Serenade in D major, K. 250 : autograph manuscript, 1776 July.

Record ID: 
115412
Creator: 
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Biographical Data: 
Austrian composer.
Title: 
Serenade in D major, K. 250 : autograph manuscript, 1776 July.
Uniform title: 
Serenades, K. 250, D major
Date: 
1776 July.
Inscription/Markings: 

"Serenata [per lo sposalitio del Sgr: Spath colla Sgra Elisabetta Haffner] Del Sgr: Caval: Amadeo Wolfg: Mozart. [Luglio 1776]."

Notes: 

The reading of the words in brackets, which have been crossed out, is taken from Köchel⁶.
Also known as the Haffner Serenade.
Full score.
Originally bound with the Concertone K. 186 E / 190 and two other Serenades, K. 189b / 203 and 213a / 204 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: 

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