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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Notable works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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2006 Idomeneo controversy

On 26 September 2006 the Deutsche Oper Berlin announced the cancellation of four performances of Mozart's opera Idomeneo, re di Creta, planned for November 2006, citing concerns that the production's

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A Musical Joke

A Musical Joke () K. 522, (divertimento for two horns in F, and string quartet) is a composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; he entered it in his Verzeichnis aller meiner Werke (Catalogue of All My

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Abendempfindung

"Abendempfindung an Laura", K. 523, is a song by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dated 24 June 1787 in Vienna, written at the time of the opera Don Giovanni and Eine kleine

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Adagio and Allegro in F minor for a mechanical organ, K. 594

Adagio and Allegro in F minor for a mechanical organ, K. 594, is a composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, completed in late

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Adagio and Fugue in C minor (Mozart)

The Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K. 546, is a composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for strings. Mozart entered it into his own work catalogue on 26 June 1788 in Vienna as "A short Adagio for two

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Adagio and Rondo for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola and cello

The Adagio and Rondo, K. 617, is a quintet composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola and cello. Completed on May 23, 1791 (the date indicated in Mozart's own list of

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Adélaïde Concerto

The Adélaïde Concerto is the nickname of a violin concerto in D major attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and given the catalogue number K. Anh. 294a in the third edition of the standard Köchel

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Ah, lo previdi

"Ah, lo previdi! ... Ah, t'invola ... Misera! ... Deh, non varcar", K. 272, is a concert aria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for solo soprano and orchestra, one of Mozart's first large-scale operatic

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Allegro in D major (Mozart)

Allegro in D major, K. 626b/16 (Anh. A 66), is a composition for solo piano by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, speculated to have been completed in 1773. The piece is approximately 2 minutes long. It was

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Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte

"" ("As Luise Was Burning the Letters of Her Unfaithful Lover"), K. 520, is an art song for piano and voice (soprano) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a poem by Gabriele von

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An Chloe

"An Chloe" (To Chloe), K. 524, is an art song for voice and piano by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a poem by Johann Georg Jacobi. Mozart composed it on 24 June 1787 in

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Apollo et Hyacinthus

(Latin for Apollo and Hyacinth or The Metamorphosis of Hyacinth), K. 38, is an opera in three acts written in 1767 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was 11 years old at the time. It is Mozart's first

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Ascanio in Alba

Ascanio in Alba, K. 111, is a pastoral opera in two parts () by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Parini. It was commissioned by the Empress Maria Theresa for the wedding of

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Ave verum corpus (Mozart)

Ave verum corpus ("Hail, True Body"), K. 618, is a motet in D major composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1791. It is a setting of the Latin hymn of the same name. Mozart wrote it for Anton Stoll, a

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Bardengesang auf Gibraltar: O Calpe! Dir donnert's am Fuße

(K. Anh. 25 / 386d) is an fragment of an art song for voice and piano composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1782. It was created to celebrate the British Royal Navy's successful relief of the

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Bassoon Concerto (Mozart)

The Bassoon Concerto in B major, K. 191/186e, is a bassoon concerto written in 1774 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is the most often performed and studied piece in the entire bassoon repertory.

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Bastien und Bastienne

(Bastien and Bastienne), K. 50 (revised in 1964 to K. 46b) is a one-act singspiel, a comic opera, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. was one of Mozart's earliest operas, written in 1768 when he was only

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Bei der Hitz im Sommer eß ich

"" (English: In the heat of summer I eat) is a canon for three voices in G major, K. 234/382e/Anh.A 40. The music was long thought to have been composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart during 1782 in

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Beim Auszug in das Feld

"", K. 552, is a military-patriotic art song composed for tenor voice and piano accompaniment by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The title may be translated "On going forth to the field" (i.e., of

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Bella mia fiamma, addio

"Bella mia fiamma, addio", K. 528, is a concert aria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for solo soprano and orchestra, composed in Prague in 1787. The text of this aria is taken from the 1772 opera Cerere

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Betulia liberata

(The Liberation of Bethulia) is a libretto by Pietro Metastasio which was originally commissioned by Emperor Charles VI and set to music by Georg Reutter the Younger in 1734. It was subsequently set

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Bona nox

, K. 561, is a canon in A major for four voices a cappella by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Mozart entered this work into his personal catalogue on 1788 as part of a set of ten

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Cassation in D major, K. 100

The Cassation in D major, K. 100/62a (also known as Serenade No. 1) is a composition for orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was composed in Salzburg in 1769, along with two other similar works,

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Cassation in G major, K. 63

The Cassation in G major, K. 63 is a cassation for orchestra by composed in around 1769 by the then thirteen-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, for the celebration of finalists from the University of

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Ch'io mi scordi di te?

"" (Will I forget you? ... Fear not, beloved), K. 505, is a concert aria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for soprano, piano obbligato and orchestra, composed in December 1786 in

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Church Sonatas (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote seventeen Church Sonatas (), also known as Epistle Sonatas, between 1772 and 1780. These are short single-movement pieces intended to be played during a celebration of

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Clarinet Concerto (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622, was completed in October 1791 for the clarinettist Anton Stadler. It consists of three movements, in a fast–slow–fast succession. The

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Clarinet Quintet (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Clarinet Quintet, K. 581, was written in 1789 for the clarinetist Anton Stadler. A clarinet quintet is a work for one clarinet and a string quartet. Although originally

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Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra (Mozart)

The Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra in C major, K. 299/297c, is a concerto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for flute, harp, and orchestra. It is one of only two true double concertos that he wrote

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Concerto for Violin, Piano, and Orchestra (Mozart)

The Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra, K. Anh. 56/315f by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is an unfinished work that was written in Mannheim in 1778 on his journey to Paris. It was written for an

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Concertone for two Violins and Orchestra

The Concertone for Two Violins and Orchestra in C major, K. 190 (186e) was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in May

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Conservati fedele

"" (K. 23) is a concert aria for soprano and orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus

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Coronation Mass (Mozart)

The Krönungsmesse (German for Coronation Mass) (Mass No. 15 in C major, K. 317; sometimes Mass No. 16), composed in 1779, is one of the most popular of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 17 extant settings of

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Così fan tutte

(Women are like that, or The School for Lovers), K. 588, is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The

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Così fan tutte (Alain Lombard recording)

Così fan tutte is a 178-minute studio album of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera, performed by Jules Bastin, Philippe Huttenlocher, Kiri Te Kanawa, David Rendall, Frederica von Stade and Teresa Stratas

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Così fan tutte (Herbert von Karajan recording)

Così fan Tutte is a 1954 studio recording of Mozart's opera of the same name released by EMI Classics with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Herbert von Karajan. The cast features

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Da Ponte operas

The Da Ponte operas, or Mozart–Da Ponte trilogy, are the three operas composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart based on libretti by Lorenzo da Ponte: * The Marriage of Figaro (1786); * Don Giovanni

