List of concert arias, songs and canons by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart explained

This is a list of concert arias, songs and canons by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Concert arias

Soprano

K1K6Composition, score and critical report (NMA)LibrettistDate
23 
Aria for soprano and orchestra
Metastasio,
Artaserse I,1
October 1765
7061c
Recitative and aria (Licenza) for soprano and orchestra
unknown28 February 1767 or 1769
 74b
Aria for soprano and orchestra
Metastasio,
Demofoonte I,7
early 1771
7773e
Recitative and aria for soprano and orchestra
Metastasio,
Demofoonte III, 4&5
12 March 1770
7873b
Aria for soprano and orchestra
Metastasio,
Artaserse I,5
1766, or Count Firmian's audition party, Milan, 12 March 1770
7973d
Recitative and aria for soprano and orchestra
Metastasio,
Artaserse II,11
1766, or Count Firmian's audition party, Milan, 12 March 1770
deest 
Aria for soprano and orchestra
unknown1769
8273o
Aria for soprano and orchestra
Metastasio,
Demofoonte, I, 13
25 April 1770
8373p
Aria for soprano and orchestra
Metastasio
Demofoonte, II, 6
1770
8873c
Aria for soprano and orchestra
Metastasio,
Artaserse I,2
1770
119382h
Aria for soprano and orchestra (piano reduction)
This is possibly (Kunze) the aria for Gretl Marchand from K. deest
unknown1782
146317b"Kommet her, ihr frechen Sünder"
Aria for soprano and strings
unknownbetween March and April 1779
152210a
Aria (canzonetta) for voice and piano, transcription of an insertion aria sung by Luigi Marchesi with several texts in several operas. The version with the text "Ridente la calma" was inserted in Francesco Bianchi's Il trionfo della pace (1782).[1] The original author of the music may be Josef Mysliveček. A slightly different version of the aria appears with the text "Il caro mio bene" in a manuscript of Mysliveček's Armida (1779).
Cesare Olivieri, Il trionfo della pacebetween 1772 and 1775
178417e
Aria for soprano and orchestra (piano reduction)
unknownJune 1783
217 
Aria for soprano and orchestra
Carlo Goldoni
Le nozze di Dorina I,4
26 October 1775
272 
Recitative, aria, recitative and cavatina for soprano and orchestra

Andromeda III,10
August 1777
294 
Recitative and aria for soprano and orchestra
Metastasio
L'Olimpiade III,6
24 February 1778
316300b
Recitative and aria for soprano and orchestra
Ranieri de' Calzabigi
Alceste I,2
8 January 1779
 365a"Zittre, töricht Herz"
Aria for soprano and orchestra (lost)
Friedrich August Clemens WerthesNovember 1780
368 
Recitative and aria for soprano and orchestra
Metastasio
Demofoonte, I,4
January 1781
369 
Recitative and aria for soprano and orchestra
Metastasio
Ezio, III, 12
8 March 1781
374 
Recitative and aria for soprano and orchestra
Giovanni de Gamerra
Sismano nel Mogol III,7
April 1781
383 
Aria for soprano and orchestra
unknown10 April 1782
416 
Recitavo and aria (rondo) for soprano and orchestra
Gaetano Sertor
Zemira II,5
8 January 1783
418 
Aria for soprano and orchestra
unknown20 June 1783
419 
Aria for soprano and orchestra
unknownJune 1783
440383h
Aria for soprano and orchestra (sketch)
Metastasio
Demofoonte, I,2
February 1782
486a295a
Recitative and aria for soprano and orchestra
Metastasio
Didone abbandonata, II, 4
28 February 1778
505 
Recitative and aria (rondo) for soprano, piano obbligato and orchestra
Giambattista Varesco26 December 1786
528 
Recitative and aria for soprano and orchestra

Cerere placata II,5
3 November 1787
538 
Aria for soprano and orchestra
Metastasio
L'eroe cinese, I,2
4 March 1788
 540c"In quali eccessi ... Mi tradì quell'alma ingrata"
Replacement recitative and aria for the character Donna Elvira (soprano) and orchestra in Don Giovanni
Lorenzo Da Ponte1788
569 "Ohne Zwang aus eignem Triebe"
Aria for soprano and orchestra (lost)
Michel-Jean Sedaine, Le roi et le fermier, tr. Johann Heinrich Faber[2] January 1789
577 
Replacement aria for the character Susanna (soprano) and orchestra in The Marriage of Figaro
Lorenzo Da Ponte1789
578 
Aria for soprano and orchestra

