MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus
b Salzburg, 27 January 1756
d Vienna, 5 December 1791, aged thirty-five
His father, Leopold, was a violinist and composer. Wolfgang was composing by the age of five, and Leopold used his gifted son to his own commercial advantage, introducing him to various courts throughout Europe. In 1769, father and son travelled together to Italy, where Wolfgang had an audience with the Pope, wrote an opera, and was feted wherever he went. In 1777 he journeyed to Paris, this time with his mother, but the months spent there were unfruitful, and his mother died, so he returned to Sahburg. The Archbishop of Salzburg took him into his entourage; but Mozart hated his almost menial position and resigned. Moving to Vienna, he married, and lived frugally by teaching. Despite the success of his operas there were no lucrative commissions. Having become a Freemason, he borrowed money from his fellows, in order to live. He was appointed court composer to the Emperor, but the salary was nominal. He refused the lucrative post of Kapellmeister in Berlin in 1789, because he loved Vienna. For all his success he died in poverty, of uraemia, and was buried in an unmarked grave.
1762-4 (6-8)
Sonata in C major for violin and piano, K6
1763-4 (7-8)
Sonata in D major for violin and piano, K7
Sonata in Bb major for violin and piano, K8
1764 (8)
Sonata in G major for violin and piano, K9
Sonata in Bb major for violin and piano, K10
Sonata in G major for violin and piano, K11
Sonata in A major for violin and piano, K12
Sonata in F major for violin and piano, K13
Sonata in C major for violin and piano, K14
Sonata in Bb major for violin and piano, K15
Symphony No 1 in Eb major, K16
Symphony No 4 in D major, K19
1765 (9)
Piano Sonatas (four hands) in C major, K19d (unpublished)
Three Sonatas by J. C. Bach arranged as concertos with string orchestra, K107
Symphony No 5 in Bb major, K22
1766 (10)
Sonata in Eb major for violin and piano, K26
Sonata in G major for violin and piano, K27
Sonata in C major for violin and piano, K28
Sonata in D major for violin and piano, K29
Sonata in F major for violin and piano, K30
Sonata in Bb major for violin and piano, K31
1767 (11)
Piano Concerto in F major, K37
Piano Concerto in Bb major, K39
Piano Concerto in D major, K40
Piano Concerto in G major, K41
Symphony No 6 in F major, K43
Sonata for organ and strings in Eb major, K62
Sonata for organ and strings in Bb major, K68
Sonata for organ and strings in D major, K69
Symphony No 43 in F major, K76
1768 (12)
Bastien und Bastienne, operetta
Symphony No 7 in D major, K45
Symphony No 8 in D major, K48
1769 (13)
Mass in C major, K66
Symphony No 9 in C major, K73
Symphony No 42 in F major, K75
1770 (14)
String Quartet in G major, K80
Symphony No 10 in G major, K74
Symphony No 11 in D major, K81
Symphony No 45 in D major, K95
Symphony No 47 in D major, K97
Symphony No 12 in G major, K110
1771 (15)
Symphony No 46 in C major, K96
Symphony No 13 in F major, K112
Symphony No 14 in A major, K114
Symphony No 50 in D (finale only, to the overture of Asanio in Alba), K120
Symphony in D, finale only to the overture of La finta giardinera,
1772 (16)
Piano Sonata (four hands) in D major, K381
String Quartet in D major, K155
String Quartet in G major, K156
String Quartet in C major, K157
String Quartet in F major, K158
String Quartet in Bb major, K159
String Quartet in Eb major, K160
Sonata for organ and strings in D major, K144
Sonata for organ and strings in F major, K145
Mass in C minor and C major, K139
Symphony No 15 in G major, K124
Symphony No 16 in C major, K128
Symphony No 17 in G major, K129
