List of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) was a prolific composer and wrote in many genres. Perhaps his best-admired work is in opera, piano concerto, piano sonata, symphony, string quartet, and string quintet. Mozart also wrote many violin sonatas, and other forms of chamber music, violin concertos, and other concertos for one or more solo instruments, masses, and other religious music, organ music, masonic music, and numerous dances, marches, divertimentos, serenades, and other forms of light entertainment.
How Mozart's compositions are listed
- The indication "K." or "KV" refers to Köchel Verzeichnis (Köchel catalogue), i.e. the (more or less) chronological (i.e. by composition date) catalogue of Mozart's works by Ludwig von Köchel. This catalog has been amended several times, leading to ambiguity over some KV numbers (see e.g. Symphony No. 25).
- The compositions of Mozart listed below are grouped thematically, i.e. by type of composition. Not all thematic groups of Mozart's works have a separate numbering that is generally accepted: Köchel only numbers symphonies (1 to 41), piano concertos (1 to 27, leaving out some early transcriptions by Mozart) and a few other groups. On the other hand, for most chamber music and vocal music there is no such numbering (or at least no generally accepted one).
- Only relatively few of Mozart's compositions have opus numbers, as not so many of his compositions were published during his lifetime, so numbering by opus number proves quite impractical for Mozart compositions.
Sacred Choral Music
Mozart's sacred choral music consists of Masses, Litanies, Vespers, Psalms, Church Music, Oratorios, Cantatas, Requiem among and other shorter and fragmented works. Beginning in 1768 and ending in 1791, his sacred works are considered some of the most important and influential ever written. Pulling away from the basis of the sacred works of Bach or Handel, which at the time of his later output (around 1780 to 1791) had gone out of fashion, his sacred works eventually resulted in the Requiem, which was left unfinished at his early death in 1791.
Masses (1768–1783)
K1 | K6 | Composition | Date | Location |
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49 | 47d | Missa brevis in G | October – November 1768 | Vienna |
139 | 47a | Missa solemnis in C minor, "Waisenhaus" | 1768 – 1769 | Vienna |
65 | 61a | Missa brevis in D minor | 14 January 1769 | Salzburg |
66 | 66 | Mass in C, "Dominicus" | October 1769 | Salzburg |
140 | Anh. 235d | Missa brevis in G, "Pastoral" | 1773 | Salzburg |
167 | 167 | Mass in C, "Missa in honorem Sanctissimae Trinitatis" | June 1773 | Salzburg |
192 | 186f | Missa brevis in F | 24 June 1774 | Salzburg |
194 | 186h | Missa brevis in D | 8 August 1774 | Salzburg |
220 | 196b | Mass in C, "Spatzen" | 1775 or 1776 | Munich |
262 | 246a | Missa longa in C | 1776 | Salzburg |
257 | 257 | Mass in C, "Credo" | 1775 | Salzburg |
258 | 258 | Mass in C, "Piccolomini" | 1775–1777 | Salzburg |
259 | 259 | Mass in C, "Organ Solo" | 1775–1777 | Salzburg |
275 | 272b | Mass in B flat | 23 September 1777 | Salzburg |
317 | 317 | Mass in C, "Coronation Mass" | 23 March 1779 | Salzburg |
337 | 337 | Mass in C, "Solemnis" | March 1780 | Salzburg |
427 | 417a | Great Mass in C minor | July 1782 – October 1783 | Vienna |
Litanies (1771–1776)
K1 | K6 | Composition | Date | Location |
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109 | 74e | Litaniae Lauretanae B.M.V. in B-flat | May 1771 | Salzburg |
125 | 125 | Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento in B-flat | March 1772 | Salzburg |
195 | 186d | Litaniae Lauretanae B.M.V. in D | May 1774 | Salzburg |
243 | 243 | Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento in E-flat | March 1776 | Salzburg |
Vespers and Psalms (1774–1780)
K1 | K6 | Composition | Date | Location |
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193 | 186g | Dixit Dominus in C | July 1774 | Salzburg |
321 | 321 | Vesperae solennes de Dominica in C | 1779 | Salzburg |
339 | 339 | Vesperae solennes de Confessore in C | 1780 | Salzburg |
Church Music (1767–1791)
K1 | K6 | Composition | Date | Location |
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34 | 34 | Offertory in C, "Scande coeli limina" | early 1767 | Bavaria |
47 | 47 | Veni sancte Spiritus in C | Autumn 1768 | Vienna |
117 | 47b | Offertory in C, "Benedictus sit Deus" | October – November 1768 | Vienna |
141 | 66b | Te Deum in C | 1769 | Salzburg |
143 | 73a | Recitative and aria for soprano; "Ergo interest" | February 1773 | Salzburg |
85 | 73s | Miserere in A minor | July – August 1770 | Bologna |
86 | 73v | Antiphon in D minor; "Quaerite primum regnum Dei" | 9 October 1770 | Bologna |
108 | 74d | Regina coeli in C | May 1771 | Salzburg |
72 | 74f | Offertorium in G; "Inter natos mulierum" | May – June 1771 | Salzburg |
127 | 127 | Regina coeli in B-flat | May 1772 | Salzburg |
165 | 158a | Motet for soprano in F; "Exsultate, jubilate" | January 1773 | Milan |
198 | Anh. C3.08 | Offertorium; "Sub tuum praesidium" (doubtful) | 1773 | Salzburg |
222 | 205a | Offertory in D minor; "Misericordias Domini" | January – February 1775 | Munich |
260 | 248a | Offertorium in D; "Venite populi" | June 1776 | Salzburg |
277 | 272a | Offertorium in F; "Alma Dei creatoris" | Summer – Autumn 1777 | Salzburg |
273 | 273 | "Sancta Maria, mater Dei" in F | 9 September 1777 | Salzburg |
276 | 321b | Regina coeli in C | 1779 | Salzburg |
618 | 618 | "Ave verum Corpus" in D | 17 June 1791 | Baden |
Oratorios and Cantatas (1767–1785)
K1 | K6 | Composition | Date | Location |
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35 | 35 | Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots | 1767 | Salzburg |
118 | 74c | La Betulia liberata | March – July 1771 | Italy and Salzburg |
469 | 469 | Davide penitente | 13 March 1785 | Vienna |
42 | 35a | Grabmusik | 1767 | Salzburg |
146 | 317b | Aria for soprano; "Kommet her, ihr frechen Sünder" | March – April 1779 | Salzburg |
471 | 471 | Cantata; "Die Maurefreude" | 20 April 1785 | Vienna |
619 | 619 | Cantata; "Die ihr des unermeßlichen Weltalls" | July 1791 | Vienna |
623 | 623 | Cantata; "Laut verkünde unsre Freude" | 15 November 1791 | Vienna |
Requiem (1791)
The Requiem in D minor was Mozart's last composition, written between October and December of 1791. It was left unfinished at his death on 5 December 1791, and after his burial on 6 December, Constanze asked Franz Xaver Süssmayr to complete the remainder of the work (from bar 9 of the Lacrimosa to the final Communio). Constanze originally asked Joseph Eybler, but he couldn't. It is thought that his great respect for the late Mozart was too great. He wrote out the existing parts that Mozart had written out prior to his death, and didn't go beyond the end of the ninth bar of the Lacrimosa. Eybler's autograph is the only score of the original version of the Requiem, ending at the ninth bar of the Lacrimosa.
Süssmayr continued writing the Requiem on Mozart's manuscript, and so it was never specified where Mozart stopped and Süssmayr started. The version by Süssmayr is the most commonly recorded and performed version of the work, with the completed Offertorium, Sanctus, Benedictus and Communio. Süssmayr made minor corrections to the Domine Jesu and Hostias, but the Sanctus is the first movement entirely by him.