I due baroni di Rocca Azzurra I,4
August 1789
579 
Replacement aria for the character Susanna (soprano) and orchestra in The Marriage of Figaro
Lorenzo Da Ponte1789
580 
Aria for soprano and orchestra (fragment)
unknown17 September 1789
582 
Aria for soprano and orchestra
Lorenzo Da Ponte
Il burbero di buon cuore I,14
October 1789
583 
Aria for soprano and orchestra
Lorenzo Da Ponte
Il burbero di buon cuore II,4
October 1789

Tenor

K1K6Composition, score and critical report (NMA)LibrettistDate
2119c
Aria for tenor and orchestra
Metastasio
Ezio, II,4
1765
3633i
Recitative and aria for tenor and orchestra
unknownDecember 1766
71 
Aria for tenor and orchestra (fragment)
Metastasio
Demofoonte, I,1
1769 or 1770
209 
Aria for tenor and orchestra
unknown19 May 1775
210 
Aria for tenor and orchestra
unknownMay 1775
256 
Aria for tenor and orchestra
unknownSeptember 1776
295 
Aria for tenor and orchestra
Antonio Salvi
Artaserse, I,14
28 February 1778
420 
Aria (rondo) for tenor and orchestra
unknown21 June 1783
431425b
Recitative and aria for tenor and orchestra
Caterino Mazzolà[3] December 1783
435416b
Aria for tenor and orchestra (sketch)
unknown1783
490 "Non più, tutto ascoltai... Non temer, amato bene"
Replacement recitative and aria for the character Idamante (tenor) and orchestra in Idomeneo
Giambattista Varesco1786
 540a"Dalla sua pace"
Replacement aria for the character Don Ottavio (tenor) and orchestra in Don Giovanni
Lorenzo Da Ponte1788

Bass

K1K6Composition, score and critical report (NMA)LibrettistDate
 209a
Aria for bass and orchestra (fragment)
unknown1775
432421a
Recitative and aria for bass and orchestra
Metastasio
Temistocle, III,8
1783
433416c
Aria for bass and orchestra (sketch)
unknown1783
512 
Recitative and aria for bass and orchestra
Metastasio
L'Olimpiade III,6
18 or 19 March 1787
513 
Aria for bass and orchestra
Duca Sant'Angioli-Morbilli
La disfatta di Dario II,9
23 March 1787
539 
Aria for bass and orchestra
Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim5 March 1788
541 
Arietta for bass and orchestra
Lorenzo Da Ponte
Le gelosie fortunate II,4
June 1788
584 "Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo"
Aria for bass and orchestra, intended for Così fan tutte, but discarded at the first performance
Lorenzo Da PonteDecember 1789
612 
Aria for bass, contrabass obbligato, and orchestra
unknown8 March 1791
Anh. 245621a
Aria for bass and orchestra
unknown1788

