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Symphonies

Legitimate symphonies

Mozart symphonies are revered the world over, but far-reaching investigations of the underlying sources for the published version we know has reduced the number of holdings that properly belong in the the noted Köchel catalogue, which was first compiled in 1862. It continues to serve as living document, though its curation has passed through many hands. Neal Zaslaw's extensive revision has had a overall effect of reducing the number of works that are now considered legitimate.

Securely attributed symphonies from Mozart's childhood

Mozart's prodigious musical development in childhood is widely acknowledged, but over centuries it spawned a cult focused more on the child prodigy than on his music. The image of the child prodigy was cultivated by an ambitious father, Leopold Mozart, who took the boy and his elder sister Nannerl on tour in their childhoods. Mozart's exceptionalism (in today's vocabulary) is one factor of several that contributed many works that were not his to Köchel's catalogue. To dampen some of the confusion we have separated legitimate works from those now attributed to others.

Sym. Number	Köchel Cat. (KV)	Key	Date	Notes
No. 1	KV 16	Eb Major	1764	Example
No. 4	KV 19	D Major	1765	Example
No. 5	KV 22	Bb Major	1765	Example
No. 6	KV 43	F Major	1767	Example
No. 7	KV 45	D Major	1768	Example
No. 8	KV 48	D Major	1768	Example
No. 9	KV 73/75a	C Major	1769?	Example
No. 10	KV 74	G Major	1770	Example
No. 11	KV 84/73q	D Major	1770	Example
No. 12	KV 110/75b	G Major	1771	Example
No. 13	KV 112	F Major	1771	Example

Securely attributed symphonies from Mozart's Salzburg years

Symph. No.	Köchel Catalog (KV)	Key	Date	Header text
No. 14	KV 114	A Major	1771	Example
No. 15	KV 124	G Major	1772	Example
No. 16	KV 128	C Major	1772	Example
No. 17	KV 129	G Major	1772	Example
No. 18	KV 130	F Major	1772	Example
No. 19	KV 132	Eb Major	1772	Example
No. 20	KV 133	D Major	1772	Example
No. 21	KV 134	A Major	1772	Example
No. 22	KV 162	C Major	1773	Example
No. 23	KV 181/162b	D Major	1773	Example
No. 24	KV 182/273dA	Bb Major	1773	Example
No. 25	RV 183/173dB	G Minor	1773	Example
No. 26	KV 184/161a	Eb Major	1773	Example
No. 27	KV 199/161b	G Major	1773	Example
No. 28	KV 200/189k	C Major	1774	Example
No. 29	KV 201/186a	A Major	1774	Example
No. 30	KV 202/186b	D Major	1774	Example

Securely attributed symphonies from Mozart's later years

Symphony No.	Köchel Catalog (KV)	Key	Date	Header text
No. 31 ("Paris")	KV 297/300a	D Major	1778	Example
No. 32	KV 318	G Major	1779	Example
No. 33	KV 319	Bb Major	1779	Example
No. 34	KV 338	C Major	1780	Example
No. 35 ("Haffner")	KV 385	D Major	1782	Example
No. 36 ("Linz")	KV 425	C Major	1783	Example
No. 38 ("Prague")	KV 504	D Major	1786	Example
No. 39	KV 453	Eb Major	1788	Example
No. 40	KV 550	G Minor	1788	Example
No. 41 ("Jupiter")	KV 551	C Major	1788	Example

Symphonies no longer attributed to W. A. Mozart or arrangements of non-symphonic works

Genre/No.	ex-Köchel Catalog (KV)	Current Catalog (if any)	Key	Date	Composer or Status	Score
No. 2	KV 17		Bb Major	c1765	Leopold Mozart	Example
No. 3	KV 18		Eb Major	c1767	Carl Fr. Abel	Example
No. 11	KV 84	73q	D Major	c1769-70	Uncertain	Example
None	KV 75	Example	F Major	doubtful	1771	Example
None	KV 76	42a	F Major	doubtful	1767	Example
None	KV 81	731	D Major	doubtful	1770	Example
None	KV 95	73n	D Major	doubtful	1770	Example
None	KV 96	111b	C Major	doubtful	1771	Example
None	KV 97	73m	D Major	doubtful	1770	Example
None	KV 98	Ang.C 11.04	F Major	doubtful	c1771	Example
None	KV Anh. 214	45b	Bb Major	doubtful	1768	Example
None	KV Ang. 216	74g	Bb Major	doubtful	1771	Example
None	KV Anh. 221 ("Old Lambach")	45a	G Major	doubtful	1766	Example
None	KV Anh. 223	19a	F Major	doubtful	1765	Example
None	KV Anh. 220 ("Odense" )	19a	A Minor	doubtful	1765?	Example
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• Symphony No. 38, K 504 ("The Prague")
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