K1 | K6 | Composition | Date | Location |
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626 | 626 | Requiem in D minor | October–December 1791 | Vienna |
Fragments and unfinished works (1766–1791)
K1 | K6 | Composition | Date | Location |
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33 | 33 | Kyrie in F | 12 June 1766 | Paris |
89 | 73k | Kyrie in G | 1772 | Rome |
90 | 90 | Kyrie in D minor | 1771–1772 | Salzburg |
223 | 166e | Hosanna in G | Summer 1773 | Salzburg |
Anh. 18 | 166f | Kyrie in C (fragment) | 1772 | Salzburg |
Anh. 19 | 166g | Kyrie in D (fragment) | 1772 | Salzburg |
322 | 296a | Kyrie in E-flat (fragment; completed by M. Stadler) | early 1778 | Mannheim |
Anh. 16 | 196a | Kyrie in G (fragment) | 1787–1789 | Munich |
323 | Anh. 15 | Kyrie in C (fragment; completed by M. Stadler) | 1779? | Salzburg |
Anh. 20 | 323a | Gloria in C (in conjunction with K. 323) | 1779? | Salzburg |
Anh. 14 | 422a | Kyrie in D (fragment) | 1787–1789 | Salzburg |
Anh. 13 | 258a | Kyrie in C (fragment) | 1787-1791 | Vienna? |
341 | 368a | Kyrie in D minor | 1787–1791 | Vienna |
Theatre music
Operas (1766–1791)
Mozart's operas, if you include Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, L'oca del Cairo, Lo sposo deluso and Der Stein der Weise, adds up to 22 works. The mentioned works are sometimes excluded from lists of Mozart's operas due to their debatable form. Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots is regarded as a "sacred drama", both L'oca del Cairo and Lo sposo deluso are unfinished, with only uncompleted fragments making up the latter, and Der Stein der Weise is collaborative work, written with Johann Baptist Henneberg, Franz Xaver Gerl, Benedikt Schack and Emanuel Schikaneder in 1790.
K1 | K6 | Composition | Period | Premiere Date | Premiere Location | Notes |
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38 | 38 | Apollo et Hyacinthus | 1767 | 13 May 1767 | Great Hall, University of Salzburg | Latin intermezzo |
51 | 46a | La finta semplice | 1768 | 1 May 1769 | Archbishop's Palace, Salzburg | Opera buffa. Originally composed in 1768, by the time Marco Coltellini had completed the libretto, the Mozarts were scheduled to leave Vienna, and so it received its premiere when they arrived back in Salzburg in 1769. |
50 | 46b | Bastien und Bastienne | 1768 | 2 October 1890 | Architektenhaus, Berlin | Singspiel. Possibly premiered in Vienna, October 1768, in the garden of Dr. Franz Mesmer, but this is disputed. The first certified performance was on 2 October 1890 at the Architektenhaus, Wilhelmstraße 92 in Berlin |
87 | 74a | Mitridate, re di Ponto | 1770 | 26 December 1770 | Teatro Regio Ducale, Milan | Opera seria. Libretto by Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi, based on Racine's Mithridate. |
111 | 111 | Ascanio in Alba | 1771 | 17 October 1771 | Teatro Regio Ducale, Milan | Festa teatrale. Libretto by Giuseppe Parini. Commissioned by the Empress Maria Theresa for the marriage of her son, Archduke Ferdinand Karl, to Maria Beatrice d'Este on 15 October 1771. |
126 | 126 | Il sogno di Scipione | 1772 | 1 May 1772 | Archbishop's Palace, Salzburg | Azione teatrale. Libretto by Pietro Metastasio. Composed originally for Prince-Archbishop Sigismund von Schrattenbach, but he died before the work could be performed. Mozart then dedicated it to Schrattenbach's successor, Hieronymus Colloredo. |
135 | 135 | Lucio Silla | 1772 | 26 December 1772 | Teatro Regio Ducale, Milan | Opera seria. Libretto by Giovanni de Gamerra, revised by Metastasio. |
196 | 196 | La finta giardiniera | 1774–1775 | 13 January 1775 | Salvatortheater, Munich | Dramma giocoso. Libretto possibly by Giuseppe Petrosellini (disputed). Later converted into a German singspiel for performances in Vienna in 1790 (Die Gärtnerin aus Liebe). Until 1970, the only version of La finta giardiniera was the German one, until the Italian libretto and score was discovered. |
208 | 208 | Il re pastore | 1775 | 23 April 1775 | Archbishop's Palace, Salzburg | Serenata. Libretto by Metastasio, edited by Giambattista Varesco, based on Tasso's Aminta (1573). Commissioned for a visit by the Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria to Salzburg. |
345 | 336a | Thamos, König in Ägypten | 1773 and 1779 | 4 April 1774 | Kärntnertor Theatre, Vienna | Incidental music to a play written by Tobias Philipp von Gebler. The 1774 performance in Vienna consisted of only two choruses. The work in its entirety premiered sometime between 1779 and 1780 in Salzburg. |
344 | 336b | Zaide | 1779–1780 | 27 January 1866 | Frankfurt | Singspiel (incomplete). Libretto by Johann Andreas Schachtner. Begun in Salzburg 1779, it was later abandoned in 1780. It was never performed in Mozart's lifetime, and received its premiere in Frankfurt on January 27, 1866, for the 110th Anniversary of Mozart's birth. Usually, either Mozart's Symphonies Nos. 26 or 32 are used as the overture, due to both works being in the Italian sinfonia form. |
366 | 366 | Idomeneo, re di Creta | 1780–81 | 29 January 1781 | Cuvilliés Theatre, Munich | Opera seria. Libretto by Giambattista Varesco. Mozart wrote a ballet to accompany the opera (K. 367), which he himself considered more of a Lullian divertissement. Regarded as Mozart's first "mature" opera, it is one of his earliest operas to still be regularly performed today. |
384 | 384 | Die Entführung aus dem Serail | 1781–82 | 16 July 1782 | Burgtheater, Vienna | Singspiel. Libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie, based on Bretzner's Belmont und Constanze, oder Die Entführung aus dem Serail. |
422 | 422 | L'oca del Cairo | 1783 | 6 June 1867 | Théâtre des Fantaisies-Parisiennes, Paris | Dramma giocoso (incomplete). Libretto by Giambattista Varesco. Begun in July 1783 but abandoned in October. Only seven numbers in the first act survive, plus some recitative and a sketch for a further aria. The existing music amounts to around 45 minutes. |
430 | 424a | Lo sposo deluso | 1783–84 | 6 June 1867 | Théâtre des Fantaisies-Parisiennes, Paris | Opera buffa (incomplete). Libretto once attributed to Lorenzo da Ponte, but may have been by Giuseppe Petrosellini. Begun in 1780 and abandoned in 1783, only the overture and four numbers survive. It received its first stage performance on 6 June 1867 at the Théâtre des Fantaisies-Parisiennes, along with L'oca del Cairo. |
486 | 486 | Der Schauspieldirektor | 1786 | 7 February 1786 | Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna | Singspiel. Libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie. It was written as a musical entry in a competition, with Der Schauspieldirektor competing in the German category, against an Italian opera: Prima la musica e poi le parole by Antonio Salieri. |
492 | 492 | Le nozze di Figaro | 1785–86 | 1 May 1786 | Burgtheater, Vienna | Opera buffa. Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on Beaumarchais's La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro. |
527 | 527 | Don Giovanni | 1787 | 29 October 1787 | Estates Theatre, Prague | Dramma giocoso. Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on Bertati's Don Giovanni Tenorio. For the Vienna premiere six months later, Mozart composed a new finale, in which the entire ensemble comes together in resolution ("Questo è il fin"). Mozart originally intended for the Commendatore scene ("Don Giovanni, a cenar teco m'invitasti") to end the opera, but the finale had to be changed due to the differing musical tastes between Prague and Vienna. |
588 | 588 | Così fan tutte | 1789–90 | 26 January 1790 | Burgtheater, Vienna | Dramma giocoso. Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. The subject of the opera did not offend Viennese audiences at the time, but during the 19th and 20th centuries the opera was considered risqué, vulgar and highly immoral. It was rarely performed, and when it was it was presented in a expurgated version. |
592a | 625 | Der Stein der Weisen | 1790 | 11 September 1790 | Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna | Singspiel. Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. Pasticcio written by Mozart in collaboration with Johann Baptist Henneberg, Franz Xaver Gerl, Benedikt Schack and Emanuel Schikaneder. The only surviving part by Mozart is the duet "Nun, liebes Weibchen", K. 625/592a. Everyone except Mozart contributed to act 1. |
621 | 621 | La clemenza di Tito | 1791 | 6 September 1791 | Estates Theatre, Prague | Opera seria. Libretto by Metastasio, revised by Caterino Mazzolà. |
620 | 620 | Die Zauberflöte | 1791 | 30 September 1791 | Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna | Singspiel. Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder (who also played Papageno in the premiere). |
Ballet music (1778–1783)
Mozart's small amount of ballet music are regarded as minor works, and a majority of them are either fragmented, incomplete or spurious. His only full-scale ballets are K. Anh. 10 and K. 367, the rest are all either small stand-alone works or incomplete works. The Gavotte in B-flat, K. 300, isn't technically ballet music, but a dance, and so would nowadays be catalogued with Mozart's other dance music. But the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe regards it as ballet music.