Symphony No 19 in Eb major, K132
Symphony No 20 in D major, K133
Symphony No 21 in A major, K134
Symphony in D major (first two movements identical with the overture
Il sogno di Scipiona, K126),K161
Symphony No 22 in C major, K162
Symphony No 51 in D major (finale only, to the overture of
Il sogno di Scipiona), K163
Lucio Silla, opera
1773 (17)
Piano Concerto in D major, K175
Concertone in C major for two violins, K 190
String Quartet in F major, K168
String Quartet in A major, K169
String Quartet in C major, K170
String Quartet in E6 major, K171
String Quartet in Bb major, K172
String Quartet in D minor, K173
String Quintet in Bb major, K174
Symphony No 23 in D major, K181
Symphony No 24 in Bb major, K182
Symphony No 25 in G minor, K183
Symphony No 26 in Eb major, K184
1774 (18)
Bassoon Concerto in Bb major, K191
Symphony No 27 in G major, K199
Symphony No 28 in C major, K200
Symphony No 29 in A major, K201
Symphony No 30 in D major, K202
Piano Sonata in C major, K279
Piano Sonata in F major, K280
Piano Sonata in B flat major, K281
Piano Sonata in E flat major, K282
Piano Sonata in G major, K283
Piano sonata in D major, K284
Piano Sonata (four hands) in B flat major, K358
1775 (19)
La finta giardiniera, opera
Il re pastore, opera
Symphony No 49 in C major (finale only, to the overture of Il re pastore), K102
Violin Concerto in Bb major, K207
Violin Concerto in D major, K211
Violin Concerto in G major, K216
Violin Concerto in D major, K218
Violin Concerto in A major, K219
Sonata for organ and strings in Bb major, K212
1776 (20)
Piano Concerto in Bb major, K238
Piano Concerto in F major for three pianos, K242
Piano Concerto in C major, K246
Adagio to K219, Violin Concerto, K261
Rondo Concertante to K207, Violin Concerto, K269
Piano Trio in Bb major, K254
Sonata for organ and strings in F major, K224
Sonata for organ and strings in A major, K225
Sonata for organ and strings in G major, K241
Sonata for organ and strings in F major, K244
Sonata for organ and strings in D major, K245
Mass in C major, K257
1777 (21)
Piano Concerto in Eb major, K271
Violin Concerto in D major, K271a
Piano Sonata in C major, K309
Sonata for organ and strings in G major, K274
1778 (22)
Concerto in C major for flute and harp, K299
Concerto in G major for flute, K313
Concerto in D major for flute, K314
Andante in C major for flute, K315
Sinfonia Concertante in Eb for flute, oboe, horn and bassoon
(app K9)
Piano Sonata in A minor, K310
Piano Sonata in D major, K311
Piano Sonata in C major, K330
Piano Sonata in A major, K331
Piano Sonata in F major, K332
Piano Sonata in Bb major, K333
Violin Sonata in C major, K296
Violin Sonata in G major, K301
Violin Sonata in Bb major, K302
Violin Sonata in C major, K303
Violin Sonata in E minor, K304
Violin Sonata in A major, K305
Violin Sonata in D major, K306
Symphony No 31 in D major, Paris, K297
1779 (23)
Sinfonia Concertante in Eb for violin and viola, K364
Concerto for two pianos, K365
Sonata for organ and strings in C major, K328
Mass in C major, K317
Symphony No 32 in G major, K318
Symphony No 33 in Bb major, K319
1780 (24)
Violin Concerto in Eb major, K268 (1780-1) (authenticity doubtful)
Sonata for organ and strings in C major, K336
String Quartet in Bb, K46 (arrangement of K361 Serenade, may be spurious)
Symphony No 34 in C major, K338
Six Variations for violin and piano on Hélas, j'ai perdu mon amant, K360
1781(25)
Idomeneo, opera
Rondo in C major for violin and orchestra, K373
Concerto Rondo in Eb for horn, K371
Twelve Variations on La bergere Celimene, for violin and piano, K359
Violin Sonata in F major, K376
Violin Sonata in F major, K377
Violin Sonata in Bb major, K378