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Das Traumbild

"Das Traumbild" ("The Dream Song"), K. 530, is an art song, or , for piano and voice by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a poem by Ludwig

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Das Veilchen

"" ("The Violet"), K. 476, is a song for voice and piano by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, written in Vienna on 8 June 1785, to a poem by Johann Wolfgang von

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Davide penitente

Davide penitente, K. 469 (Italian: 'David the Penitent'; also spelled Davidde penitente), is a cantata by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, to texts by (1742–95). The cantata was commissioned by the Wiener

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Der Schauspieldirektor

(The Impresario), K. 486, is a comic singspiel by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, set to a German libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie, an Austrian . Originally, it was written because of "the imperial command"

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Der Stein der Weisen

(German for The Philosopher's Stone, or the Enchanted Isle) is a singspiel in two acts, jointly composed by Johann Baptist Henneberg, Benedikt Schack, Franz Xaver Gerl, Emanuel Schikaneder, and

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Die Alte (song)

"" ("The Old Woman"), K. 517, is an art song for voice and piano by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a poem by Friedrich von

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Die Entführung aus dem Serail

() (K. 384; The Abduction from the Seraglio; also known as ) is a singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German libretto is by Gottlieb Stephanie, based on Christoph Friedrich

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Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots

(complete title in historical spelling: ; The Obligation of the First and Foremost Commandment), K. 35, is a sacred musical play (geistliches Singspiel) composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1767

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Difficile lectu

"Difficile lectu", K. 559, is a canon composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The music, in F major, is set for three singers. The words are most likely written by Mozart himself. The work was entered

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Divertimenti for six winds (Mozart)

The Divertimenti in F major (K. 213), B major (K. 240), E major (K. 252/240a), F major (K. 253), and B major (K. 270) are five companion compositions for pairs of oboes, horns and bassoons by

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Divertimenti for ten winds (Mozart)

The divertimenti in B major, K 186/159b, and E major, K 166/159d, are two companion compositions for pairs of oboes, English horns, clarinets, horns and bassoons by Wolfgang Amadeus

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Divertimento for String Trio (Mozart)

The Divertimento for String Trio in E major, K. 563, is a string trio written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1788, the year in which he completed his last three symphonies (nos. 39–41) and his

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Divertimento No. 1 (Mozart)

The Divertimento No. 1 in E major, K. 113, is the first divertimento by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (although he had previously composed the three cassations, K. 63, 99 and 100 in 1769). Composed in late

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Divertimento No. 11 (Mozart)

Divertimento No. 11 or Divertimento in D, K. 251, is a composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was written in July 1776 in Salzburg, possibly for the name day of Mozart's sister, Nannerl on July

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Divertimento No. 15 (ballet)

Divertimento No. 15 is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Mozart's eponymous music. The ballet was made for the New York City Ballet. Balanchine first choreographed the score in 1952, for

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Divertimento No. 15 (Mozart)

The Divertimento No. 15 in B major, K. 287/271h, is a divertimento for two horns and strings by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He composed the work in six movements in 1777 for the name day of Countess

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Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni (; K. 527; full title: , literally 'The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni') is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its

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Don Giovanni (Giulini recording)

Don Giovanni is a 1959 studio recording of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera of the same name, released by the EMI label with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Philharmonia Choir conducted by Carlo Maria

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Eight Variations on "Ein Weib ist das herrlichste Ding"

Eight Variations in F major on "Ein Weib ist das herrlichste Ding", K. 613, is a set of theme and variations for piano by composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Composed in 1791, it is the last set of

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Eine kleine Nachtmusik

The Serenade No. 13 in G major, K. 525, popularly known as , was composed in 1787 for a chamber ensemble by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German subtitle literally means "a little night music". and it

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Exsultate, jubilate

(Exult, rejoice), K. 165, is a 1773 motet by Wolfgang Amadeus

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Fantasia in C minor, K. 475

Fantasia No. 4 in C minor, K. 475 is a composition for solo piano composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna on 20 May 1785. It was published as Opus 11 in December 1785, together with the Sonata

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Fantasia No. 3 (Mozart)

Fantasia No. 3 in D minor, K. 397/385g (Fantasy in English, Fantasie in German) is a piece of music for solo piano composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1782. Despite the fact it was finished by

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Flute Concerto No. 1 (Mozart)

The Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K. 313, was written in 1778 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Commissioned by the Dutch surgeon and amateur flutist (1731–1797) in 1777, Mozart was supposed to provide

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Flute Quartet No. 1 (Mozart)

Mozart's Flute Quartet No. 1 in D major, K. 285 is written for flute, violin, viola and cello. It is the first of three quartets written in Mannheim, Germany, at the request of Ferdinand De Jean who

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Ganz kleine Nachtmusik

(German for Very Little Night Music), K. 648, also known as Serenade in C, is a composition for string trio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), written in the mid to late 1760s. It was named by

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God is our refuge

God is our refuge, K. 20, is a motet for four voices in G minor composed in July 1765 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart when he was 9 years old. Based on Psalm 46, Mozart wrote it in London on the Mozart

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Grabmusik

Grabmusik (Grave Music), K. 42/35a, is a 20-minute cantata by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Translated variously into Cantata on Christ's Grave and Music for the Holy Sepulchre, it was composed in

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Great Mass in C minor, K. 427

Great Mass in C minor (), K. 427/417a, is the common name of the musical setting of the mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, which is considered one of his greatest works. He composed it in Vienna in

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Great Mass in C minor, K. 427 (film)

Mozart: Grosse Messe c-moll KV 427 is an 86-minute live video album of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Christian vocal works Great Mass in C minor, Ave verum corpus and Exsultate, jubilate, performed by

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Haydn Quartets (Mozart)

The "Haydn" Quartets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are a set of six string quartets published in 1785 in Vienna as his Op. 10, dedicated to the composer Joseph

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Horn Concerto No. 1 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major, K. (412+514)/386b was written in 1791. The work is in two movements. Unusually, each movement received a distinct number in the first edition

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Horn Concerto No. 2 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 2 in E major, K. 417, was completed in 1783. The concerto is scored for solo horn and an orchestra of two oboes, two horns, and strings. This is one of two

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Horn Concerto No. 3

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 3 in E major, K. 447, was completed between 1784 and 1787 in

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Horn Concerto No. 4

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4 in E major, K. 495 was completed in

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Horn Quintet (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed the Horn Quintet in E major, K. 407 (386c), in 1782 for the soloist Joseph Leutgeb. The work calls for one horn, one violin, two violas and one cello, which differs

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Idomeneo

(Italian for Idomeneus, King of Crete, or, Ilia and Idamante; usually referred to simply as Idomeneo, K. 366) is an Italian-language opera seria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto was adapted

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Idomeneo (film)