K1 | K6 | Composition | Date | Location |
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Anh. 10 | 299b | Les petits riens | 11 July 1778 | Paris |
299c | Ballet (fragment) | Summer 1778 | Paris | |
Anh. 103 | 299d | La Chasse in A (fragment) | Autumn 1778 | Paris |
300 | 300 | Gavotte in B-flat | 1778 | Paris |
367 | 367 | Ballet for Idomeneo | 29 January 1781 | Salzburg and Munich |
446 | 416d | Music to a Pantomime (fragment) | February 1783 | Vienna |
Arias, Songs and Vocal Ensembles (1765–1791)
Throughout Mozart's life, he wrote a large number of stand-alone arias and vocal ensembles. Most of these are concert arias, with some being alternative arias or ensembles to operas. His first work in this field was written in 1765 ("Va, dal furor portata") and the last in 1791 ("Io ti lascio, o cara, addio"). He also wrote two works for multiple vocalists (K. 479 and K. 480), either intended to be played alone or as an interjection ensemble in an operatic work. His other "secular" vocal works include canons and lieder.
K1 | K6 | Composition | Date | Location |
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21 | 19c | Aria for tenor; "Va, dal furor portata" | 1765 | London |
23 | 23 | Aria for soprano; "Conservati fedele" | October 1765 | The Hague |
78 | 73b | Aria for soprano; "Per pietà, bell'idol mio" | 1766 | Milan |
79 | 73d | Recitative and aria for soprano; "O temerario arbace...Per quel paterno amplesso" | 1766 | Milan |
36 | 33i | Recitative and aria for tenor; "Or che il dover...Tali e cotanti sono" | December 1766 | Salzburg |
70 | 61c | Recitative and aria for soprano; "A Berenice...Sol nascente" | 28 February 1767 | Salzburg |
deest | Aria for soprano; "Cara, se le mie pene" | 1769 | Salzburg | |
88 | 73c | Aria for soprano; "Fra cento affanni" | February – March 1770 | Milan |
77 | 73e | Recitative and aria for soprano; "Misero me...Misero pargoletto" | March 1770 | Milan |
82 | 73o | Aria for soprano; "Se ardire, e speranza" | 25 April 1770 | Rome |
83 | 73p | Aria for soprano; "Se tutti i mali miei" | April – May 1770 | Rome |
74b | Aria for soprano; "Non curo l'affetto" | early 1771 | Milan or Pavia | |
209 | 209 | Aria for tenor; "Si mostra la sorte" | 19 May 1775 | Salzburg |
210 | 210 | Aria for tenor; "Con ossequio, con rispetto" | May 1775 | Salzburg |
217 | 217 | Aria for soprano; "Voi avete un cor fedele" | 26 October 1775 | Salzburg |
152 | 210a | Aria (canzonetta) for soprano and piano; "Ridente la calma" (arranged from J. Mysliveček) | 1772 and 1775 | Salzburg? |
255 | 255 | Recitative and aria for alto; "Ombra felice...Io ti lascio, e questo addio" | September 1776 | Salzburg |
256 | 256 | Aria for tenor; "Clarice cara mia sposa" | September 1776 | Salzburg |
272 | 272 | Recitative and aria for soprano; "Ah, lo previdi...Ah, t'invola agl'occhi miei" | August 1777 | Salzburg |
294 | 294 | Recitative and aria for soprano; "Alcandro lo confesso...Non sò d'onde viene" | 24 February 1778 | Mannheim |
295 | 295 | Aria for tenor; "Se al labbro mio non credi" | 27 February 1778 | Mannheim |
486a | 295a | Recitative and aria for soprano; "Basta, vincesti...Ah, non lasciarmi, no" | 27 February 1778 | Mannheim |
316 | 300b | Recitative and aria for soprano; "Popoli di Tessaglia!...Io non chiedo" | 8 January 1779 | Mannheim |
368 | 368 | Recitative and aria for soprano; "Ma che vi fece, o stelle...Sperai vicino il lido" | January 1781 | Munich |
369 | 369 | Recitative and aria for soprano; "Misera, dove son!...Ah! non son io che parlo" | 8 March 1781 | Munich |
374 | 374 | Recitative and aria for soprano; "A questo seno deh vieni...Or che il cielo" | April 1781 | Vienna |
Anh. 109a | 626b/35 | Sketch for K. 256 | 1776 | Salzburg |
383 | 383 | Aria for soprano; "Nehmt meinen Dank, ihr holden Gönner!" | 10 April 1782 | Vienna |
416 | 416 | Recitative and rondo for soprano; "Mia speranza adorata...Ah non sai" | 8 January 1783 | Vienna |
418 | 418 | Aria for soprano; "Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio!" | 20 June 1783 | Vienna |
419 | 419 | Aria for soprano; "No, no, che non sei capace" | June 1783 | Vienna |
420 | 420 | Aria (rondo) for tenor; "Per pietà, non ricercate" | 21 June 1783 | Vienna |
432 | 421a | Recitative and aria for bass; "Così dunque tradisci...Aspri rimorsi atroci" | 1783 | Vienna |
431 | 425b | Recitative and aria for tenor; "Misero! O sogno...Aura, che intorno spiri" | December 1783 | Vienna? |
479 | 479 | "Dite almeno" for soprano, tenor and two basses | 5 November 1785 | Vienna |
480 | 480 | "Mandina amabile" for soprano, tenor and bass | 21 November 1785 | Vienna |
505 | 505 | Recitative and aria (rondo) for soprano; "Ch'io mi scordi di te?...Non temer, amato bene" | 26 December 1786 | Vienna |
119 | 382h | Aria for soprano; "Der Liebe himmlisches Gefühl" | 1782 | Vienna |
178 | 417e | Aria for soprano; "Ah, spiegarti, oh Dio" | June 1783 | Vienna? |
512 | 512 | Aria for bass; "Alcandro lo confesso" | 19 March 1787 | Vienna |
513 | 513 | Aria for bass; "Mentre ti lascio" | 23 March 1787 | Vienna |
528 | 528 | Recitative and aria for soprano; "Bella mia fiamma...Resta, oh cara" | 3 November 1787 | Prague |
538 | 538 | Aria for soprano; "Ah se in ciel, benigne stelle" | 4 March 1788 | Vienna |
539 | 539 | A German battle song for bass; "Ich möchte wohl der Kaiser sein" | 5 March 1788 | Vienna |
541 | 541 | Arietta for bass; "Un bacio di mano" | May 1788 | Vienna |
577 | 577 | Rondo for soprano; "Al desio, di chi t'adora" | July 1789 | Vienna |
578 | 578 | Aria for soprano; "Alma grande e nobil core" | August 1789 | Vienna |
582 | 582 | Aria for soprano; "Chi sà, chi sà, qual sia" | October 1789 | Vienna |
583 | 583 | Aria for soprano; "Vado, ma dove? oh Dei!" | October 1789 | Vienna |
612 | 612 | Aria for bass; "Per questa bella mano" | 8 March 1791 | Vienna |
71 | 71 | Aria for tenor; "Ah più tremar non voglio" (fragment) | early 1770 | Salzburg |
209a | Aria for bass; "Un dente guasto e gelato" (fragment) | 1775 | Salzburg | |
440 | 383h | Aria for soprano; "In te spero, o sposo amato" | May 1782 | Vienna? |
433 | 416c | Aria for bass; "Männer suchen stets zu naschen" (sketch) | 1783 | Vienna |
434 | 480b | Aria for tenor and 2 basses; "Del gran regno delle amazzone" | End of 1785 | Vienna |
Anh. 109a | 626b/33 | Sketch for K. 434 | 1785 | Vienna |
435 | 416b | Aria for tenor; "Mußt' ich auch durch tausend Drachen" (sketch) | 1783 | Vienna |
580 | 580 | Aria for soprano; "Schon lacht der holde Frühling" | 17 September 1789 | Vienna |
Orchestral works
Symphonies
Mozart's symphonic production covers a 24-year interval, from 1764 to 1788. According to most recent investigations, Mozart wrote not just the 41 symphonies reported in traditional editions, but up to 68 complete works of this type. However, by convention, the original numbering has been retained, and so his last symphony is still known as "No. 41". Some of the symphonies (K. 297, 385, 550) were revised by the author after their first versions.
Piano concertos
Mozart's concertos for piano and orchestra are numbered from 1 to 27. The first four numbered concertos are early works. The movements of these concertos are arrangements of keyboard sonatas by various contemporary composers (Raupach, Honauer, Schobert, Eckart, C. P. E. Bach). There are also three unnumbered concertos, K. 107, which are adapted from piano sonatas by J. C. Bach. Concertos 7 and 10 are compositions for three and two pianos respectively. The remaining twenty-one, listed below, are original compositions for solo piano and orchestra. Among them, fifteen were written in the years from 1782 to 1786, while in the last five years Mozart wrote just two more piano concertos.
