Serenade for orchestra in D major, K. 203 : autograph manuscript, 1774 Aug.

Record ID: 
115410
Creator: 
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Biographical Data: 
Austrian composer.
Title: 
Serenade for orchestra in D major, K. 203 : autograph manuscript, 1774 Aug.
Uniform title: 
Serenades, K. 203, D major
Date: 
1774 Aug.
Inscription/Markings: 

"Serenata del Sgr: Caval: Amadeo Wolfgango Mozart. [nel mese d'agosto 1774]."

Notes: 

Full score.
The reading of the date, which has been heavily crossed out, is taken from Köchel⁶.
Originally bound with the Concertone K. 186 E / 190 and two other Serenades, K. 213a / 204 and 248b / 250 in the so-called second Cranz volume (see Köchel⁶, p. 176 and 206). The cover of this volume, in the hand of Leopold Mozart, reads, in part: "3 Serenate cio è gran Synfonie, con Violinj, oboe, viole, Cornj, Flautj, Clarinj, e Contrabassj con Soli di Violino."

Provenance: 

Cranz Verlag, Leipzig; private collection, Vienna; private collection, Switzerland.