Idomeneo is a 181-minute television film of the Metropolitan Opera's first staging of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 1781 opera Idomeneo, re di Creta ossia Ilia e Idamante, produced by Jean-Pierre

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Il re pastore

(The Shepherd King) is an opera, K. 208, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Pietro Metastasio, edited by Giambattista Varesco. It is an opera seria within the pastoral

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Il sogno di Scipione

, K. 126, is a dramatic serenade in one act (azione teatrale) composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a libretto by Pietro Metastasio, which is based on the book Somnium Scipionis by Cicero; has been

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Kegelstatt Trio

The Kegelstatt Trio, K. 498, is a piano trio for clarinet, viola and piano in E-flat major by Wolfgang Amadeus

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Kleine Freimaurer-Kantate

The Kleine Freimaurer-Kantate, K. 623 (Little Masonic Cantata), also called "Laut verkünde unsre Freude" ("Proclaim our Joy Aloud") after its opening words, is a cantata by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Kleine Gigue in G, K. 574

Kleine Gigue in G major, K. 574, is a composition for solo piano by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart during his stay in Leipzig. It is dated 16 May 1789, the day before he left Leipzig. It was directly

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Köchel catalogue

The Köchel catalogue () is a catalogue of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, originally created by Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, in which the entries are abbreviated K. or KV. Its numbers reflect

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Kyrie in D minor, K. 341

The Kyrie in D minor, K. 341/368a, is a sacred composition from 1780/1781 or 1791 for choir and large classical orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is a setting of the Kyrie, the first section

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Kyrie in F major, K. 33

The Kyrie in F major, K. 33, is a sacred composition for choir and strings by a ten-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, dated June 12, 1766. It was written while the composer was in Paris with his

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L'enfant prodigue (ballet)

L'enfant prodigue is a French ballet-pantomime created in 1812 by Pierre Gardel and first performed at the Opéra de

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L'oca del Cairo

(The Goose of Cairo or The Cairo Goose, K. 422) is an incomplete Italian opera buffa in three acts, begun by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in July 1783 but abandoned in October. The complete libretto by

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La clemenza di Tito

(The Clemency of Titus), K. 621, is a two-act dramma per musica (now called opera seria) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composed to an existing Italian libretto by Pietro Metastasio as modified by

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La clemenza di Tito (Colin Davis recording)

La clemenza di Tito is a 127-minute studio album of the opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, performed by Dame Janet Baker, Stuart Burrows, Robert Lloyd. Yvonne Minton, Lucia Popp and Frederica von

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La finta giardiniera

("The Pretend Garden-Girl"), K. 196, is an Italian-language opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart wrote it in Munich in January 1775 when he was 18 years old and it received its first performance

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La finta semplice

La finta semplice (The Fake Innocent), K. 51 (46a) is an opera buffa in three acts for seven voices and orchestra, composed in 1768 by then 12-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Young Mozart and his

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La villanella rapita

La villanella rapita (The Abducted Country Girl) is an opera giocosa in two acts by Francesco Bianchi with additional arias by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for its later performances in Vienna. The

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Lacrimosa

The Lacrimosa (Latin for "weeping/tearful"), is part of the Dies Irae sequence in the Catholic Requiem Mass. Its text comes from the Latin 18th and 19th stanzas of the

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Leck mich im Arsch

"" (German for "Lick me in the arse") is a canon in B major composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, K. 231 (K. 382c), with lyrics in German. It was one of a set of at least six canons probably written

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Leck mir den Arsch fein recht schön sauber

"" ("Lick my arse right well and clean") is a canon for three voices in B-flat major, K. 233/382d/Anh.A 39. The music was long thought to have been composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart during 1782 in

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Les petits riens

Les petits riens (French for "The Little Nothings") is a ballet in one act and three tableaux by Jean-Georges Noverre, with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and other unknown composers, first

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Litanies (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed four litanies in his service as a church musician for the Salzburg Cathedral, two of which are settings of the Litaniae Lauretanae, the Litany of the Blessed Virgin

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Lo sposo deluso

(The Deluded Bridegroom, or The Rivalry of Three Women for One Lover) was supposed to be a two-act opera buffa, K. 430, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1783. However, the opera was never

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London Sketchbook (Mozart)

The London Sketchbook (), K.15 a–ss (Anh. 109b) is a series of 43 untitled pieces and sketches written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart between 1764 and 1765 while in London (see the Mozart family's grand

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Lucio Silla

Lucio Silla (), K. 135, is an Italian opera seria in three acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the age of 16. The libretto was written by Giovanni de Gamerra, revised by Pietro Metastasio. It

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Mass in B-flat major, K. 275

The Missa brevis No. 9 in B-flat major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, K. 275/272b, was probably written before September 1777 for Salzburg. The mass is scored for SATB soloists, SATB choir, violin I,

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Mass in C major, K. 167 "in honorem Sanctissimae Trinitatis"

The Missa in honorem Sanctissimae Trinitatis in C major, K. 167, is a mass composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in June 1773. It is scored for SATB choir, violin I and II, 2 oboes, 2 clarini (high

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Mass in C major, K. 220 "Sparrow"

The Sparrow Mass () is a mass in C major K. 220/196b, Mass No. 9, Missa brevis No. 5, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1775 or 1776 in Salzburg. The mass is sometimes termed a , because it is

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Mass in C major, K. 257 "Credo"

The Credo Mass in C major, K. 257, is a mass composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1776. It is scored for SATB soloists, SATB choir, violin I and II, 2 oboes, 2 clarini (high trumpets), 3 trombones

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Mass in C major, K. 258 "Piccolomini"

The Missa brevis No. 7 in C major, K. 258, is a mass composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1776. It is scored for SATB soloists, SATB choir, violin I and II, 2 oboes, 2 clarini (high trumpets), 3

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Mass in C major, K. 259 "Organ solo"

The Missa brevis No. 8 in C major, K. 259, is a mass composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1776. It is scored for SATB soloists, SATB choir, violin I and II, 2 oboes, 2 clarini (high trumpets), 3

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Mass in C major, K. 262 "Missa longa"

The Missa longa in C major, K. 262/246a, is a mass composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in May 1776. Other sources claim it was composed in May 1775. It is scored for SATB soloists, SATB choir,

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Mass in C major, K. 337 "Solemnis"

The Missa solemnis in C major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, K. 337, was written in 1780 for Salzburg. It was Mozart's last complete mass. The mass is scored for soloists, choir, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2

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Mass in C major, K. 66 "Dominicus"

The Missa solemnis in C major, K. 66, is a mass composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1769 at the age of thirteen. It is scored for SATB soloists and choir, violins I and II, viola, 2 oboes, 2

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Mass in C minor, K. 139 "Waisenhaus"

The Missa solemnis in C minor, K. 139/47a, is a mass composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the summer of 1768 in Vienna. It is scored for SATB soloists, SATB choir, violin I and II, 2 violas, 2

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Mass in D major, K. 194

The Missa brevis in D major, K. 194/186h, is a mass composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and completed on 8 August 1774. It is scored for SATB soloists, SATB choir, violin I and II, 3 trombones colla

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Mass in D minor, K. 65

The Missa brevis in D minor, K. 65/61a, is a mass composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (12 years old at the time) and completed on 14 January 1769. It is scored for SATB soloists and choir, violin I

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Mass in G major, K. 140 "Pastoral"

The Missa brevis in G major, K. 140, K 3 Anh. 235d, K 6 Anh. C 1.12, was probably composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart shortly after returning to Salzburg, in March 1773, from his third trip to Italy.