- Piano Concerto No. 5 in D major, K. 175 (1773)
- Piano Concerto No. 6 in B♭ major, K. 238 (1776)
- Piano Concerto No. 7 in F major for Three Pianos, "Lodron", K. 242 (1776)
- Piano Concerto No. 8 in C major, "Lützow", K. 246 (1776)
- Piano Concerto No. 9 in E♭ major, "Jenamy", K. 271 (1777)
- Piano Concerto No. 10 in E♭ major for Two Pianos, K. 365/316a (1779)
- Piano Concerto No. 11 in F major, K. 413/387a (1782-83)
- Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414/385p (1782)
- Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415/387b (1782-83)
- Piano Concerto No. 14 in E♭ major, K. 449 (1784)
- Piano Concerto No. 15 in B♭ major, K. 450 (1784)
- Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major, K. 451 (1784)
- Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453 (1784)
- Piano Concerto No. 18 in B♭ major, K. 456 (1784)
- Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K. 459 (1784)
- Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 (1785)
- Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467 (1785)
- Piano Concerto No. 22 in E♭ major, K. 482 (1785)
- Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 (1786)
- Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 (1786)
- Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503 (1786)
- Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, "Coronation", K. 537 (1788)
- Piano Concerto No. 27 in B♭ major, K. 595 (1791)
There are also two isolated rondos for piano and orchestra:
- Rondo for piano and orchestra in D major, K. 382 (1782)
- Rondo for piano and orchestra in A major, K. 386 (1782)
The early arrangements are as follows:
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in F major, K. 37 (1767)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in B♭ major, K. 39 (1767)
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in D major, K. 40 (1767)
- Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, K. 41 (1767)
- Three Piano Concertos in D major, G major and E♭ major, K. 107 (1771 or 1765)
Violin concertos
Mozart's five violin concertos were written in Salzburg around 1775, except the first around 1773. They are notable for the beauty of their melodies and the skillful use of the expressive and technical characteristics of the instrument, though Mozart likely never went through all the violin possibilities that others (e.g. Beethoven and Brahms) did after him. (Alfred Einstein notes that the violin concerto-like sections in the serenades are more virtuosic than in the works titled Violin Concertos.)
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in B♭ major, K. 207 (1773)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 211 (1775)
- Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, "Straßburg", K. 216 (1775)
- Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218 (1775)
- Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, "Turkish", K. 219 (1775)
Mozart also wrote a concertone for two violins and orchestra, an adagio and two stand-alone rondos for violin and orchestra.
- Concertone for two Violins and Orchestra in C major, K. 190/186E (1774)
- Adagio for violin and orchestra in E major, K. 261 (1776)
- Rondo for violin and orchestra in B♭ major, K. 269/261a (between 1775 and 1777)
- Rondo for violin and orchestra in C major, K. 373 (1781)
In addition, there are three works that are spuriously attributed to Mozart.
- Violin Concerto in E♭ major, K. 268/365b/Anh. C 14.04 ("No. 6") (1780) (attributed to Johann Friedrich Eck)[1]
- Violin Concerto in D major, "Kolb", K. 271a/271i ("No. 7") (1777) (doubtful)
- Violin Concerto in D major, "Adélaïde", K. Anh. 294a/Anh. C 14.05 (1933) (actually written by Marius Casadesus)
Brass concertos
Arguably the most widely played concertos for horn, the four Horn Concertos are a major part of most professional horn players' repertoire. They were written for Mozart's lifelong friend Joseph Leutgeb. The concertos (especially the fourth) were written as virtuoso vehicles that allow the soloist to show a variety of abilities on the valveless horns of Mozart's day.
The Horn Concertos are characterized by an elegant and humorous dialogue between the soloist and the orchestra. Many of the autographs contain jokes aimed at the dedicatee.
- Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major, K. 412 (1791, unfinished at Mozart's death)
- Horn Concerto No. 2 in E♭ major, K. 417 (1783)
- Horn Concerto No. 3 in E♭ major, K. 447 (c. 1784–7)
- Horn Concerto No. 4 in E♭ major, K. 495 (1786)
There are some other unfinished Mozart works for horn and orchestra:
- Horn Concerto, K. 370b+371 in E♭ major (1781)
- Horn Concerto, K. 494a in E major (c. 1785–6)
Woodwind concertos
- Bassoon Concerto in B♭ major, K. 191 (1774)
- Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra in C major, K. 299 (1778)
- Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314 (1777) (has come down to us as the second flute concerto, but was almost certainly an oboe concerto)
- Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K. 313 (1778)
- Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 314 (1778) (an arrangement of the above Oboe Concerto)
- Andante for flute and orchestra in C major, K. 315/285e (1778)
- Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 (1791; originally was for basset horn and was in the key of G major)
- Bassoon Concerto in B♭ major, K. 230a/Anh. C 14.03 (Discovered in set of parts in The Hague attributed to Mozart; authenticity widely doubted from start. Most likely composed by François Devienne)
- Oboe Concerto in E♭ major, K. 294b/Anh. C 14.06 (Doubtful authenticity)
- Others
- Basset Horn Concerto in G major, K. 584b/621b (fragment; transcribed and finished to the well-known clarinet concerto)
- Oboe Concerto in F major, K. 293/416f - Allegro (fragment)
Concertante symphonies
- Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E♭ major, K. 364 (1779)
- Sinfonia Concertante for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Orchestra in E♭ major, K. 297b (Anh. 9 and later Anh. C 14.01) (probably spurious arrangement of lost Sinfonia Concertante for Flute, Oboe, Horn, Bassoon and Orchestra from 1778)
These were not Mozart's only attempts at the genre; a few other fragmentary works were also composed around the same time, though not completed.
- Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola, Cello and Orchestra in A major, K. 320e (Anh. 104) (c. 1779, fragment)
- Sinfonia Concertante for Piano, Violin and Orchestra in D major, K. 315f (Anh. 56) (1778, fragment)
Other concertos
- Concerto for Trumpet, K. 47c (1768, lost)
- Cello Concerto, K. 206a (1775, lost)
Piano music
Mozart's earliest composition attempts begin with piano sonatas and other piano pieces, as this is the instrument on which his musical education took place. Almost everything that he wrote for piano was intended to be played by himself (or by his sister, also a proficient piano player). Examples of his earliest works are those found in Nannerl's Music Book. Between 1782 and 1786, Mozart wrote 20 works for piano solo (including sonatas, variations, fantasias, suites, fugues, rondo) and works for piano four hands and two pianos.
Solo piano works
Piano four-hands
- Sonata in C major for keyboard four-hands, K. 19d (doubtful) (London, May 1765)
- Sonata for Keyboard Four-hands in D major, K. 381/123a (1772)
- Sonata for Keyboard Four-hands in B♭ major, K. 358/186c (1774)
- Sonata for Keyboard Four-hands in F major, K. 497 (1786)
- Sonata in C major for piano four-hands, K. 521 (1787)
- Sonata for Keyboard Four-hands in G major, K. 357 (incomplete) (1786)
- Fugue in G minor, K. 401 (incomplete) (1782)
- Andante and Variations in G major, K. 501 (1786)
- Adagio and Allegro in F minor for a mechanical organ, K. 594 (1790) (organ, composer's transcription)
- Fantasia in F minor, K. 608 (1791) (organ, composer's transcription)
- Others
- Allegro in G major, K. 357/497a (1786-87; fragment)
Two pianos
- Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K. 448/375a (1781)
- Fugue in C minor for Two Keyboards, K. 426 (1783) (transcribed in 1788 for string quartet as K. 546)
- Larghetto and Allegretto for Two Pianos in E♭ major, K. deest (completed by Maximilian Stadler)
- Others
- Allegro in C minor for Two Pianos, K.Anh. 44/426a (1783-86; fragment)
Chamber music
Violin music
Mozart also wrote sonatas for keyboard and violin. For the most part, these are keyboard-centric sonatas where the violin plays a more accompanying role. In later years, the role of the violin grew to not just a support to the other solo instrument, but to build a dialogue with it.
The 'Violin Sonatas', KV 10–15, are unique in that they include an ad lib. cello part along with the score for violin and keyboard. The Neue Mozart-Ausgabe (1966) therefore includes them along with the other keyboard trios, although the Köchel catalogue (K6, 1964) lists them as normal violin sonatas.
