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List of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. For a complete and chronologically ordered list, see Köchel catalogue. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) was a prolific composer and wrote in many genres. Perhaps his best-admired work is in opera, piano concerto, piano sonata, symphony, string quartet, and string quintet.
Many of these compositions are acknowledged as pinnacles of the symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral repertoire. Mozart is widely regarded as being one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music, [1] with his music admired for its "melodic beauty, its formal elegance and its richness of harmony and texture". [2]
- 27 January 1756, Getreidegasse 9, Salzburg
- Mozart family
- 5 December 1791 (aged 35), Vienna
- Constanze Mozart
Jan 31, 2024 · Mozart was a prolific composer, writing everything from operas, symphonies and concertos, to choral works, string quartets and smaller ensembles. Here are his 15 greatest of all time.
Mozart's compositional method. Mozart portrayed by his brother-in-law Joseph Lange. Scholars have long studied how Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart created his works. Nineteenth-century views on this topic were often based on a romantic, mythologizing conception of the process of composition.
- ‘Overture’ from The Marriage Of Figaro, K492. The Marriage Of Figaro (Le Nozze Di Figaro), premiered in 1786, is an ideal place to begin an exploration of the best Mozart works and the opera’s ‘Overture’ sets its mood perfectly.
- Symphony No.41 in C, K551 – Jupiter. If he was keeping count Mozart cannot have expected his 41st Symphony to be his last – but so it turned out. He certainly wrote nothing more complex than this brilliant, ambitious work, the finale of which offers a display of contrapuntal skills second to none in the whole of music.
- Requiem Mass in D minor, K626. Our understanding of Mozart’s Requiem is inevitably coloured by the fact that it was his final work, and that he died before he could complete it.
- Quintet in A for Clarinet and Strings, K581. Mozart’s affinity for the clarinet is evident in many of his works, but particularly in the late pieces that were written for his friend Anton Stadler to play.
Mozart Compositions. As a contibution to the great maestro Mozart, which is the source origin for this site name, we have gathered for you a list of all of his works. These lists are based on the sixth edition of Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis sämtlicher Tonwerke Wolfgang Amadé Mozarts (Chronological-Thematic Catalog of the Complete ...
The later 1780s were the height of his success, with the string quartets dedicated to Haydn (who called Mozart the greatest living composer), the three great operas on Lorenzo Da Ponte’s librettos— The Marriage of Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787), and Così fan tutte (1790)—and his superb late symphonies. In his last year he composed ...