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Mass in G major, K. 49

Mozart's Mass in G major, K. 49/47d), is his first full mass. It is a missa brevis scored for SATB soloists and choir, violin I and II, viola, and basso continuo. Mozart wrote the Mass in G major at

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Maurerische Trauermusik

The (Masonic Funeral Music) in C minor, K. 477 (K. 479a), is an orchestral work composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1785 in his capacity as a member of the Freemasons. The autograph manuscript of

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Milanese Quartets (Mozart)

The Milanese Quartets, K. 155–160, are a set of six string quartets composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in late 1772 and early 1773 when he was sixteen and seventeen years old. They are called

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Mitridate, re di Ponto

Mitridate, re di Ponto (Mithridates, King of Pontus), K. 87 (74a), is an opera seria in three acts by the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto is by , after Giuseppe Parini's Italian

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Modern completions of Mozart's Requiem

This article lists some of the modern completions of the Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus

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Mozart & Rossini Arias

Frederica von Stade sings Mozart & Rossini Arias is a 52-minute studio album of operatic arias performed by von Stade and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Edo de Waart. It

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Mozart and Freemasonry

For the last seven years of his life Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a Mason. The Masonic order played an important role in his life and

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Mozart Mass K. 139 (Claudio Abbado recording)

Mozart Mass K. 139 is a 45-minute classical studio album on which Mozart's Waisenhaus-Messe is performed by Gundula Janowitz. Frederica von Stade, Wiesław Ochman, Kurt Moll, the Chorus of the Vienna

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Mozart symphonies of spurious or doubtful authenticity

This list of Mozart symphonies of spurious or doubtful authenticity contains 39 symphonic works whose initial attribution to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has subsequently been proved spurious, or is the

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Mozart's Twelfth Mass, K. Anh. 232

Mozart's Twelfth Mass is a commonly used title for a setting of the mass formerly attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Under this title, which was given to it by an English publisher, the piece

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Nannerl Notenbuch

The , or (English: Nannerl's Music Book) is a book in which Leopold Mozart, from 1759 to about 1764, wrote pieces for his daughter, Maria Anna Mozart (known as "Nannerl"), to learn and play. His son

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National anthem of Austria

The National Anthem of Austria (), also known by its incipit "" (; 'Land of the Peaks, Land by the Stream'), was adopted without lyrics in 1946. The melody, which at that time was incorrectly

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Non piu, tutto ascoltai

"Non più. Tutto ascoltai...Non temer, amato bene", K. 490, is a concert aria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for solo tenor and orchestra, composed in Vienna in 1786. Originally written for the tenor

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O du eselhafter Peierl

"O du eselhafter Peierl", K. 559a, is a canon composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The music, originally in F major, is set for four singers. The words are probably by Mozart

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O, wie will ich triumphieren

"O, wie will ich triumphieren" (or, "Ha, wie will ich triumphieren"), is an aria for low bass from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio). It is

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Oboe Concerto (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314 (271k), was composed in the spring or summer of 1777, for the oboist Giuseppe Ferlendis (1755–1802) from Bergamo. In 1778, Mozart re-worked

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Oboe Quartet (Mozart)

The Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370/368b, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in early 1781. The quartet is scored for oboe, violin, viola and violone basso or cello. In 1780, Mozart was invited

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Or che il dover – Tali e cotanti sono

"Or che il dover – Tali e cotanti sono", K. 36, is a concert aria in D major for tenor and orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus

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Per la ricuperata salute di Ofelia

(For the recovered health of Ophelia), K. 477a, is a solo cantata for soprano and fortepiano composed in 1785 by Antonio Salieri and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and a third, unknown composer, Cornetti,

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Per questa bella mano

"", K. 612, is a concert aria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for solo bass with an obbligato double bass. Composed in Vienna, it is dated 8 March 1791 in Mozart's own catalogue. It is well known by

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Petite Mort (ballet)

Petite Mort is a contemporary ballet choreographed by Jiří Kylián to music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The ballet is danced by a cast of twelve, alternating between duets and group sequences. The

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Piano Concerto No. 10 (Mozart)

It is not known when Mozart completed his Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in E-flat major, K. 365/316a, but research by Alan Tyson shows that cadenzas for the first and third movements are

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Piano Concerto No. 11 (Mozart)

Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 11 in F major, K. 413 (K. 387a in the sixth edition of the Köchel catalogue), was the second of the group of three early concertos he wrote when in Vienna, in the autumn

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Piano Concerto No. 12 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414 (385p), was written in the autumn of 1782 in Vienna. It is scored for solo piano (or harpsichord), two oboes, two bassoons

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Piano Concerto No. 13 (Mozart)

The Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415 (387b) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was composed in Vienna in 1782–83. It is the third of the first three full concertos Mozart composed for his

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Piano Concerto No. 14 (Mozart)

The Piano Concerto No. 14 in E major, K. 449, is a composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, written in Vienna in

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Piano Concerto No. 15 (Mozart)

The Piano Concerto No. 15 in B major, K. 450 is a piano concerto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The concerto is scored for solo piano, flute (third movement only), two oboes, two bassoons, two French

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Piano Concerto No. 16 (Mozart)

The Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major, K. 451, is a concertante work for piano, or pianoforte, and orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart composed the concerto for performance at a series of

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Piano Concerto No. 17 (Mozart)

The Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453, was written in 1784 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The work is orchestrated for solo piano, flute, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns in G (and C for

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Piano Concerto No. 18 (Mozart)

The Piano Concerto No. 18 in B major, K. 456, subtitled the Paradis, is a piano concerto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In Mozart's own catalogue of his works, this concerto is dated 30 September

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Piano Concerto No. 19 (Mozart)

The Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K. 459 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was written at the end of 1784: Mozart's own catalogue of works records that it was completed on 11 December (works surrounding

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Piano Concerto No. 20 (Mozart)

The Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1785. The first performance took place at the Concert Hall in Vienna on 11 February 1785, with the composer as

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Piano Concerto No. 21 (Mozart)

The Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, was completed on 9 March 1785 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, four weeks after the completion of the previous D minor concerto, K. 466. The autograph

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Piano Concerto No. 22 (Mozart)

The Piano Concerto No. 22 in E major, K. 482, is a work for piano, or fortepiano, and orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composed in December 1785. This is the first piano concerto of Mozart's to

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Piano Concerto No. 23 (Mozart)

The Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488, is a concerto for piano and orchestra written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was finished, according to Mozart's own catalogue, on 2 March 1786, two

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Piano Concerto No. 24 (Mozart)

The Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491, is a concerto composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for keyboard (usually a piano or fortepiano) and orchestra. Mozart composed the concerto in the winter

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Piano Concerto No. 25 (Mozart)

The Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503, was completed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on 4 December 1786, alongside the Prague Symphony, K. 504. Two more concertos (No. 26, K. 537 and No. 27, K.