Childhood violin sonatas (1762–66)
- Violin Sonatas, KV 6–9 (1762-64)
- Sonata No. 1 in C for Keyboard and Violin, K. 6 (1762-1764)
- Sonata No. 2 in D for Keyboard and Violin, K. 7 (1763-1764)
- Sonata No. 3 in B♭ for Keyboard and Violin, K. 8 (1763-1764)
- Sonata No. 4 in G for Keyboard and Violin, K. 9 (1764)
- Violin Sonatas, KV 10–15 (1764)
- Sonata No. 5 in B♭ for Keyboard with Violin (or Flute) and Cello, K. 10 (1764)
- Sonata No. 6 in G for Keyboard with Violin (or Flute) and Cello, K. 11 (1764)
- Sonata No. 7 in A for Keyboard with Violin (or Flute) and Cello, K. 12 (1764)
- Sonata No. 8 in F for Keyboard with Violin (or Flute) and Cello, K. 13 (1764)
- Sonata No. 9 in C for Keyboard with Violin (or Flute) and Cello, K. 14 (1764)
- Sonata No. 10 in B♭ for Keyboard with Violin (or Flute) and Cello, K. 15 (1764)
- Violin Sonatas, KV 26–31 (1766)
- Sonata No. 11 in E♭ for Keyboard and Violin, K. 26 (1766)
- Sonata No. 12 in G for Keyboard and Violin, K. 27 (1766)
- Sonata No. 13 in C for Keyboard and Violin, K. 28 (1766)
- Sonata No. 14 in D for Keyboard and Violin, K. 29 (1766)
- Sonata No. 15 in F for Keyboard and Violin, K. 30 (1766)
- Sonata No. 16 in B♭ for Keyboard and Violin, K. 31 (1766)
Mature violin sonatas (1778–88)
- Violin Sonata No. 17 in C major, K. 296 (1778)
- Violin Sonata No. 18 in G major, K. 301 (1778)
- Violin Sonata No. 19 in E♭ major, K. 302 (1778)
- Violin Sonata No. 20 in C major, K. 303 (1778)
- Violin Sonata No. 21 in E minor, K. 304 (1778)
- Violin Sonata No. 22 in A major, K. 305 (1778)
- Violin Sonata No. 23 in D major, K. 306 (1778)
- Violin Sonata No. 24 in F major, K. 376 (1781)
- Violin Sonata No. 25 in F major, K. 377 (1781)
- Violin Sonata No. 26 in B♭ major, K. 378 (1779)
- Violin Sonata No. 27 in G major, K. 379 (1781)
- Violin Sonata No. 28 in E♭ major, K. 380 (1781)
- Violin Sonata No. 29 in A major, K. 402 (1782; fragment, completed by Maximilian Stadler)
- Violin Sonata No. 30 in C major, K. 403 (1782; fragment, completed by M. Stadler)
- Violin Sonata No. 31 in C major, K. 404 (1782; fragment)
- Violin Sonata No. 32 in B♭ major, K. 454 (1784)
- Violin Sonata No. 33 in E♭ major, K. 481 (1785)
- Violin Sonata No. 34 in B♭ major, K. 372 Allegro (1781; fragment, completed by M. Stadler)
- Violin Sonata No. 35 in A major, K. 526 (1787)
- Violin Sonata No. 36 in F major, K. 547 (1788)
Variations for violin and piano
- 12 Variations in G major on "La bergère Célimène", K. 359 (1781)
- 6 Variations in G minor on "Hélas, j'ai perdu mon amant", K. 360 (1781)
Piano trios
- Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major (Divertimento), K. 254 (1776)
- Piano Trio No. 2 in G major, K. 496 (1786)
- Piano Trio No. 3 in B-flat major, K. 502 (1786)
- Piano Trio No. 4 in E major, K. 542 (1788)
- Piano Trio No. 5 in C major, K. 548 (1788)
- Piano Trio No. 6 in G major, K. 564 (1788)
- Others
- Piano Trio in D minor, K. 442 (1785–88; fragment, completed by M. Stadler)
- Piano Trio in B♭ major, K.Anh. 51/501a (1786; fragment)
- Piano Trio in G major, K.Anh. 52/495a (1786; fragment)
Piano quartets
- Piano Quartets (piano, violin, viola, cello):
- Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478 (1785)
- Piano Quartet No. 2 in E♭ major, K. 493 (1786)
Other chamber music with piano
- Quintet for Piano and Winds (piano, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon) in E♭ major, K. 452 (1784)
- Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in E♭ major, "Kegelstatt", K. 498 (1786)
- Fragments
- Quintet for Piano and Winds (piano, oboe, clarinet, basset horn, bassoon) in B♭ major, K. Anh. 54/452a (1784; fragment)
String duos
String trios
- Trio for 2 Violins and Cello in B♭ major, K. 266/271f (1777)
- Divertimento for String Trio in E♭ major, K. 563 (1788)
- Others
- Preludes and Fugues for Violin, Viola and Cello, K. 404a (1782)
- Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello in G major, K. Anh. 66/562e (1788, fragment)
String quartets
- String Quartet No. 1 in G major, "Lodi", K. 80/73f (1770)
- Milanese Quartets, K. 155–160 (1772–1773)
- This cycle, in three movements, is interesting as far as these works can be considered precursors of the later—more complete—string quartets.
- String Quartet No. 2 in D major, K. 155/134a (1772)
- String Quartet No. 3 in G major, K. 156/134b (1772)
- String Quartet No. 4 in C major, K. 157 (1772–73)
- String Quartet No. 5 in F major, K. 158 (1772–73)
- String Quartet No. 6 in B♭ major, K. 159 (1773)
- String Quartet No. 7 in E♭ major, K. 160/159a (1773)
- Viennese Quartets, K. 168–173 (1773)
- Much more stylistically developed. In Vienna Mozart is believed to have heard the op. 17 and op. 20 quartets of Joseph Haydn, and had received from them a deep impression.
- String Quartet No. 8 in F major, K. 168 (1773)
- String Quartet No. 9 in A major, K. 169 (1773)
- String Quartet No. 10 in C major, K. 170 (1773)
- String Quartet No. 11 in E♭ major, K. 171 (1773)
- String Quartet No. 12 in B♭ major, K. 172 (1773)
- String Quartet No. 13 in D minor, K. 173 (1773)
- Haydn Quartets, K. 387, 421, 428, 458, 464, 465, Op. 10 (1782–1785)
- Mozart returned to the quartet in the early 1780s after he had moved to Vienna, met Haydn in person, and developed a friendship with the older composer. Haydn had just published his set of six quartets, Op. 33, which are thought to have been a stimulus to Mozart in returning to the genre. These quartets are often regarded as among the pinnacles of the genre.
- String Quartet No. 14 in G major, "Spring", K. 387 (1782)
- String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421/417b (1783)
- String Quartet No. 16 in E♭ major, K. 428/421b (1783)
- String Quartet No. 17 in B♭ major, "Hunt", K. 458 (1784)
- String Quartet No. 18 in A major, K. 464 (1785)
- String Quartet No. 19 in C major, "Dissonance", K. 465 (1785)
- String Quartet No. 20 in D major, "Hoffmeister", K. 499 (1786)
- This work was published by (dedicated to?) Franz Anton Hoffmeister, as well as the Prussian Quartets.
- Prussian Quartets, K. 575, 589, 590, Op. 18 (1789–1790)
- Mozart's last three quartets, dedicated to the King of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm II, are noted for the cantabile character of the parts for cello (the instrument played by the king himself), the sweetness of sounds and the equilibrium among the different instruments.
