MuseData: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

From CCARH Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search


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 Example Example Example
No. 15 KV 124 Example Example Example
No. 16 KV 128 Example Example Example
No. 17 KV 129 Example Example Example
No. 18 KV 130 Example
No. 19 KV 132 Example Example Example
No. 20 KV 133 Example Example Example
No. 21 KV 134 Example Example Example
No. 22 KV 162 Example Example Example
No. 23 KV 181/162b Example Example Example
No. 24 KV 182/273dA Example Example Example
No. 25 RV 183/173dB Example Example Example
No. 26 KV 184/161a Example Example Example
No. 27 KV 199/161b Example Example Example
No. 28 KV 200/189k Example Example Example
No. 29 KV 201/186a Example Example Example
No. 30 KV 202/186b Example Example Example

Symphonies no longer attributed to W. A. Mozart

Genre/No. ex-Catalog No. Current Catalog No. Key Date Composer 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
Example Example Example Example Example Example Example
Example Example Example Example Example Example Example
Example Example Example Example Example Example Example
Example Example Example Example Example Example Example
Example Example Example Example Example Example Example
Example Example Example Example Example Example Example
Example Example Example Example Example Example Example
Example Example Example Example Example Example Example
Example Example Example Example Example Example Example
Example Example Example Example Example Example Example
Example Example Example Example Example Example Example
Example Example Example Example Example Example Example
Example Example Example Example Example Example Example
Example Example Example Example Example Example Example
Example Example Example Example Example Example Example
Example Example Example Example Example Example Example
Example Example Example Example Example Example Example

000

  • Symphony No. 38, K 504 ("The Prague")