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Piano Concerto No. 26 (Mozart)

The Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K. 537, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and completed on 24 February 1788. It is generally known as the Coronation Concerto. The concerto is scored for

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Piano Concerto No. 27 (Mozart)

The Piano Concerto No. 27 in B major, K. 595, is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's last piano concerto; it was first performed early in 1791, the year of his

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Piano Concerto No. 5 (Mozart)

Piano Concerto No. 5 in D major, K. 175, was composed by the then seventeen-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1773. It is Mozart's first original piano concerto; his previous efforts were based on

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Piano Concerto No. 6 (Mozart)

The Piano Concerto No. 6 in B major, K. 238, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in January 1776. His Concerto No. 7 (K. 242) for three pianos and his Concerto No. 8 (K. 246) in C major would

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Piano Concerto No. 7 (Mozart)

In 1776, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed three piano concertos, one of which was the Concerto for three pianos and orchestra in F major, No. 7, K. 242. He originally finished it in February 1776 for

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Piano Concerto No. 8 (Mozart)

The Piano Concerto No. 8 in C major, K. 246, nicknamed "Lützow Concert", was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in April 1776 in the same year as the Haffner Serenade (K.

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Piano Concerto No. 9 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9 in E major, K. 271, known as the Jeunehomme or Jenamy concerto was written in Salzburg in 1777 when the composer was 21 years

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Piano concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's concertos for piano and orchestra are numbered from 1 to 27. The first four numbered concertos and three unnumbered concertos K. 107 are early works that are arrangements of

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Piano Concertos K. 107 (Mozart)

The Piano Concertos, K. 107 are three keyboard concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composed in 1771 (or 1765) and based on sonatas by Johann Christian Bach. These sonatas are from J.C. Bach's Op.

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Piano Concertos Nos. 1–4 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began his series of preserved piano concertos with four that he wrote in Salzburg at the age of eleven : K. 37 and 39–41. The autographs, all held by the Jagiellonian Library,

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Piano Quartet No. 1 (Mozart)

Mozart's Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478, is scored for violin, viola, cello, and pianoforte. It was composed in

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Piano Quartet No. 2 (Mozart)

Mozart's Piano Quartet No. 2 in E major, K. 493, was written after Franz Anton Hoffmeister released Mozart from the obligation of writing three piano

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Piano Sonata in B-flat major, K. 498a

The Piano Sonata in B-flat major, K. 498a (Anh. 136), is a piano sonata in four movements. It was first printed in 1798 by P. J. Thonus in Leipzig on behalf of Breitkopf & Härtel and attributed to

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Piano Sonata No. 1 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, K. 279 / 189d (1774), is a piano sonata in three movements. Except for the first part of the opening movement, it was written during the visit

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Piano Sonata No. 10 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K. 330 / 300h, is one of the three works in the cycle of piano sonatas K.330-331-332. The sonata was composed in 1783, when Mozart was 27

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Piano Sonata No. 11 (Mozart)

The Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331 / 300i, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a piano sonata in three movements. The sonata was published by Artaria in 1784, alongside Nos. 10 and 12 (K. 330 and

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Piano Sonata No. 12 (Mozart)

The Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K. 332 (300k) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was published in 1784 along with the Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K. 330, and Piano Sonata No. 11, K. 331. Mozart wrote

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Piano Sonata No. 13 (Mozart)

The Piano Sonata No. 13 in B-flat major, K. 333 (315c), also known as the "Linz Sonata", was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Linz at the end of 1783. The autograph manuscript of the sonata is

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Piano Sonata No. 14 (Mozart)

The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K. 457, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was composed and completed in 1784, with the official date of completion recorded as 14 October 1784 in Mozart's own catalogue

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Piano Sonata No. 15 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 15 in F major, KV 533/494 (finished 3 January 1788) is a sonata in three movements: A typical performance takes about 23 minutes. The Rondo was originally a

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Piano Sonata No. 16 (Mozart)

The Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K. 545, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was described by Mozart in his own thematic catalogue as "for beginners", and it is very commonly known by the nickname Sonata

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Piano Sonata No. 17 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 17 in B major, K. 570, dated February 1789, is a sonata in three movements: A typical performance takes about 18 minutes. The work is part of a commission

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Piano Sonata No. 18 (Mozart)

The Piano Sonata No. 18 in D major, K. 576, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as part of a set of six for Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia in 1789. The sonata, having a typical

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Piano Sonata No. 2 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 2 in F major, K. 280/189e, (1774) is a piano sonata in three movements. The work was written down along with other piano sonatas during the visit Mozart

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Piano Sonata No. 6 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 6 in D major, K. 284/205b, is a piano sonata composed in 1775. It has three movements: A typical performance takes about 20 to 25 minutes. This piano sonata

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Piano Sonata No. 7 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 7 in C major, K. 309 (284b) (1777) is a piano sonata in three movements: A typical performance takes about 16 minutes. The work was composed during a

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Piano Sonata No. 8 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310/300d, was written in 1778. The sonata is the first of only two Mozart piano sonatas in a minor key (the other being No. 14 in C minor,

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Piano Sonata No. 9 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 9 in D major, K. 311 / 284c, was written on the composer's stay in Augsburg and Mannheim in November-December 1777, and is contemporaneous with his Sonata

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Piano Trio No. 1 (Mozart)

The Piano Trio No. 1 in B major (Divertimento), K. 254, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1776. It is scored for piano, violin and cello. Rachel Beckles Willson writes that it may have been

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Piano Trio No. 4 (Mozart)

The Piano Trio No. 4 in E major, K. 542, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1788. It is scored for piano, violin and cello. It's the only multi-movement composition by Mozart in the key of E

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Popoli di Tessaglia!