- String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K. 575 (1789)
- String Quartet No. 22 in B♭ major, K. 589 (1790)
- String Quartet No. 23 in F major, K. 590 (1790)
- Others
- Fugues for 2 Violins, Viola and Cello, K. 405 (1782)
- Adagio and Fugue in C minor for 2 Violins, Viola and Cello, K. 546 (1788) (a transcription from Fugue in C minor for Two Keyboards, K. 426)
- Canon in C major for 2 Violins, Viola and Cello, K. Anh. 191/562c (1788, attribution uncertain)
- String Quartet in E minor, K. 417d (1789; fragment)
- String Quartet in G minor, K. 587a (1789; fragment)
String quintets
The string quintets (K. 174, 406, 515, 516, 593, 614), for two violins, two violas and cello. Charles Rosen wrote that "by general consent, Mozart's greatest achievement in chamber music is the group of string quintets with two violas."[2]
- String Quintet No. 1 in B♭ major, K. 174 (1773)
- String Quintet No. 2 in C minor, K. 406 (516b) – This is a transcription for string quintet of the earlier Serenade for wind octet in C minor, K. 388. (1787)
- String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K. 515 (1787)
- String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K. 516 (1787)
- String Quintet No. 5 in D major, K. 593 (1790)
- String Quintet No. 6 in E♭ major, K. 614 (1791)
- Others
- String Quintet in B♭ major, K. 514a (fragment; 1787 or later)
- String Quintet in A minor, K. 515c+515a (fragment; 1791)
Other chamber music without piano
- Flute Quartets (flute, violin, viola, cello):
- Flute Quartet No. 1 in D major K. 285 (1777–1778)
- Flute Quartet No. 2 in G major K. 285a (1777–1778)
- Flute Quartet No. 3 in C major K. Anh. 171/285b (1781–1782)
- Flute Quartet No. 4 in A major K. 298 (1786–1787)
- Sonata for Bassoon and Violoncello in B♭ major, K. 292 (1775)
- Oboe Quartet (oboe, violin, viola, cello) in F major, K. 370 (1781)
- Horn Quintet (horn, violin, two violas, cello) in E♭ major, K. 407 (1782)
- Adagio in F major for two basset horns and bassoon, K. 410/484d (1785)
- Adagio in B♭ major for two clarinets and three basset horns, K. 411/484a (1785)
- 12 Duets for two horns in C major, K. 487 (1786, incorrectly published as being for basset horns)
- Clarinet Quintet (clarinet, two violins, viola, cello) in A major, K. 581 (1789)
- Adagio and Rondo for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola and cello, K. 617 (1791)
- Adagio in C major for Glass Harmonica, K. 356/617a (1791)
- Adagio in F major for clarinet and three basset horns, K.Anh. 93
- Adagio in F major for clarinet and three basset horns, K.Anh. 94
- Allegro assai in B♭ major for two clarinets and three horns, K.Anh. 95
- Allegro in B♭ major, K.Anh. 96 (for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, and 2 horns)
- Fragments
- Andante in B♭ major, K. 384B (fragment; for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, and 2 horns)
- Allegro in C major for basset horn and ??, K. 484e (fragment; with undetermined instrumentation)
- Clarinet Quintet fragment in B♭ major, K. 516c/Anh. 91 - Allegro (for clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello; 1787)
- Clarinet Quintet fragment in E♭ major, K. 516d - Andante (for clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello; 1787)
- Clarinet Quintet fragment in E♭ major, K. 516e/Anh. 89 - Rondò (for clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello; 1787)
- Clarinet Quintet fragment in F major, K. 580b/Anh. 90 - Allegro (for clarinet, basset horn, violin, viola and cello; 1789)
Serenades, divertimenti, and other instrumental works
The production for instrumental ensembles includes several divertimenti, cassations, notturni, serenades, marches, dances, and a quodlibet, besides, of course, his symphonies. Mozart's production for orchestra is written for string ensembles (like the early Divertimenti K. 136–138), as well as for wind ensembles and the varied combinations of strings and winds.
Serenades
- Cassation in D major (Serenade No. 1), K. 100/62a (1769)
- 4 Contredanses in F major (Serenade No. 2), K. 101/250a (1776)
- Serenade No. 3 in D major, "Antretter", K. 185/167a (1773)
- Serenade No. 4 in D major, "Colloredo", K. 203/189b (1774)
- Serenade No. 5 in D major, K. 204/213a (1775)
- Serenade No. 6 in D major, "Serenata Notturna", K. 239 (1776)
- Serenade No. 7 in D major, "Haffner", K. 250/248b (1776)
- Notturno in D for Four Orchestras (Serenade No. 8), K. 286 (1776–77) (each of the four "orchestras" composed of 2 French horns in D, 2 violins, viola and cello)
- Serenade No. 9 in D major, "Posthorn", K. 320 (1779)
- Serenade No. 10 for twelve winds and double bass in B♭ major, "Gran Partita", K. 361/370a (1781)
- Serenade No. 11 for winds in E♭ major, K. 375 (1781–82)
- Serenade No. 12 for winds in C minor, K. 388/384a (1782)
- Serenade No. 13 for string quartet and double bass in G major, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", K. 525 (1787)
- Others
- Cassation in G major, K. 63 (1769)
- Cassation in B♭ major, K. 99/63a (1769; Probable first performance based on ensemble)
- Cassation in D major, K. 100/62a (alternative title: Serenade No. 1) (1769)
Divertimenti
- Divertimento No. 1 in E♭ major, K. 113 (1771)
- Divertimento No. 2 in D major, K. 131 (1772)
- Divertimento for string quartet or string orchestra in D major, K. 136/125a ("Salzburg Symphony No. 1") (1772)
- Divertimento for string quartet or string orchestra in B♭ major, K. 137/125b ("Salzburg Symphony No. 2") (1772)
- Divertimento for string quartet or string orchestra in F major, K. 138/125c ("Salzburg Symphony No. 3") (1772)
- Divertimento No. 3 for winds in E♭ major, K. 166/159d (1773)
- Divertimento No. 4 for winds in B♭ major, K. 186/159b (1773)
- Divertimento No. 5 for winds in C major, K. 187 (Anh. C 17.12) (1773) (spurious, by Leopold Mozart)
- Divertimento No. 6 for winds in C major, K. 188/240b (1773)
- Divertimento No. 7 in D major, K. 205/167A (1773)
- Divertimento No. 8 for winds in F major, K. 213 (1775)
- Divertimento No. 9 for winds in B♭ major, K. 240 (1776)
- Divertimento No. 10 in F major, K. 247, "Lodron No. 1" ("Lodronische Nachtmusik") (1776)
- Divertimento No. 11 in D major, K. 251 (1776)
- Divertimento No. 12 for winds in E♭ major, K. 252/240a (1776)
- Divertimento No. 13 for winds in F major, K. 253 (1776)
- Divertimento for piano, violin and violoncello in B♭ major, K. 254 ("Piano Trio No. 1") (1776)
- Divertimento No. 14 for winds in B♭ major, K. 270 (1777)
- Divertimento No. 15 in B♭ major, K. 287/271h "Lodron No. 2" ("Lodronische Nachtmusik") (1777)
- Divertimento No. 16 for winds in E♭ major, K. 289/271g (1777) (doubtful)
- Divertimento No. 17 in D major, K. 334/320b (1779–80)
- Five Divertimentos (25 pieces) for three basset horns in B♭ major, K. 439b (Anh. 229) (1783)
- Divertimento for two horns and strings in F major, "A Musical Joke" ("Ein musikalischer Spaß"), K. 522 (1785–87?)
- Divertimento for string trio in E♭ major, K. 563 (1788)
- Others
- Quodlibet, Gallimathias musicum in D major, K. 32 (1766)
- March and Divertimento in C major; the music title when the two marches of K. 214 are played before and after the three movements of Symphony in C major, K. 208+(102/213c) (Il re pastore) (1772, 1775)
Three Milanese Quartets called "Divertimento":
- String Quartet No. 2 in D major, K. 155/134a ("Divertimento") (1772)
- String Quartet No. 5 in F major, K. 158 ("Divertimento") (1772–73)
- String Quartet No. 6 in B♭ major, K. 159 ("Divertimento") (1773)
Incomplete
- Divertimento in F major, K. 288/246c (1777) (incomplete)
- Divertimento in D major, K. 320B (1772–73) (incomplete)
Marches
- March in D major, K. 62 (Introduction to K. 100 Serenade, also used in Mitridate, re di Ponto) (1769)
- March in D major, K. 189/167b (probably to open/close K. 185 Serenade) (1773)
- March in C major, K. 214 (two marches opening and closing the divertimento—three movements of Symphony in C major, K. 208+(102/213c)—Il re pastore) (1775)
- March in D major, K. 215/213b (to open and/or close Serenade, K. 204) (1775)
- March in D major, K. 237/189c (to open and/or close Serenade, K. 203) (1774)
- March in F major, K. 248 (for use with Divertimento No. 10, K. 247) (1776)
- March in D major, K. 249 (to open and/or close Serenade, "Haffner", K. 250) (1776)
- March in D major, K. 290 (for use with Divertimento No. 7, K. 205/167A) (1772)
- March in D major, K. 335/320a, No. 1 (probably to open Serenade, "Posthorn", K. 320) (1779)
- March in D major, K. 335/320a, No. 2 (probably to close Serenade, "Posthorn", K. 320) (1779)
- March in C major, K. 408/383e, No. 1 (1782)
- March in D major, K. 408/385a, No. 2 (1782)
- March in C major, K. 408/383F, No. 3 (1782)
- March in D major, K. 445/320c (for use with Divertimento No. 17, K. 334) (1780)
- Others
- Cassation in G major, K. 63, first movement march (1769)
- Divertimento No. 11 in D major, K. 251, sixth movement (1776)
- March in D major, K. 544 (1788; lost)
Incomplete
- March in B♭ major, K. 384b (1782?) (incomplete)
Dances
Mozart left a huge production of dances for orchestra in different genres, including more than 100 minuets, over 30 contra dances, over 50 allemandes (Teitsch, Ländler, or German Dances), a gavotte (French folk dance) and ballet and pantomime music.
