List of symphonies by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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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.

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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.

Unfortunately, Mozart has written a lot of symphonies that were either destroyed, unfinished, unpublished, or lost but, some are fortunately included in his list of symphonies. It was actually discovered that Mozart had written 52 symphonies.

List of symphonies

  : Outside of original 41

K1K6TitleKeyComposed Incipit
1616 Symphony No. 1 E major 1764–1765 London Mozart SY01 Incipit.gif
Symphony No. 2 is considered spurious
Symphony No. 3 is considered spurious
1919 Symphony No. 4 D major 1765 London Mozart SY04 Incipit.gif
Anh. 22319a Symphony, K. 19a F major 1765 London Mozart K19a Incipit.png
2222 Symphony No. 5 B major 1765 December The Hague Mozart SY05 Incipit.gif
Anh. 22145a "Old Lambach" [1] G major 1766 The Hague Mozart K45a Incipit.png
4343 Symphony No. 6 F major 1767 Vienna/Olomouc Mozart SY06 Incipit.gif
4545 Symphony No. 7 D major 1768 Vienna January 16 Mozart SY07 Incipit.gif
4848 Symphony No. 8 D major 1768 Vienna December 13 Mozart SY08 Incipit.gif
7375a Symphony No. 9 C major 1769-70 Salzburg/Italy? Mozart SY09 Incipit.gif
7474 Symphony No. 10 G major 1770 Milan Mozart SY10 Incipit.gif
Symphony No. 11 is considered of uncertain authenticity
11075b Symphony No. 12 G major 1771 Salzburg Mozart SY12 Incipit.gif
111+120111+111a Symphony No. 48 [2]
D major 1771 Milan
112112 Symphony No. 13 F major 1771 Milan Mozart SY13 Incipit.gif
114114 Symphony No. 14 A major 1771 Salzburg Mozart SY14 Incipit.gif
124124 Symphony No. 15 G major 1772 Salzburg Mozart SY15 Incipit.gif
128128 Symphony No. 16 C major 1772 Salzburg Mozart SY16 Incipit.gif
129129 Symphony No. 17 G major 1772 Salzburg Mozart SY17 Incipit.gif
130130 Symphony No. 18 F major 1772 Salzburg Mozart SY18 Incipit.gif
132132 Symphony No. 19 E major 1772 Salzburg Mozart SY19 Incipit.gif
133133 Symphony No. 20 D major 1772 Salzburg Mozart SY20 Incipit.gif
134134 Symphony No. 21 A major 1772 Salzburg Mozart SY21 Incipit.gif
161, 163141a [3] Symphony No. 50 [4] D major 1772 Salzburg
184161a Symphony No. 26 E major 1773 Salzburg Mozart SY26 Incipit.gif
199161b Symphony No. 27 G major 1773 Salzburg Mozart SY27 Incipit.gif
162162 Symphony No. 22 C major 1773 Salzburg Mozart SY22 Incipit.gif
181162b Symphony No. 23 D major 1773 Salzburg Mozart SY23 Incipit.gif
182173dA Symphony No. 24 B major 1773 Salzburg Mozart SY24 Incipit.gif
183173dB Symphony No. 25
"Little G minor"
G minor 1773 Salzburg Mozart SY25 Incipit.gif
201186a Symphony No. 29 A major 1774 Salzburg Mozart SY29 Incipit.gif
202186b Symphony No. 30 D major 1774 Salzburg Mozart SY30 Incipit.gif
200189k Symphony No. 28 C major 1774 Salzburg Mozart SY28 Incipit.gif
196+121196+207a Symphony No. 51 [5] D major 1774 Salzburg - 1775 Munich
208+102208+213c Symphony No. 52 [6] C major 1775 Salzburg
297300a Symphony No. 31
"Paris" [1]
D major 1778 Paris Mozart SY31 Incipit.gif
318318 Symphony No. 32
"Overture in the Italian style"
G major 1779 Salzburg Mozart SY32 Incipit.gif
319319 Symphony No. 33 B major 1779 Salzburg Mozart SY33 Incipit.gif
338338 Symphony No. 34 C major 1780 Salzburg Mozart SY34 Incipit.gif
385385 Symphony No. 35
"Haffner" [1]
D major 1782 Vienna Mozart SY35 Incipit.gif
425425 Symphony No. 36
"Linz"
C major 1783 Linz Mozart SY36 Incipit.gif
Symphony No. 37 is considered spurious
504504 Symphony No. 38
"Prague"
D major 1786 Vienna Mozart SY38 Incipit.gif
543543 Symphony No. 39 E major 1788 Vienna Mozart SY39 Incipit.gif
550550 Symphony No. 40
"Great G minor" [1]
G minor 1788 Vienna Mozart SY40 Incipit.gif
551551 Symphony No. 41
"Jupiter"
C major 1788 Vienna Mozart SY41 Incipit.gif

Adapted from serenades

NumberKeyK. numberYearIncipit
(no number) [7] D major K. 204/213a 1775 Salzburg-
(no number) [8] D major K. 250/248b 1776 Salzburg-
(no number) [9] D major K. 320 1779 Salzburg-
(no number)
(minuet only)
C major K. 409/383f1782 Vienna-

Uncertain authenticity

NumberKeyK. numberYearIncipit
11 [10]
(doubtful)
D major K. 84/73q 1770 Milan/Bologna Mozart SY11 Incipit.gif
GA 42
(doubtful)
F major K. 75 1771 Salzburg Mozart K75 Incipit.png
GA 43
(doubtful)
F major K. 76/42a 1767 Vienna Mozart K76 Incipit.png
GA 44
(doubtful)
D major K. 81/73l 1770 Rome Mozart K81 Incipit.png
GA 45
(doubtful)
D major K. 95/73n 1770 Rome Mozart K95 Incipit.png
GA 46
(doubtful)
C major K. 96/111b 1771 Milan Mozart K96 Incipit.png
GA 47
(doubtful)
D major K. 97/73m 1770 Rome Mozart K97 Incipit.png
GA 54
(doubtful)
B major K. Anh. 216/74g/Anh.C 11.03 1771 Salzburg
GA 55
(doubtful)
B major K. Anh. 214/45b 1768 Salzburg Mozart K45b Incipit.png
(doubtful) D major Symphony K. 135+61h [11] 1772? Milan:
List of symphonies by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Spurious authenticity

K. numberTitleKeyYearIncipit
K. 17/Anh.C 11.02 Symphony No. 2
(spurious) [12]
B major 1765?
Symphony No. 2 : Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
K. 18/Anh.A 51 Symphony No. 3
(spurious) [13]
E major 1767?
Symphony No. 3 : Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
K. 444/(425a+Anh.A 53) Symphony No. 37
(spurious) [14]
G major 1783 Linz Mozart SY37 Incipit.gif
Symphony No. 37 : Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
K. 98/Anh.C 11.04 GA 56 [15]
(spurious)
F major 1771? Milan
Symphony, K. 98 : Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
K. Anh. 220/16a (no number)
(spurious)
"Odense"
A minor 1765? London

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See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Two versions
  2. 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.
  3. 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 Archived 2014-01-05 at the Wayback Machine by Dennis Pajot.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. After the Serenade No. 5
  8. After the "Haffner" serenade
  9. After the "Posthorn" serenade
  10. Sometimes attributed to Leopold Mozart or Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
  11. The first, second, and fourth movements together constitute the overture to the opera Lucio Silla , K. 135. The third movement, a minuet, is listed separately as K. 61h No. 3; it is this movement whose authorship is doubtful.
  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. imslp.org: Symphonies by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  17. Neue Mozart-Ausgabe

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