Violin Sonata in G minor and G major, K379
Violin Sonata in Eb major, K380
Sonata for two pianos in D major, K448
1782 (26)
11 Seraglio, opera
Concerto Rondo in D minor to K175 Piano Concerto, K382
Concerto Rondo in A major, (discarded from K414 Piano Concerto), K386
Piano Concerto in F major, K413
Piano Concerto in A major, K414
Piano Concerto in C major, K415
Horn Concerto in D major, K412
Violin Sonata in A major and A minor (finished by Stadler), K402
Violin Sonata in C major, unfinished, K403
Violin Sonata in C major, unfinished, K404
String Quartet in G major (Haydn Set, No 1), K387
Five Fugues from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, for string quartet, K405
Symphony No 35 in D major, Haffner, K385
1783 (27)
Oboe Concerto in F major, fragment, K293
Votive Mass
Horn Concerto in Eb major, K417
Horn Concerto in Eb major, K447
String Quartet in D minor (Haydn Set, No 2),K421
String Quartet in E6 major (Haydn Set, No 3),K428
Piano Trio in D minor and D major (completed by Stadler), K442
Symphony No 36 in C major, Linz, K425
Symphony No 37 in G major, K444 (introduction only, the rest by M. Haydn)
1784 (28)
Piano Concerto in Eb major, K449
Piano Concerto in Bb major, K450
Piano Concerto in D major, K451
Piano Concerto in G major, K453
Piano Concerto in Bb major, K456
Piano Concerto in F major, K459
Violin Sonata in Bb major, K454
Piano Sonata in C minor, K457
String Quartet in Bb major (Haydn Set, No 4), K458
1785 (29)
Piano Concerto in D minor, K466
Piano Concerto in C major, K467
Piano Concerto in Eb major, K482
Andante for a Violin Concerto, in A major, K470
Violin Sonata in Eb major, K481
String Quartet in A major (Haydn Set, No 5),K464
String Quartet in C major (Haydn Set, No 6),K465
Piano Quartet in G minor, K478
1786 (30)
The Impresario, opera
Le nozze di Figaro, opera
Piano Concerto in A major, K488
Piano Concerto in C minor, K491
Piano Concerto in C major, K503
Horn Concerto in Eb major, K495
Piano Sonata (four hands) in G major, K357
Piano Sonata (four hands)
in F major, K497
String Quartet in D major, K499
Piano Quartet in Eb major, K493
Piano Trio in G major, K496
Piano Trio in Bb major, for piano, clarinet and viola, K498
Piano Trio in Bb major, K502
Symphony No 38 in D major, Prague, K504
1787 (31)
Don Giovanni, opera
Piano Sonata (four hands) in C major, K521
Violin Sonata in A major, K526
String Quintet in C minor, K406 (arrangement of Serenade, K388)
String Quintet in C major, K515
String Quintet in G minor, K516
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, for strings
1788 (32)
Piano Concerto in D major, Coronation, K537
Piano Sonata (Sonatina) in C major, K545
Violin Sonata in F major, K547
String Quartet in D minor, Adagio and Fugue (fugue identical with K426 for two pianos), K546
Piano Trio in E major, K542
Piano Trio in C major, K548
Piano Trio in G major, K564
Symphony No 39 in Eb major, K543
Symphony No 40 in G minor, K550
Symphony No 41 in C major, Jupiter, K551
1789 (33)
Piano Sonata in Bb major (better known as a violin sonata, but the violin part is not by Mozart), K570
Piano Sonata in D major, K576
String Quartet in D major (King of Prussia Set, No 1), K575
1790 (34)
Cosi fan tutte, opera
String Quartet in Bb major (King of Prussia Set, No 2), K589
String Quartet in F major (King of Prussia Set, No 3), K590
String Quintet in D major, K593
1791 (35)
La clemenza di Tito, opera
Die Zauberflote, opera
Piano Concerto in Bb major, K595
Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622
String Quintet in Eb major, K614
Requiem in D minor, K626 (unfinished, completed by Sussmeyr)
One early symphony, recently discovered