In his production of minuets, Mozart generally followed Haydn's example, preferring the slow character of the dance. Allemandes written between 1787 and 1791 were mainly for public balls in Vienna. In the Contredanse production, also written mainly in Vienna, some examples of program music are found, like Il Temporale, K. 534, La Bataille, K. 535, Canary, K. 600/5, etc.
Minuet
- 7 Menuets, K. 61b/65a (1769)
- 2 Menuets, K. 61g (1769–70)
- 6 Menuets, K. 61h (including No. 3 Symphony in D major, K. 135+61h) (1769?)
- 20 Menuets, K. 103/61d (1770-71)
- 6 Menuets, K. 104/61e (1770–71)
- 6 Menuets, K. 105/61f (doubtful) (1770-71)
- Menuet in E♭ major, K. 122/73t (1770)
- 6 Menuets, K. 164/130a (1772)
- 16 Menuets, K. 176 (1773)
- 3 Menuets, K. 363 (1783?)
- Symphonic Minuet in C major, K. 409/383f (1782)
- 5 Menuets, K. 461/448a (1784)
- 2 Minuets with Contredanses in F major and B♭ major (Quadrilles), K. 463/448c (1784)
- 12 Menuets, K. 568 (1788)
- 12 Menuets, K. 585 (1789)
- 6 Menuets, K. 599 (1791)
- 4 Menuets, K. 601 (1791)
- 2 Menuets, K. 604 (1791)
Contra dance
- 4 Contredanses, K. 101/250a (alternative title: Serenade No. 2) (1776)
- Overture and 3 Contredanses, K. 106/588a (doubtful) (1790)
- Contredanse in B♭ major, K. 123/73g (1770)
- 4 Contredanses, K. 267/271c (1777)
- 2[3] or 4[4] Contredanses for Count Johann Rudolf Czernin, K. 269b (1777)
- 6 Contredanses, K. 462/448b (1784)
- 9 Countredanses, K. 510/Anh.C 13.02 (1787)
- Contredanse in D major, "Das Donnerwetter" (The Thunderstorm), K. 534 (1788)
- Contredanse in C major, "La Bataille", K. 535 (1788)
- 3 Contredanses, K. 535a (lost) (1788)
- Contredanse in B♭ K. 535b (fragment) (1788)
- 2 Contredanses, K. 565 (lost) (1788)
- Contredanse in D K. 565a (fragment) (1788)
- Contredanse in C major, "Der Sieg vom Helden Koburg" (Coburg's Victory), K. 587 (1789)
- 2 Contredanses, K. 603 (1791)
- Contredanse in E♭ major, "Il Trionfo delle Donne", K. 607/605a (1791)
- 5 Contredanses, K. 609 (includes No. 1 "Non più andrai") (1791)
- Contredanse in G major, "Les filles malicieuses", K. 610 (1791)
Allemande
- 6 German Dances, K. 509 (1787)
- 6 German Dances, K. 536 (1788)
- 6 German Dances, K. 567 (1788)
- 6 German Dances, K. 571 (1789)
- 12 German Dances, K. 586 (1789)
- 6 German Dances, K. 600 (includes No. 5 Trio: "Der Kanarienvogel" The Canary) (1791)
- 4 German Dances, K. 602 (includes No. 3 "Die Leirer") (1791)
- 3 German Dances, K. 605 (includes No. 3 "Die Schlittenfahrt" Sleigh Ride) (1791)
- 6 Ländler in B♭ major, "Ländlerische Tänze", K. 606 (1791)
- German Dance in C major, K. 611 "Die Leirer" (1791)
Others
- Sketch of a ballet, Le gelosie del Serraglio, K. Anh. 109/135a (1772, fragment)
- Ballet, Les petits riens (The Little Nothings), K. Anh. 10/299b (1778)
- Sketches for a ballet intermezzo, "Bagatelles Ballet Pantomime", K. 299c (1778, fragment)
- La Chasse (The Hunt) in A major, K. Anh. 103/299d, (1778, fragment)
- Gavotte in B♭ major, K. 300 (1778)
- Ballet music for Idomeneo, K. 367 (1781)
- Musik zu einer Pantomime: Pantalon und Colombine (Music to a Pantomime) in D major, K. 446/416d (1783, fragment)
Sacred music
Mozart's sacred music is mainly vocal, though also instrumental examples exist, like the seventeen Sonate da chiesa, composed between 1772 and 1780. His sacred music presents a rich stylistic mosaic: Gregorian choral elements meet rigorous counterpoint, and even operatic elements can sometimes emerge. Stylistic unity and consistency is present over all his sacred music work.
Masses
- Missa brevis in G major, K. 49 (1768)
- Missa brevis in D minor, K. 65 (1769)
- Missa solemnis in C major, Dominicusmesse, K. 66 (1769)
- Missa solemnis in C minor, Waisenhausmesse, K. 139 (1768)
- Missa brevis in G major, Pastoralmesse, K. 140/Anh. C1.12 (1773; attribution uncertain)
- Missa in honorem Sanctissimae Trinitatis, K. 167 (1773)
- Missa brevis in F major, K. 192 (1774)
- Missa brevis in D major, K. 194 (1774)
- Sparrow Mass in C major, Spatzenmesse, K. 220 (1775–6)
- Credo Mass in C major, Credo Mass, K. 257 (1776)
- Missa brevis in C major, Piccolomesse, K. 258 (1775)
- Missa brevis in C major, Organ Solo, K. 259 (1775–6)
- Missa longa in C major, K. 262 (1776)
- Missa brevis in B♭ major, K. 275 (1777)
- Coronation Mass, K. 317 (1779)
- Missa solemnis, Missa aulica, K. 337 (1780)
- Great Mass in C minor, K. 427/417a (1782–3; unfinished)
- Requiem Mass in D minor, K. 626 (1791; unfinished, completed by Franz Xaver Süssmayr after Mozart's death)
Oratorios
- Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, K. 35 (1767) (Only the first part)
- La Betulia liberata, K. 118/74c (1771)
Cantatas
- Grabmusik (Cantata on the Holy Grave of Christ), K. 42/35a (1767)
- Davide penitente, K. 469 (1785)
Liturgical works
- Kyrie in F major, K. 33 (1766)
- Kyrie in G major, K. 89/73k (1770 or 1772)
- Kyrie in D minor for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, K. 90 (doubtful) (1771–72)
- Kyrie in D major, K. 91/186i/Anh. 17 (spurious, originally by J. A. Reutter, terminated by Franz Xaver Süssmayr) (1774)
- Kyrie in C major, K. 166f/Anh. 18 (fragment) (1772)
- Kyrie in D minor, K. 341/368a (1787–91)
- Kyrie in E♭ major, K. 322/296a, (fragment; completed by Maximilian Stadler) (early 1778)
- Kyrie in C major, K. Anh. 15/323 (fragment; completed by M. Stadler) (1779?)
