List of symphonies by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart explained

This is a list of symphonies by the classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Symphonies No. 2 (attributed to Leopold Mozart) and 3 (written by Carl Friedrich Abel) are spurious. Mozart's "37th symphony" is actually Michael Haydn's 25th symphony; Mozart only added a 20-bar slow introduction to it. Some symphonies of uncertain authenticity were included in either the Alte Mozart-Ausgabe or the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe; they are in this list but marked as uncertain or spurious (in the cases of K. 16a and K. 98, which later scholarship demonstrated have nothing to do with Mozart). No. 11 (K. 84/73q) is considered by scholars to be of uncertain authenticity. Further spurious and doubtful symphonies can be found at Mozart symphonies of spurious or doubtful authenticity.

The symphonies K. 19b, 66c, 66d, 66e, Anh.C 11.07, and Anh.C 11.08 are lost, and it is uncertain whether they are Mozart's work: they have not been included in the list below.

The symphony numbers in the range 42 to 56 are sometimes used for symphonic works that were not numbered in the 1-41 sequence. They have been included for completeness, although they are out of chronological sequence. In addition, some authentic symphonies were never given numbers. The symphonies in the 1-41 chronological sequence have been listed first; the symphonies that were given the numbers 42-56 are listed next; and lastly are listed the remaining symphonies. The symphonies given numbers past 41 are sometimes listed with "GA" preceding the number, because these numbers were from the Alte Mozart-Ausgabe, the full name of which was the "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts Werke: Kritisch durchgesehene Gesamtausgabe". There are no symphonies "GA 49" and "GA 53".

Links to scores of each symphony have been included. All the symphonies in this table except Nos. 2, 3 and 37 (which are spurious) have links to scores in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe; the spurious symphonies Nos. 2, 3 and 37 have links to scores at the International Music Score Library Project.

List of symphonies

Outside of original 41

TitleKeyApproximal
performance time
[1]
ComposedIncipit
1616Symphony No. 1E major11:091764–5 London
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1919Symphony No. 4D major10:401765 London
Anh. 22319aSymphony, K. 19aF major1765 London
2222Symphony No. 5B major07:101765 December The Hague
Anh. 22145a"Old Lambach"[2] G major1766 The Hague

4343Symphony No. 6F major14:161767 Vienna/Olomouc
4545Symphony No. 7D major11:081768 Vienna January 16
4848Symphony No. 8D major12:011768 Vienna December 13
7375aSymphony No. 9C major11:191769-70 Salzburg/Italy?
7474Symphony No. 10G major08:251770 Milan
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11075bSymphony No. 12G major15:351771 Salzburg
111+120111+111aSymphony No. 48[3]
D major1771 Milan
112112Symphony No. 13F major13:191771 Milan
114114Symphony No. 14A major17:471771 Salzburg
124124Symphony No. 15G major12:181772 Salzburg
128128Symphony No. 16C major11:191772 Salzburg
129129Symphony No. 17G major12:201772 Salzburg
130130Symphony No. 18F major18:141772 Salzburg
132132Symphony No. 19E major23:401772 Salzburg
133133Symphony No. 20D major19:021772 Salzburg
134134Symphony No. 21A major19:391772 Salzburg
161, 163141a[4] Symphony No. 50[5] D major1772 Salzburg
184161aSymphony No. 26E major09:021773 Salzburg
199161bSymphony No. 27G major16:571773 Salzburg
162162Symphony No. 22C major08:571773 Salzburg
181162bSymphony No. 23D major10:571773 Salzburg
182173dASymphony No. 24B major09:401773 Salzburg
183Symphony No. 25
"Little G minor"
G minor23:331773 Salzburg
201186aSymphony No. 29A major26:181774 Salzburg
202186bSymphony No. 30D major17:441774 Salzburg
200189kSymphony No. 28C major21:491774 Salzburg
196+121196+207aSymphony No. 51[6] D major1774 Salzburg - 1775 Munich
208+102208+213cSymphony No. 52[7] C major1775 Salzburg
297300aSymphony No. 31
"Paris"
D major19:061778 Paris
318318Symphony No. 32
"Overture in the Italian style"
G major08:351779 Salzburg
319319Symphony No. 33B major21:351779 Salzburg
338338Symphony No. 34C major24:541780 Salzburg
385385Symphony No. 35
"Haffner"
D major22:041782 Vienna
425425Symphony No. 36
"Linz"
C major24:241783 Linz
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504504Symphony No. 38
"Prague"
D major24:561786 Vienna
543543Symphony No. 39E major24:541788 Vienna
550550Symphony No. 40
"Great G minor"
G minor26:021788 Vienna

551551Symphony No. 41
"Jupiter"
C major26:381788 Vienna

Adapted from serenades

NumberKeyK. numberYearIncipit
(no number)[8] D major1775 Salzburg-
(no number)[9] D major1776 Salzburg-
(no number)[10] D major1779 Salzburg-
(no number)
(minuet only)
C major1782 Vienna-

Doubtful authenticity

NumberKeyK. numberYearIncipit
11[11]
(doubtful)
D major1770 Milan/Bologna
GA 42
(doubtful)
F major1771 Salzburg
GA 43
(doubtful)
F major1767 Vienna
GA 44
(doubtful)
D major1770 Rome
GA 45
(doubtful)
D major1770 Rome
GA 46
(doubtful)
C major1771 Milan
GA 47
(doubtful)
D major1770 Rome
GA 54
(doubtful)
B major1771 Salzburg
GA 55
(doubtful)
B major1768 Salzburg
(doubtful)D major1772? Milan

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Spurious authenticity

K. numberTitleKeyYearIncipit
Symphony No. 2
(spurious)[12]
B major1765?
Symphony No. 3
(spurious)[13]
E major1767?
Symphony No. 37
(spurious)[14]
G major1783 Linz
GA 56[15]
(spurious)
F major1771? Milan
(no number)
(spurious)
"Odense"
A minor1765? London
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See also

Notes and References

  1. Times quoted from info sheet to the Berliner Symphonien recording on Deutsche Grammophon, number 2720 086
  2. Two versions
  3. The first and second movements together constitute the overture to the opera Ascanio in Alba, K. 111. The third movement is listed separately as K. 120/111a.
  4. Formerly: (126+163)/161; for a detailed explanation of the many Köchel numbers this symphony has, see the article K141a (formerly K126, K161, K163) "Il sogno di Scipione" Symphony in D at the Mozart Forum by Dennis Pajot.
  5. The first and second movements together constitute the overture to the opera Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126. The third movement is listed separately as K. 161/163.
  6. The first and second movements together constitute the overture to the opera La finta giardiniera, K. 196. The third movement is listed separately as K. 121/207a.
  7. The first and second movements based on music from the opera Il re pastore, K. 208. The third movement is listed separately as K. 102/213c. The second movement is incomplete.
  8. After the Serenade No. 5
  9. After the "Haffner" serenade
  10. After the "Posthorn" serenade
  11. Sometimes attributed to Leopold Mozart or Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
  12. Attributed to Leopold Mozart
  13. Written by Carl Friedrich Abel
  14. Only the slow introduction of No. 37 is by Mozart; the remainder is by Michael Haydn.
  15. Sometimes also called GA 48.
  16. http://imslp.org/wiki/Template:Symphonies_(Mozart,_Wolfgang_Amadeus) imslp.org: Symphonies by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  17. [Neue Mozart-Ausgabe]