Symphony No.23 in D major (K.181) (Full Score)

Mozart Symphony No.23 in D major (K.181) (Full Score)

The so-called nine “Salzburg” symphonies were composed after Mozart had returned from his final journey to Italy.  Their textual transmission is especially straightforward and convenient: shortly after their composition the autograph scores were gathered together by Leopold Mozart, who also supplied a table of contents with incipits, and bound in a single volume.  They have remained in this form to the present day.  The volume takes its name “Cranz III” from its nineteenth-century owner, August Cranz.

The Symphony in D major K.181 of 19 May 1773, is sometimes given the heading  “Overture” (see e.g. the Köchel catalogue) although the autograph title reads Sinfonia.  It became popular at an early date, as is evinced by various early sets of handwritten parts.

- Urtext of the New Mozart Edition

- Full score and performance material (BA4746) available for sale