Group

K1K6Composition, score and critical report (NMA)LibrettistDate
Anh. 24a43a
Duet for two sopranos (fragment)
unknown15 October 1767
346439a
Notturno (terzet) for two sopranos, bass and three basset horns
Angelo Lungi, La Pupilla
(some sources attribute libretto to Metastasio)
possibly 1783
389384A"Welch ängstliches Beben"
Duet for two tenors and orchestra, intended for Die Entführung aus dem Serail, but discarded at the first performance (fragment)
Christoph Friedrich Bretznerbetween April and May 1782
434480b
Aria for tenor, two basses and orchestra (fragment)
Giuseppe Petrosellini
Il regno delle amazzoni I,1
end of 1785
436 
Notturno (terzet) for two sopranos and bass and three basset horns
Metastasio
La partenza
possibly 1783
437 
Notturno (terzet) for two sopranos, bass, two clarinets and basset horn
Metastasio
Siroe, II, 1
possibly 1783
438 
Notturno (terzet) for two sopranos, bass, two clarinets and basset horn (fragment)
Metastasio
Strofe per musica
possibly 1783
439 
Notturno (terzet) for two sopranos, bass and three basset horns
Giuseppe Petrosellini, L'incognita perseguitatapossibly 1783
441 
Terzet for soprano, tenor, bass and strings
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozartpossibly 1783
479 
Aria for soprano, tenor, two basses and orchestra
unknown5 November 1785
480 
Aria for soprano, tenor, bass and orchestra
unknown21 November 1785
483 
Song with voice, 3-part male choir and organ
Augustin Veith Edler von SchittlersbergDecember 1785
484 
Song with voice, 3-part male choir and organ
Augustin Veith Edler von SchittlersbergDecember 1785
489 "Spiegarti non poss'io"
Duet for soprano and tenor
Replacement duet for the characters Ilia (soprano), Idamante (tenor) and orchestra in Idomeneo
Giambattista Varesco1786
532 
Terzet for soprano, tenor, bass and orchestra (fragment)
Metastasio
La Libertà a Nice
possibly 1787
 540b"Per queste tue manine"
Duet for soprano and bass
Replacement duet for the characters Zerlina (soprano), Leporello (bass) and orchestra in Don Giovanni
Lorenzo Da Ponte1788
549 
Notturno (terzet) for two sopranos, bass and three basset horns
Metastasio
L'Olimpiade, I, 7
16 July 1788
Anh. 5571a
Quartet for soprano, two tenors, bass and piano (fragment)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozartbeginning of 1789
615 "Viviamo felici in dolce contento"
Choir of amateurs and strings (fragment)
Tommaso Grandi1791
625592a"Nun, liebes Weibchen"
Duet for soprano, bass and orchestra
Emanuel SchikanederAugust 1790

Songs

K1K6Composition, score and critical report (NMA)LibrettistDate
5347e
Freude, Königin der Weisen
Possibly (Einstein) the aria for the daughter of Joseph Wolf from K. deest
Johann Peter Uz (1720–1796)November 1768
147125gunknown1772
148125h
O heiliges Band der Freundschaft treuer Brüder
Ludwig Friedrich Lenz (1717–1780)1772
307284dAntoine Houdart Ferrand (1678–1719) 30 October 1777
308295bAntoine Houdar de la Motte (1672–1731) between 30 October 1777 and 13/14 March 1778
343336c
O Gotteslamm, Als aus Ägypten Israel
unknownSpring 1787
349367a
Was frag' ich viel nach Geld und Gut
Johann Martin Miller (1750–1814)between 8 November 1780 and mid-March 1781
351367bunknownbetween 8 November 1780 and mid-March 1781
390340cJohann Timotheus Hermes (1738–1821)between August 1781 and May 1782
391340bJohann Timotheus Hermes (1738–1821)between August 1781 and May 1782
392340aJohann Timotheus Hermes (1738–1821)between August 1781 and May 1782
Anh. 25386d
O Calpe! Dir donnert's am Fusse (sketch)
Michael Denis (1729–1800)end of December 1782
468 
Die ihr einem neuen Grad
Joseph Franz von Ratschky (1757–1810)26 March 1785
472 
Ihr Mädchen, flieht Damöten [Damoetas] ja!
Christian Felix Weiße (1726–1804)7 May 1785
473 
Wie sanft, wie ruhig
Christian Felix Weiße (1726–1804)7 May 1785
474 
Der reiche Tor
Christian Felix Weiße (1726–1804)7 May 1785
476 
Ein Veilchen auf der Wiese stand
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe8 June 1785
506 
Wer unter eines Mädchens Hand
Aloys Blumauer (1755–1798) end of 1785
Anh. 26475a
fragment
Johann Martin Miller (1750–1814)[4] possibly 1785
517 
Zu meiner Zeit, zu meiner Zeit
Friedrich von Hagedorn (1708–1754)18 May 1787
518 
Sobald Damötas Chloen sieht
Christian Felix Weiße (1726–1804)20 May 1787
519 
Die Engel Gottes weinen
Klamer Eberhard Karl Schmidt (1746–1824)23 May 1787
520 
Erzeugt von heißer Phantasie
Gabriele von Baumberg (1766–1839)26 May 1787
523 
Abend ist's, die Sonne ist verschwunden
unknown24 June 1787
524 
Wenn die Lieb' aus deinen blauen, hellen, offnen Augen sieht
Johann Georg Jacobi (1740–1814)24 June 1787
529 
Es war einmal, ihr Leute
Johann Eberhard Friedrich Schall (1742–1790),
last verse by Joachim Heinrich Campe (1746–1818)
6 November 1787
530 
Wo bist du, Bild
Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty (1748–1776)6 November 1787
531 
Was spinnst du?
unknown11 December 1787
552 
Dem hohen Kaiserworte treu
unknown11 August 1788
596 
Komm, lieber Mai, und mache
Christian Adolph Overbeck (1755–1821)14 January 1791
597 
Erwacht zum neuen Leben
Christoph Christian Sturm (1740–1786)14 January 1791
598 
Wir Kinder, wir schmecken der Freuden recht viel!
Christian Adolph Overbeck (1755–1821)14 January 1791

