K. 154 (385k)
• Ouverture in C major, K. 399 (385i)
• Fugue in G minor, K. 401 (375e)
• Eine kleine Gigue, K. 574
• Adagio and Allegro in F minor for a Mechanical Organ, K. 594 (1790)
• Fantasia in F minor for a Mechanical Organ, K. 608 (1791)
• Andante in F for a Small Mechanical Organ, K. 616 (1791)

Operas

• Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, K. 35 (1767)
• Apollo et Hyacinthus
  Apollo et Hyacinthus
  Apollo et Hyacinthus is an opera, K. 38, written in 1767 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was 11 years old at the time. It is Mozart's first true opera . It is in three acts...
  
  , K. 38 (1767)
• Bastien und Bastienne
  Bastien und Bastienne
  Bastien und Bastienne , K. 50 is a one-act singspiel, a comic opera, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart....
  
  , K. 50=46b (1768)
• La finta semplice
  La finta semplice
  La finta semplice , K. 51 is an opera buffa in three acts for soloists and orchestra, composed in 1769 by then 12-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by the court poet Marco Coltellini based on an early work by Carlo Goldoni...
  
  , K. 51 (1768)
• Mitridate, re di Ponto
  Mitridate, re di Ponto
  Mitridate, re di Ponto , K. 87 , is an early opera seria in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto is by Vittorio Amadeo Cigna-Santi after Giuseppe Parini's Italian translation of Jean Racine....
  
  , K. 87 (1770)
• Ascanio in Alba
  Ascanio in Alba
  Ascanio in Alba, K. 111, is a pastoral opera in two parts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Parini...
  
  , K. 111 (1771)
• Betulia liberata
  Betulia Liberata
  Betulia liberata is the title of a libretto by Metastasio which was originally commissioned by Emperor Charles VI and set by Georg Reutter the younger in 1734, and which was subsequently set by as many as 30 composers including Jommelli , Ignaz Holzbauer , Kozeluch , Schuster , Salieri and most...
  
  , an oratorio
  Oratorio
  An oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. Like an opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias...
  
  , K. 118=74c (1771)
• Il sogno di Scipione
  Il sogno di Scipione
  Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126, is a dramatic serenade in one act composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a libretto by Pietro Metastasio, which is based on the book Somnium Scipionis by Cicero. Mozart had originally composed the work at the age of 15 for his patron, Prince-Archbishop Sigismund von...
  
  , K. 126 (1772)
• Lucio Silla
  Lucio Silla
  Lucio Silla, K. 135, is an Italian opera in three acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto was written by Giovanni de Gamerra.It was first performed on 26 December 1772 at the Regio Ducal Teatro in Milan....
  
  , K. 135 (1772)
• Thamos, König in Ägypten (1773, 1775)
• La finta giardiniera
  La finta giardiniera
  La finta giardiniera , K. 196, is an Italian opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart wrote it in Munich in January 1775 when he was 18 years old and it received its first performance on January 13 at the Salvatortheater in Munich...
  
  , K. 196 (1774–75)
• Il re pastore
  Il re pastore
  Il re pastore is an opera, K. 208, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Metastasio, edited by Gianbattista Varesco. It is an opera seria...
  
  , K. 208 (1775)
• Zaide
  Zaide
  Zaide is an unfinished opera, K. 344, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1780. Emperor Joseph II, in 1778, was in the process of setting up an opera company for the purpose of performing German opera. One condition required of the composer to join this company was that he should write a...
  
  , K. 344 (1779)
• Idomeneo
  Idomeneo
  Idomeneo, re di Creta ossia Ilia e Idamante is an Italian language opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto was adapted by Giambattista Varesco from a French text by Antoine Danchet, which had been set to music by André Campra as Idoménée in 1712...
  
  , K. 366 (1781)
• Die Entführung aus dem Serail
  Die Entführung aus dem Serail
  Die Entführung aus dem Serail is an opera Singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German libretto is by Christoph Friedrich Bretzner with adaptations by Gottlieb Stephanie...
  
  , K. 384 (1782)
• L'oca del Cairo
  L'oca del Cairo
  L'oca del Cairo is an opera buffa in three acts, K. 422, begun by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in July 1783 but abandoned in October.The complete three act libretto by Giovanni Battista Varesco remains....
  
  , K. 422 (1783)
• Lo sposo deluso
  Lo sposo deluso
  Lo sposo deluso, ossia La rivalità di tre donne per un solo amante is a two act opera buffa, K. 430, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart between 1783 and 1784...
  
  , K. 430
• Der Schauspieldirektor
  Der Schauspieldirektor
  Der Schauspieldirektor , K. 486, is a comic Singspiel written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie, an Austrian Schauspieldirektor....
  
  , K. 486 (1786)
• Le nozze di Figaro
  The Marriage of Figaro
  Le nozze di Figaro, ossia la folle giornata , K. 492, is an opera buffa composed in 1786 in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro .Although the play by...
  
  , K. 492 (1786)
• Don Giovanni
  Don Giovanni
  Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It was premiered by the Prague Italian opera at the Teatro di Praga on October 29, 1787...
  
  , K. 527 (1787)
• Così fan tutte
  Così fan tutte
  Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti K. 588, is an opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart first performed in 1790. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte....
  
  , K. 588 (1789)
• Die Zauberflöte
  The Magic Flute
  The Magic Flute is an opera in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue....
  
  , K. 620 (1791)
• La clemenza di Tito
  La clemenza di Tito
  La clemenza di Tito , K. 621, is an opera seria in two acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Caterino Mazzolà, after Metastasio...
  
  , K. 621 (1791)

Concert arias, songs and canons

Recordings

In 1991, in honor of the bicentenary of Mozart's death, Philips Classics gathered recordings considered to be the best performances from the extensive catalog of their parent company Universal Music and issued a set in a number of multi-disc volumes, collectively called the Complete Mozart Edition, on a total of 180 CDs. These were also made available as a unitary boxed set of the entire collection. The Philips set is no longer in print, but in either format much of it may still be available, primarily from various online sources.

Another entirely different set of recordings, also available either as multi-disc volumes or in a single unitary boxed set, has more recently been issued on 170 CDs by Brilliant Classics.

Reviews of specific recordings are widely available, both at various online websites and in books and other print publications. Many such publications, and in some cases also a selection of CD recordings, will be available from local public libraries.

See also

• Mozart symphonies of spurious or doubtful authenticity
  Mozart symphonies of spurious or doubtful authenticity
  This list of Mozart symphonies of spurious or doubtful authenticity contains 39 symphonic works where an initial attribution to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has subsequently been proved spurious, or is the subject of continuing doubt...
  
  
• The Complete Mozart Edition
  The Complete Mozart Edition
  To commemorate the bicentenary of the death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Philips Classics Records assembled The Complete Mozart Edition comprising 180 compact discs arranged into 45 themed volumes. Each volume in the series is accompanied by a deluxe booklet with detailed information about the...
  
  

External links

• Publications of music and writings by Mozart from Project Gutenberg
  Project Gutenberg
  Project Gutenberg is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks". Founded in 1971 by Michael S. Hart, it is the oldest digital library. Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of public domain books...
  
  
• Free typeset sheet music of Mozart's works from the Mutopia Project
  Mutopia project
  The Mutopia Project is a volunteer-run effort to create a library of free content sheet music, in a way similar to Project Gutenberg's library of public domain books.The music is reproduced from old scores that are out of copyright...
  
  
• Digitized version of the Complete New Mozart Edition (NMA)
• A comprehensive list of Mozart's work from classical.net