- Kyrie in G major, K. 196a/Anh. 16 (fragment) (1787–89)
- Kyrie in D major, K. 422a/Anh. 14 (fragment) (1787–89)
- Kyrie in C major, K. 258a/Anh. 13 (fragment) (1787–91)
- Sancta Maria, mater Dei in F major, K. 273 (1777)
- Scande Coeli Limina in C major, K. 34 (1767)
- Inter natos mulierium in G major, K. 72/74f (1774)
- Benedictus sit Deus in C major, K. 117; 66a/47b (1768)
- Convertentur sedentes in D major, K. 177/Anh. C 3.09 (doubtful)
- Sub tuum praesidium in F major, K. 198/Anh. C 03.08 (doubtful)
- Misericordias Domini in D Minor, K. 222/205a (1775)
- Venite populi in D major, K. 260/248a (1775)
- Alma Dei creatoris in F major, K. 277/272a (1777)
- Vesperae solennes de Dominica in C major, K. 321 (1779)
- Vesperae solennes de confessore in C major, K. 339 (1780)
- Dixit Dominus and Magnificat in C major, K. 193/186g (1774)
- Cibavit eos in A Minor, K. 44/73u (1770)
- Quaerite primum regnum Dei in D Minor, K. 86/73v (1770)
Three settings of the Marian antiphon Regina coeli:
- Regina coeli for soprano, chorus and orchestra in C major, K. 108/74d (1771)
- Regina coeli for soprano, chorus and orchestra in B♭ major, K. 127 (1772)
- Regina coeli for soloists, chorus and orchestra in C major, K. 276/321b (1779)
- Miserere in A minor, K. 85/73s (1770)
- Te Deum in C major, K. 141/66b (1769)
- Litaniae Lauretanae in B♭ major, K. 109/74e (1771)
- Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento in B♭ major, K. 125 (1772)
- Litaniae Lauretenae in D major, K. 195/186d (1774)
- Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento in E♭ major, K. 243 (1776)
Other sacred works
- God is Our Refuge in G minor, K. 20 (1765)
- Veni Sancte Spiritus in C major, K. 47 (1768)
- Ergo interest (″Quaere superna″) for Soprano in G major, K. 143/73a (1773)
- Exsultate, jubilate for Soprano in F major, K. 165/158a (1773)
- Ave verum corpus in D major, K. 618 (1791)
Hymns and aria
- Tantum Ergo in B♭ major, K. 142/Anh. C 3.04 (doubtful)
- Tantum Ergo in D major, K. 197/Anh. C 3.05 (doubtful)
- Kommet her, ihr frechen Sünder for Soprano in B♭, K. 146/317b (1779)
- "Zwei deutsche Kirchenlieder" (Two German Hymns), O Gotteslamm, Als aus Ägypten Israel, K. 343/336c (c. 1787)
Church sonatas
- Church Sonata No. 1 in E♭, K. 67/41h (1772)
- Church Sonata No. 2 in B♭, K. 68/41i (1772)
- Church Sonata No. 3 in D, K. 69/41k (1772)
- Church Sonata No. 4 in D, K. 144/124a (1774)
- Church Sonata No. 5 in F, K. 145/124b (1774)
- Church Sonata No. 6 in B♭, K. 212 (1775)
- Church Sonata No. 7 in F, K. 224/241a (1776)
- Church Sonata No. 8 in A, K. 225/241b (1776)
- Church Sonata No. 9 in G, K. 241 (1776)
- Church Sonata No. 10 in F, K. 244 (1776)
- Church Sonata No. 11 in D, K. 245 (1776)
- Church Sonata No. 12 in C, K. 263 (1776)
- Church Sonata No. 13 in G, K. 274/271d (1777)
- Church Sonata No. 14 in C, K. 278/271e (1777)
- Church Sonata No. 15 in C, K. 328/317c (1779)
- Church Sonata No. 16 in C, K. 329/317a (1779)
- Church Sonata No. 17 in C, K. 336/336d (1780)
- Others
- Church Sonata in C major, K. 124c (fragment)
- Church Sonata in D major, K.Anh. 65a (fragment; spurious, attributed to Leopold Mozart)
Organ music
- Fugue in E♭ major, K. 153 (375f) (incomplete) (1782)
- Fugue in G minor, K. 154 (385k) (incomplete) (1782)
- Ouverture in C major, K. 399 (385i) (1782)
- Fugue in G minor, K. 401 (375e) (incomplete) (1782)
- Kleine Gigue in G, K. 574 (1789)
- Adagio in D minor, K.Anh. 35/593a (1790)
- Adagio and Allegro in F minor for a Mechanical Organ, K. 594 (1790)
- Fantasia in F minor for a Mechanical Organ, K. 608 (1791)
- Andante in F for a Small Mechanical Organ, K. 616 (1791)
Operas
- Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38 (1767)
- Bastien und Bastienne, K. 50/46b (1768)
- La finta semplice, K. 51 (1769)
- Mitridate, re di Ponto, K. 87/74a (1770)
- Ascanio in Alba, K. 111 (1771)
- Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126 (1772)
- Lucio Silla, K. 135 (1772)
- Thamos, König in Ägypten, K. 345/336a (1773, 1779)
- La finta giardiniera, K. 196 (1775)
- Il re pastore, K. 208 (1775)
- Zaide, K. 344 (1779-80)
- Idomeneo, K. 366 (1781)
- Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384 (1782)
- L'oca del Cairo, K. 422 (1783)
- Lo sposo deluso, K. 430 (1783)
- Der Schauspieldirektor, K. 486 (1786)
- Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (1786)
- Don Giovanni, K. 527 (1787)
- Così fan tutte, K. 588 (1790)
- Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 (1791)
- La clemenza di Tito, K. 621 (1791)
Concert arias, songs and canons
- Conservati fedele for Soprano in A major, K. 23 (The Hague, 1765-66)
- A Berenice for Soprano in G major, K.70/61c (1767-69)
- Ah, spiegarti, o Dio for Soprano in A major, K. 178/417e (1772)
- Con ossequio, con rispetto for Tenor in C major, K. 210 (Salzburg, May, 1775)
- Clarice cara mia sposa for Tenor in D major, K. 256 (1776)
- Ah, lo previdi for Soprano in C minor, K. 272 (1777)
- Alcandro, lo confesso for Soprano in E♭ major, K. 294 (1778)
- Basta, vincesti for Soprano in E♭ major, K. 486a/295a (1778)
- Così dunque tradisci for Bass in F minor, K. 432/421a (1783)
- Ch'io mi scordi di te? for Soprano in E♭ major, K. 505 (December, 1786)
- Alcandro, lo confesso for Bass in F major, K. 512 (1787)
- Bella mia fiamma, addio for Soprano in C major, K. 528 (1787)
- Ah se in ciel for Soprano in F major, K. 538 (1778 or 1788)
- Un bacio di mano for Bass in F major, K. 541 (May, 1788)
- Al desio di chi t'adora for Soprano in F major, K. 577 (1789; Composed in order to replace the Aria of Susanna Deh vieni, non tardar in "Le nozze di Figaro")
- Alma grande e nobil core for Soprano in B♭ major, K. 578 (August, 1789)
- Un moto di gioia for Soprano in F major, K. 579 (1789; Composed in order to replace the Aria of Susanna Venite, inginocchiatevi in "Le nozze di Figaro")
- Chi sà, chi sà, qual sia for Soprano in C major, K. 582 (1789)
Others
- Ah, più tremar non voglio for Tenor in F major, K. 71 (1769; fragment)
Masonic music
The following are compositions written for the Masonic Lodge:
- Song for tenor and piano, "Lobegesang auf die feierliche Johannisloge" ("O heiliges Band der Freundschaft treuer Brüder") [O sacred bond of friendship between true brothers], K. 148/125h, (1772)
- Cantata for tenor, male chorus, and orchestra, Dir, Seele des Weltalls, K. 429/468a (fragment, completed by Maximilian Stadler) (1783)
- Song for tenor and piano, "Lied zur Gesellenreise: Die ihr einem neuen Grad", K. 468, "for use at installation of new journeymen" (1785)
- Cantata for tenor, male chorus, and orchestra, Die Maurerfreude (The Freemason's Joy) K. 471 (1785)
- The Masonic Funeral Music (Maurerische Trauermusik), K. 477/479a (1785), for orchestra, which was composed for an actual Masonic funeral
- Two songs for tenor, male chorus and organ used for the opening and closing ceremonies of the lodge in Austria "Zur Neugekrönten Hoffnung":
- "Zerfließet Heut, Geliebter Brüder", K. 483 (1786)
- "Ihr Unsre Neuen Leiter", K. 484 (1786)
- The Little German Cantata (Kleine Deutsche Kantate) ("Die ihr die unermeßlichen Weltalls Schöpfer ehrt"), for tenor and piano, for use at meetings of the Colony of the Friends of Nature, K. 619 (1791)
- The Little Masonic Cantata (Kleine Freimaurer-Kantate) "Laut verkünde unsre Freude", for two tenors, bass, male chorus, and orchestra, K. 623 (1791)
- Song for male chorus and orchestra, "Laßt uns mit geschlungen Händen", K. 623a, ("for the close of the lodge" and intended final chorus to K. 623) (1791; attribution uncertain)
Handel adaptations
- Acis und Galatea, K. 566 (1788)
- Der Messias, K. 572 (1789)
- Das Alexander-Fest, K. 591 (1790)
- Ode auf St. Caecilia, K. 592 (1790)
References
- King, Alec Hyatt (1973). "Some Aspects of Recent Mozart Research". Journal of the Royal Musical Association. 100 (1): 9–10. doi:10.1093/jrma/100.1.1. ISSN 0080-4452. OCLC 478409660.
- Rosen, Charles (1997). The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven (2nd ed.). New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-04020-3. OCLC 35095841.
- Palmer, Willard A., ed. (2006). W. A. Mozart: An Introduction to His Keyboard Works (illustrated ed.). Alfred Music Publishing. p. 6. ISBN 9780739038758. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
- Hinson, Maurice; Roberts, Wesley (2013). Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire (4th ed.). Indiana University Press. p. 707. ISBN 9780253010230. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
External links
- Publications of music and writings by Mozart from Project Gutenberg
- Free scores by List of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Free typeset sheet music of Mozart's works from the Mutopia Project
- Digital Mozart Edition, Neue Mozart-Ausgabe (NMA) Online (New Mozart Edition), 127 volumes
- A comprehensive list of Mozart's work from classical.net