Mozart: The Final Decade (1781 - 1791)

When he died in December of 1791 the month before his 36th birthday, the great Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was at the height of his creative genius.  


1781

    Idomeneo ("domeneo, re di Creta ossia Ilia e Idamante", Idomeneus, King of Crete), K. 366 (1781)  
                     (Premiered a month before he went to Vienna)


1782

    Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385 "Haffner"  (1782)

    Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384 ("The Abduction from the Seraglio")  (1782)

    (Piano) Fantasia in D minor, K.397/385g  (1782)

    String Quartet No. 14 in G major, ("Spring"), K. 387, Op. 10, No. 1  (1782)  First of the six "Haydn Quartets"


1783

    Piano Concerto No. 11 in F major, K. 413/387a   (1782–1783)

    Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414/385p  (1782)

    Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415/387b   (1782–1783)

    Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425  (1783)

    Great Mass in C minor, K. 427

1784

    Quintet in Eb for Piano and Winds, K. 452   (1784)  25:00  (link)

    Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453  (12 April 1784)


1785

   Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478 (1785)

   String Quartet No. 19 in C major, "Dissonance", K. 465 (1785)  The Last of the six "Haydn Quartets"

   Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466  (10 February 1785)

   Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467 (9 March 1785)

   Piano Concerto No. 22 in E♭ major, K 482  (16 December 1785)


1786

    Piano trio for clarinet, viola and piano in E-flat major, K. 498 "Kegelstatt" (1786)

    Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488  (2 March 1786)

    Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491  (24 March 1786)

    Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503 (4 December 1786)

    Piano Quartet No. 2 in E♭ major, K. 493  (1786)

    Horn Concerto No. 4 in E♭ major, K. 495  (1786)

    The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 (Italian: "Le nozze di Figaro")  (1786)


1787

    String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K. 515 (1787)

    String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K. 516 (1787)

    Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504 "Prague" (1787)

    Don Giovanni, K. 527  (1787)


1788

    Symphony No. 39 in Eb major, K. 543  (1788)

    Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550  "The Great G minor"  (1788) 

    Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 555  "Jupiter"   (1788)

    Divertimento for String Trio in Eb major, K. 563  (1788)

    Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K. 537  (24 February, 1788)

    Piano Sonata No. 15 in F major, K 533/494  (Vienna, Jan. 3, 1788)

    Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K 545  (so-called facile or semplice sonata; Vienna, Jun. 26, 1788)


1789

    Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581  (1789)

    Piano Sonata No. 17 in B♭ major, K 570  (Vienna, February, 1789)

    Piano Sonata No. 18 in D major, K 576  (Vienna, July 1789)  (The last piano sonata)


1790

    Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti , K. 588

          ("Thus Do They All, or The School for Lovers")  (1790)

    String Quartet No. 22 in B♭ major, K. 589  (1790)  (Second of the "Prussian Quartets")

    String Quartet No. 23 in F major, K. 590  (1790)  (Mozart's Last String Quartet)

    String Quintet No. 5 in D major, K. 593  (1790)


1791

    String Quintet No. 6 in E♭ major, K. 614  (1791)

    Piano Concerto No. 27 in B♭ major, K. 595  (5 January 1791)

    Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622  (1791)

    La clemenza di Tito, K. 621 ("The Clemency of Titus")  (1791)

    The Magic Flute, K. 620  (German: "Die Zauberflöte")  (1791)

    Requiem in D minor, K. 626,  (1791, unfinished)

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Piano Trio No. 2 – Trio (Sonata) in G major for Piano, Violin and Violoncello, K. 496 (1786)
Piano Trio No. 3 – Trio in B♭ major for Piano, Violin and Violoncello, K. 502 (1786)
Piano Trio No. 4 – Trio in E major for Piano, Violin and Violoncello, K. 542 (1788)
Piano Trio No. 5 – Trio in C major for Piano, Violin and Violoncello, K. 548 (1788)
Piano Trio No. 6 – Trio in G major for Piano, Violin and Violoncello, K. 564 (1788)

String Quartet No. 20 in D major, "Hoffmeister", K. 499 (1786) 

 Prussian Quartets, K. 575, 589, 590, Op. 18 (1789–1790)  for Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia

      String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K. 575 (1789)
      String Quartet No. 22 in B♭ major, K. 589 (1790)
      String Quartet No. 23 in F major, K. 590 (1790)


The string quintets (K. 174, 406, 515, 516, 593, 614), for two violins, two violas and cello. Charles Rosen wrote that "by general consent, Mozart's greatest achievement in chamber music is the group of string quintets with two violas."