"" (K. 316/300b) is a recitative and aria for soprano and orchestra that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote for Aloysia Weber. It is famous for including two occurrences of a G 6 , i.e. the G above high

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Prussian Quartets (Mozart)

The Prussian Quartets are a set of three string quartets, nos. 21–23 (K. 575, 589, 590), nicknamed 'Prussian', composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart between 1789 and 1790 and dedicated to the King of

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Quintet for Piano and Winds (Mozart)

The Quintet for Piano and Winds in E major, K. 452, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who entered it in his catalogue of works on 30 March 1784. It was premiered two days later at the Imperial

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Regina coeli (Mozart)

(Queen of Heaven), a Marian antiphon, was set by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart three times during his time at the Salzburg Cathedral. The best-known composition of the Latin for Eastertide is K. 276, a

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Requiem (Mozart)

The Requiem in D minor, K. 626, is a Requiem Mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). Mozart composed part of the Requiem in Vienna in late 1791, but it was unfinished at his death on 5 December

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Ridente la calma

"", K. Anh.A 36 (formerly K. 152 and 210a), is an arrangement (or transcription) for voice and piano by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart of an operatic aria whose music was originally written by Josef

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Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo

"Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo", K. 584, is a concert aria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for solo bass and orchestra conceived for the role of Guglielmo the opera Così fan tutte but replaced by "Non siate

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Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in A major (Mozart)

The Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in A major, K. 386 is a concert rondo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, believed by Alfred Einstein to have been composed in late

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Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in D major (Mozart)

The Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in D major, K. 382 is a set of variations by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart intended as a substitute finale for his Piano Concerto No. 5 in D

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Rondo in A minor (Mozart)

The Rondo in A minor, K. 511, is a work for solo piano by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composed and published in 1787. The work's theme contains the first eight notes of the ascending chromatic scale,

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Sancta Maria, mater Dei

(Holy Mary, mother of God), K. 273, is an act of Consecration to Blessed Virgin Mary in F major, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for SATB choir, first and second violins, violas and basso continuo

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Schlafe, mein Prinzchen, schlaf ein

"Schlafe, mein Prinzchen, schlaf ein" ("Sleep, my little prince, fall asleep") is a German lullaby dating from the 18th century. Mostly it was used as a German Christmas song, around the holiday and

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Serenade No. 10 (Mozart)

The Serenade No. 10 for winds in B major, K. 361/370a, is a serenade by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart scored for thirteen instruments: twelve winds and double bass. The Serenade was started in around 1781

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Serenade No. 11 (Mozart)

The Serenade No. 11 for winds in E major, K. 375, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in October 1781 for St Theresa's day on 15 October. The original version of the serenade is scored for six

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Serenade No. 12 (Mozart)

The Serenade No. 12 for winds in C minor, K. 388/384a, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1782 or 1783. It is an unusual work – Roger Hellyer describes it as flying in the face of convention,

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Serenade No. 4 (Mozart)

The Serenade No. 4 in D major, K. 203/189b was written in August 1774 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for ceremonies at the University of Salzburg. It is nicknamed Colloredo after Mozart's patron, Count

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Serenade No. 9 (Mozart)

The Serenade for Orchestra No. 9 in D major, K. 320, Posthorn, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Salzburg, in 1779. The manuscript is dated 3 August 1779 and was intended for the University

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Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds

The Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds in E major, K. 297b (Anh. C 14.01), is a work thought to be by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, and orchestra. Mozart's work was

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Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra (Mozart)

The Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E major, K. 364 (320d), was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1779. At the time of its composition, Mozart was on a tour of Europe

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Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola, Cello and Orchestra (Mozart)

The Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola, Cello and Orchestra in A major, K. Anh. 104 (320e), is an incomplete composition by Wolfgang Amadeus

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Sonata for piano four-hands, K. 497

The Sonata for piano four-hands in F major, K. 497, is a sonata for piano four-hands in three movements composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1786. The autograph manuscript of the sonata is

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Sonata for Two Pianos (Mozart)

The Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K. 448 (375a), is a work composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1781, when he was 25. It is written in sonata-allegro form, with three movements. The sonata was

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Sonata in C major for keyboard four-hands, K. 19d

The Sonata in C major, K. 19d, is a work for piano four-hands once thought to be composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1765 when he was nine years old in England. Composed in the traditional sonata

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Sonata in C major for piano four-hands, K. 521

The Sonata in C major for piano four-hands, K. 521, is a piano sonata in three movements composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1787. It was his last complete piano duet sonata for one piano, four

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String Duo No. 1 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's String Duo No. 1 in G major for violin and viola, K. 423, was written some time between July and October, 1783. It was the first of two duos that Mozart wrote to complete

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String Quartet No. 14 (Mozart)

The String Quartet No. 14 in G major, K. 387, nicknamed the "Spring" quartet, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1782 in Vienna. In the composer's inscription on the title page of the

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String Quartet No. 15 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421/417b is the second of his quartets dedicated to Haydn and the only one of the set in a minor key. Though undated in the autograph,

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String Quartet No. 16 (Mozart)

The String Quartet No. 16 in E major, K. 428/421b, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1783. This is the third of the Haydn Quartets, a set of six string quartets he wrote during his first few

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String Quartet No. 18 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's String Quartet No. 18 in A major, K. 464, the fifth of the Quartets dedicated to Haydn, was completed in 1785. Mozart's autograph catalogue states as the date of composition

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String Quartet No. 19 (Mozart)

The String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465, is a chamber music composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, nicknamed "Dissonance" on account of the unusual counterpoint in its slow

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String Quartet No. 20 (Mozart)

The String Quartet No. 20 in D major, K. 499, was written in 1786 in Vienna by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was published by – if not indeed written for – his friend Franz Anton Hoffmeister. Because

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String Quartet No. 21 (Mozart)

The String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K. 575, was written in June 1789 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is the first of the Prussian Quartets. There are four movements: The quartet was written for, and

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String Quartet No. 22 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his String Quartet No. 22 in B major, K. 589, in 1790 in Vienna after a visit to the court of King Friedrich Wilhelm II, King of Prussia. Mozart traveled with his

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String Quintet No. 1 (Mozart)

The String Quintet No. 1 in B major, K. 174, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in December 1773. Unlike Mozart's other viola quintets, which are scored for two violins, two violas and cello,

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String Quintet No. 2 (Mozart)

The String Quintet No. 2 in C minor, K. 406/516b, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1787. Like all of Mozart's string quintets, it is a "viola quintet" in that it is scored for string quartet

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String Quintet No. 3 (Mozart)

The String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K. 515 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Like all of Mozart's string quintets, it is a "viola quintet" in that it is scored for string quartet and an extra

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String Quintet No. 4 (Mozart)

The String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K. 516, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is like all of Mozart's string quintets a "viola quintet" in that it is scored for string quartet and an extra viola

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String Quintet No. 6 (Mozart)

The String Quintet No. 6 in E major, K. 614, was completed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on 12 April 1791. It is Mozart's last major chamber work. Like all of Mozart's string quintets, it is a "viola

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Symphony No. 1 (Mozart)

The Symphony No. 1 in E major, K. 16, is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's first ever symphony, written in August or September 1764 at the age of only eight. By this time, he was already notable in Europe as

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Symphony No. 10 (Mozart)

The Symphony No. 10 in G major, K. 74, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart probably during his first journey to Italy in the spring of 1770. The autograph score of the symphony, which does not

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Symphony No. 11 (Mozart)

Symphony No. 11 in D major, K. 84/73q, was at one time considered unquestionably to be the work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The symphony's status has, however, been challenged, and remains uncertain.