Canons

K1K6Composition, score and critical report (NMA)LibrettistDate
8973k
Kyrie a cinque con diversi canoni
liturgical textMay 1770
89a II73r
Sit trium series una: Incipe Menalios for 3 voices;
Ter ternis canite vocibus: Cantate Domino for 9 voices;
Canon ad duodecimam: Confitebor tibi Domine for 3 voices;
Canon. Ter voce ciemus: Thebana bella for 6 voices
unknownSummer 1770
89a73iApril 1770
228515b
Double canon for 4 voices
unknownbefore 24 June 1787
229382a
Canon for 3 voices
Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748–1776)1782
230382b
Canon for 2 voices
Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748–1776)1782
231382c
Canon for 6 voices
probably WA Mozart himself1782
232509a
Canon for 4 voices
probably WA Mozart himselfafter 4 June 1787
233382d
/ "Nichts labt mich mehr als Wein" – Canon for 3 voices
probably WA Mozart himself1782
234382e
/ "Essen, Trinken" – Canon for 3 voices
probably WA Mozart himself1782
347382f
Canon for 6 voices
unknown1782
348382g
Quadruple canon for 12 voices (3 choirs)
unknown1782
deest 1781/82 or later
deest 1781/82 or later
deest 1781/82 or later
deest end of 1785/1786
507 
Canon for 3 voices
after 3 June 1786
508 
Canon for 3 voices (sopranos)
unknownafter 3 June 1786
 508a
Canons for various voices (sketches)
after 3 June 1786
deest after 3 June 1786
deest after 3 June 1786
deest Summer 1786
553 
Canon for 4 voices
liturgical text2 September 1788
554 
Canon for 3 voices
liturgical text2 September 1788
555 
Canon for 4 voices
liturgical text2 September 1788
556 
Canon for 4 voices
unknown2 September 1788
557 
Canon for 4 voices
unknown2 September 1788
558 
Canon for 4 voices
unknown2 September 1788
559 
Canon for 3 voices
probably WA Mozart himself2 September 1788
560a559a
Canon for 3 voices
probably WA Mozart himselfbetween 1785 and 1787
560b560
Canon for 4 voices
probably WA Mozart himself2 September 1788
deest 1787 or 1788
deest 1787 or 1788
deest 1787 or 1788
561 
Canon for 4 voices
WA Mozart2 September 1788
562 
Canon for 4 voices
unknown2 September 1788
 562aunknown
 562c
Canon for 2 violins, viola, bass
unknown
 616bSummer 1787

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Paolo Montanari, "L'invenzione del passato. Note per il concerto 'Autenticamente falso' del Festival Pergolesi Spontini 2017", (in Italian) academia.edu
  2. [Dexter Edge]
  3. [John A. Rice (musicologist)|John A. Rice]
  4. Book: Miller, Johann Martin. [{{Google books|id=gMo6AAAAcAAJ|page=RA1-PA190|plainurl=yes}} Gedichte]. Johann Martin Miller. 1783. 190. Johann Konrad Wohler. Ulm.