
There are also several "unnumbered" symphonies from this time period that make use of music from Mozart's operas from the same time period. 136–138, in 3-movement Italian overture style, are sometimes indicated as "Salzburg Symphonies" too. None of these were printed during Mozart's lifetime.Īlthough not counted as "symphonies" the three Divertimenti K. These symphonies are sometimes subcategorized as "Early" (1771–1773) and "Late" (1773–1777), and sometimes subcategorized as "Germanic" (with minuet) or "Italian" (without minuet). Symphony in G major, "Old Lambach", K.Many of these cannot be definitively established as having been written by Mozart ( see here). Many of them were given numbers past 41 (but not in chronological order) in an older collection of Mozart's works ( Mozart-Werke, 1877–1910, referred to as "GA"), but newer collections refer to them only by their entries in the Köchel catalogue. There are also several "unnumbered" symphonies from this time period. 18 (spurious, written by Carl Friedrich Abel) (1767?) 17 (spurious, attributed to Leopold Mozart) (1765?) These are the numbered symphonies from Mozart's early childhood. 297, 385, 550) were revised by the author after their first versions.Ĭhildhood symphonies (1764–1771) However, by convention, the original numbering has been retained, and so his last symphony is still known as "No. 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. Mozart's symphonic production covers a 24-year interval, from 1764 to 1788. Main article: List of symphonies by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 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.On the other hand, for most chamber music and vocal music there is no such numbering (or at least no generally accepted one). 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. The compositions of Mozart listed below are grouped thematically, i.e.This catalog has been amended several times, leading to ambiguity over some KV numbers (see e.g.

by composition date) catalogue of Mozart's works by Ludwig von Köchel.