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Symphony No. 12 (Mozart)

Symphony No. 12 in G major, K. 110/75b, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was composed in Salzburg in the summer of 1771 when he was fifteen. The symphony was apparently prepared in anticipation of

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Symphony No. 13 (Mozart)

Symphony No. 13 in F major, K. 112, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was written in Milan during his second journey to Italy in the autumn of 1771. Nicholas Kenyon describes Symphony No. 13 as the last in

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Symphony No. 14 (Mozart)

Symphony No. 14 in A major, K. 114, is a symphony composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on December 30, 1771, when Mozart was fifteen years old, and a fortnight after the death of the Archbishop

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Symphony No. 16 (Mozart)

Symphony No. 16 in C major, K. 128, was the first of three symphonies composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in May 1772 when Mozart was sixteen years old. This symphony is one of many written during

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Symphony No. 18 (Mozart)

Symphony No. 18 in F major, K. 130, was the third and last of three symphonies composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in May 1772, when he was sixteen years

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Symphony No. 19 (Mozart)

Symphony No. 19 in E major, K. 132, is a symphony composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in July 1772. It was one of a group of 17 symphonies composed in Salzburg for the court orchestra of Archbishop

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Symphony No. 2 (Mozart)

The piece of music once known as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 2 in B major, K. 17/Anh. C 11.02, is now considered to not be by him, but by possibly his father, Leopold Mozart. This symphony

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Symphony No. 20 (Mozart)

Symphony No. 20 in D major, K. 133, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in July 1772, when Mozart was sixteen years old. This symphony is one of many written during the period Mozart stayed in

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Symphony No. 23 (Mozart)

The Symphony No. 23 in D major, K. 181/162b, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was dated as complete on May 19, 1773. It is sometimes called "Overture", even though the autograph score bears the title

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Symphony No. 25 (Mozart)

The Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183/173 dB, was written by the then 17-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in October 1773, shortly after the success of his opera seria Lucio Silla. It was completed

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Symphony No. 29 (Mozart)

The Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201/186a, was completed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on 6 April 1774. It is, along with Symphony No. 25, one of his better known early symphonies. Stanley Sadie

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Symphony No. 3 (Mozart)

The Symphony No. 3 in E major, K. 18/Anh. A 51, formerly misattributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is a symphony composed by Carl Friedrich Abel, a leading German composer of the earlier Classical

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Symphony No. 30 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote Symphony No. 30 in D major, K. 202/186b in Salzburg, completing it on 5 May 1774. The work is scored for two oboes, two horns and two trumpets in D (silent in the

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Symphony No. 31 (Mozart)

The Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 297/300a, better known as the Paris Symphony, is a symphony by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It may have been first of his symphonies to be published when Jean-Georges

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Symphony No. 32 (Mozart)

The Symphony No. 32 in G major, K. 318, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1779, after his return from

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Symphony No. 34 (Mozart)

Symphony No. 34 in C major, K. 338, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1780, and completed on 29 August that

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Symphony No. 35 (Mozart)

Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385, also known as the Haffner Symphony, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1782. It was commissioned by the Haffners, a prominent Salzburg family, for the

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Symphony No. 36 (Mozart)

Mozart's Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425, also known as the Linz Symphony, was written over four days in November 1783 when the composer and his wife Constanze stopped in Linz on their way home to

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Symphony No. 37 (Mozart)

Symphony No. 37 in G major, (K. 444/425a + Anh A 53) is a work that was once attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and given a place in the Köchel catalogue as well as the number '37'. It is in fact

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Symphony No. 38 (Mozart)

The Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in late 1786. It premiered in Prague on 19 January 1787, during Mozart's first visit to the city. Because it was first

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Symphony No. 39 (Mozart)

The Symphony No. 39 in E major of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, K. 543, was completed on 26 June

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Symphony No. 4 (Mozart)

The Symphony No. 4 in D major, K. 19, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was composed in London during the Mozart family's Grand Tour of Europe in 1765, when Mozart was nine years

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Symphony No. 40 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550, in 1788. It is one of his most celebrated and widely performed

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Symphony No. 41 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, on 10 August 1788. The longest and last symphony that he composed, it is regarded by many critics as among the greatest

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Symphony No. 5 (Mozart)

The Symphony No. 5 in B major, K. 22, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in The Hague in December 1765, at the age of nine, while he was on his musical tour of Western Europe. Mozart fell

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Symphony No. 6 (Mozart)

Symphony No. 6 in F major, K. 43, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1767 when he was eleven. According to Alfred Einstein in his 1937 revision of the Köchel catalogue, the symphony was

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Symphony No. 7 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 7 in D major, K. 45, was completed in Vienna in January 1768 when he was twelve years old, after the family's return from a visit to Olomouc and Brno in

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Symphony No. 8 (Mozart)

The Symphony No. 8 in D major, (K. 48), by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is dated 13 December 1768. Mozart wrote the symphony in Vienna, when he was twelve years old, at a time when he and his family were

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Symphony No. 9 (Mozart)

Symphony No. 9 in C major, K. 73 (K 3 75a), by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, has an uncertain provenance. The most likely date of its composition appears to be late 1769 or early 1770 during Mozart's

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Symphony, K. 135+61h (Mozart)

The Symphony in D major, K. 135+61h, was probably composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1772. The first, second, and fourth movements are from the overture to the opera Lucio Silla, K. 135, and the

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Symphony, K. 19a (Mozart)

The Symphony in F major, K. Anh. 223/19a, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart probably in early 1765 in London during the Mozart family's grand tour. The symphony is scored for two oboes, two

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Symphony, K. 19b (Mozart)

The lost Symphony in C major, K. Anh. 222/19b, was probably written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in early 1765 in London. It is one of the twelve symphonies that Ludwig von Köchel only knew by its

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Symphony, K. 208+102 (Mozart)

The Symphony in C major "No. 52", K. 208+102, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1775. The first two movements are from the opera Il re pastore, K. 208, and the last movement, K. 102/213c,

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Symphony, K. 45a (Mozart)

The Symphony in G major "Old Lambach", K. Anh. 221/45a, was probably written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart during 1766 in The Hague and revised in 1767. Both versions – the original and the revision –

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Symphony, K. 45b (Mozart)

The Symphony in B major "No. 55", K. Anh. 214/45b, was probably written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in early 1768 in Salzburg. The symphony is scored for two oboes, two horns and strings. In

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Symphony, K. 74g (Mozart)

The Symphony in B major "No. 54", K. Anh. 216/Anh.C 11.03/74g, may have been written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1771, in Salzburg. : \relative c \key bes \major \tempo "Allegro" \time 3/4 2.\fp

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Symphony, K. 75 (Mozart)

The Symphony in F major "No. 42", K. 75, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart probably around March to August 1771 in Salzburg. The symphony is scored for two oboes, two horns in F (only in first

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Symphony, K. 76 (Mozart)

The Symphony "No. 43" in F major, K. 76/42a, was probably written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The symphony is scored for two oboes, two horns in F, two bassoons and strings. The oboes are silent for

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Symphony, K. 81 (Mozart)

The Symphony in D major "No. 44", K. 81/73, may have been written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1770 in Rome, although it has sometimes also been attributed to his father Leopold Mozart. It is now

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Symphony, K. 95 (Mozart)

The Symphony in D major "No. 45", K. 95/73n, was probably written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1770 in

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Symphony, K. 96 (Mozart)

The Symphony, K. 96 "No. 46" in C major, K. 96/111b, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart probably in 1771 in Milan. The symphony is scored for two oboes, two horns in C, two trumpets in C, timpani

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Symphony, K. 97 (Mozart)

The Symphony in D major "No. 47", K. 97/73m, was probably written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1770 in

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Symphony, K. Anh. C 11.04

The Symphony, K. Anh. C 11.04 "No. 56" in F major, K. 98, was once thought to have been written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, but today is regarded as spurious. As of 2009, it is the only one of

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Symphony, K. Anh. C 11.18

The Symphony in A minor, "Odense", K. Anh. 220/16a/Anh.C 11.18, was formerly attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is now generally accepted by scholars to be a spurious work, although its true

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Thamos, King of Egypt

Thamos, King of Egypt (or King Thamos; in German, Thamos, König in Ägypten) is a play by , for which, between 1773 and 1780, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote incidental music, K. 345/336a, of an

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The Complete Mozart Edition

The Complete Mozart Edition is a 180-CD collection released in 1990–91 featuring all works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (known at the set's publication) assembled by Philips Classics Records to

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The Jewel Box

The Jewel Box is a pasticcio opera constructed by Paul Griffiths out of various pieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Its mostly English libretto by Paul Griffiths includes new translations of most of

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The Magic Flute

The Magic Flute (, ), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. It is a Singspiel, a popular form that included both singing and spoken

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The Marriage of Figaro

The Marriage of Figaro (, ), K. 492, is a commedia per musica (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It

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The Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 4

The Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 4 is a 1973 album by the Canadian classical pianist Glenn Gould. It was Gould's fourth album of five dedicated to Mozart's piano sonatas. It includes the Sonata No. 11

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Three German Dances

Three German Dances, K. 605, is a set of three dance pieces composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in February of 1791 in

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Timeline of Mozart's Requiem

The composition of Mozart's unfinished Requiem, K. 626, his last work, is surrounded by the following

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Twelve Variations on "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman"

Twelve Variations on "", K. 265/300e, is a composition for solo piano by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composed when he was around 25 years old (1781 or 1782). This piece consists of twelve variations on

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Twelve Variations on "La belle Françoise"

Twelve Variations on "La belle Françoise" (German: ) in E-flat major, K. 353/300f, is a set of theme and variations composed for piano by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Written after the popular French

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Vesperae solennes de confessore

Vesperae solennes de confessore (Solemn Vespers for a Confessor), K. 339, is a sacred choral composition written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1780. It is scored for SATB choir and soloists, violin

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Vesperae solennes de Dominica

Vesperae solennes de Dominica, K. 321, is a sacred choral composition, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1779. It is scored for SATB choir and soloists, violin I and II, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones

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Viennese Quartets (Mozart)

The six string quartets, K. 168–173, were composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in late 1773 in Vienna. These are popularly known as the Viennese Quartets. Mozart may have hoped to have them published

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Violin Concerto No. 1 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 1 in B major, K. 207, once was supposed to have been composed in 1775 (when Mozart was 19), along with his other four violin concertos. However, analysis

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Violin Concerto No. 2 (Mozart)

Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 211 was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1775. The concerto has the usual fast–slow–fast structure. Stanley Sadie describes the first movement as

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Violin Concerto No. 3 (Mozart)

The Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Salzburg in 1775 when he was 19 years old. In a letter to his father, Mozart called it the "Strasbourg

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Violin Concerto No. 4 (Mozart)

Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1775 in Salzburg. The autograph of the score is preserved in the Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Kraków. He seemed to

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Violin Concerto No. 5 (Mozart)

The Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219, often referred to by the nickname "Turkish", was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1775, premiering during the Christmas season that year in

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Violin Concerto No. 6 (Mozart)

The so-called Violin Concerto No. 6 in E major, K. 268/365b/Anh.C. 14.04, was once thought to have been composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, but is now considered to be the work of

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Violin Concerto No. 7 (Mozart)

The so-called Violin Concerto No. 7 in D major, K. 271a/271i, may have been completed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on 16 July 1777 in Salzburg. It has been called the Kolb

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Violin Sonata No. 24 (Mozart)

Violin Sonata No. 24 in F major, K. 376, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna during the summer of 1781. Like all other sonatas of Op. 2, this piece also has three movements. Later, this

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Violin Sonata No. 25 (Mozart)

The Violin Sonata No. 25 in F major, K. 377, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a 1781 sonata in three

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Violin Sonata No. 32 (Mozart)

Violin Sonata No. 32 in B major (K. 454) is a composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was completed in Vienna on 21 April 1784, and was published by Christoph Torricella in a group of three

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Violin Sonata No. 33 (Mozart)

Violin Sonata No. 33 in E major (K. 481) was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna and listed in his personal catalogues of his works on 12 December 1785. It was published on its own by Franz

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Violin Sonata No. 35 (Mozart)

The Sonata in A major for Violin and Keyboard, K. 526, was written in Vienna in 1787 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is placed in the Köchel catalogue between the string serenade Eine kleine

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Violin Sonata No. 36 (Mozart)

The Sonata in F for Violin and Keyboard, K. 547, was completed in Vienna on July 10, 1788 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The sonata is often nicknamed "Für Anfänger" (For Beginners) and was completed

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Violin Sonatas, KV 10–15 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed six sonatas for keyboard with accompaniment of violin (or flute) and cello, K. 10–15, in late 1764 in London during the Mozart family's grand tour of Europe.

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Violin Sonatas, KV 26–31 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's set of six sonatas for keyboard and violin, K. 26–31 were composed in early 1766 in The Hague during the Mozart family's grand tour of Europe. They were dedicated to

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Violin Sonatas, KV 6–9 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's first four sonatas for keyboard and violin, K. 6–9 are among his earliest works, composed between 1762 and 1764. They encompass several of Mozart's firsts as a composer: for

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Voi avete un cor fedele

"Voi avete un cor fedele", K. 217, is a concert aria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for solo soprano and orchestra, composed in Salzburg, dated 26 October 1775. Written around the time of the composition

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Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio!

"" (K. 418) is a soprano aria by Wolfgang Amadeus

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Zaide

Zaide (originally, Das Serail) is an unfinished German-language opera, K. 344, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1780. Emperor Joseph II, in 1778, was in the process of setting up an opera

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