Symphony No. 1 ( Mozart ) - wikipedia Symphony No. 1 ( Mozart ) The Symphony No. 1 in E ♭ major, K. 16, was written in 1764 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the age of eight years. By this time, he was already notable in Europe as a wunderkind performer, but had composed little music. The autograph score of the symphony is today preserved in the Biblioteka Jagiellońska in Kraków. Contents 1 Background 2 Movements and instrumentation 3 References 4 External links Background The piece was written on the Mozart family 's Grand Tour of Europe in London when they had to move to Chelsea during the summer of 1764 due to Mozart 's father Leopold 's illness ( throat infection ). The house at 180 Ebury Street, now in the borough of Westminster, where this symphony was written, is marked with a plaque. The symphony was first performed on 21 February 1765. The work shows the influence of several composers, including his father and the sons of Johann Sebastian Bach, especially Johann Christian Bach, an important early symphonist working in London whom Mozart had met during his time there. Movements and instrumentation The symphony is scored for 2 oboes, 2 horns, harpsichord and strings. The work is in 3 movements : Molto allegro, Andante, C minor, Presto, In the second movement, the eight - year - old Mozart makes use of the four note motif that appears in the finale of his Jupiter symphony, No. 41. The four notes, Do, Re, Fa, Mi, make an appearance in several of Mozart 's works, including his Symphony No. 33. This theme is stated by the horns in his first symphony. In his book on the Piano Concertos, Cuthbert Girdlestone pointed out the similarity between the opening of this symphony and that of Mozart 's Piano Concerto No. 22 K482, composed some twenty years later. References ^ Jump up to : Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus ( 2005 ). Die Sinfonien I. Translated by Robinson, J. Branford. Kassel : Bärenreiter - Verlag. pp. IX. ISMN M - 006 - 20466 - 3 Jump up ^ Sadie, Stanley, Mozart : The Early Years 1756 -- 1781, p 64 -- 65, Oxford University ( 2006 ), ISBN 978 - 0 - 19 - 816529 - 3 Jump up ^ `` Fall Concert 2011 ''. Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra. Retrieved 29 December 2013. Jump up ^ Girdlestone, C.M. ( 1948, p346 ) Mozart 's Piano Concertos. London, Cassell. External links Sinfonie in Es KV 16 : Score and critical report ( in German ) in the Neue Mozart - Ausgabe Symphony No. 1 : Scores at the International Music Score Library Project ( IMSLP ) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Biography Biographies Birthplace Grand tour Name Nationality Scatology Smallpox Italy Berlin Prague Death Music Köchel catalogue List of compositions Concert arias, songs, canons Dances Horn concertos Masses Operas Piano concertos Works for solo piano Sonatas Symphonies Compositional method Family Leopold Mozart Anna Maria Mozart Maria Anna Mozart ( Nannerl ) Constanze Mozart Maria Anna Thekla Mozart ( Bäsle ) Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart Karl Thomas Mozart Johann Georg Mozart Joseph Lange Cäcilia Weber Josepha Weber Aloysia Weber Sophie Weber Georg Nissen Family trees Influences Beethoven Catholic Church Freemasonry Haydn Salieri Related Mozart in popular culture Book Symphonies by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Unnumbered K. 16a ( Odense ) K. 19a K. 45a ( Old Lambach ) K. 76 K. 45b K. 74g K. 81 K. 95 K. 97 K. 75 K. 98 K. 111 + 120 K. 96 K. 161 K. 135 + 61h K. 196 + 121 K. 208 + 102 Numbered No. 1 ( K. 16 ) No. 2 ( K. 17 ) No. 3 ( K. 18 ) No. 4 ( K. 19 ) No. 5 ( K. 22 ) No. 6 ( K. 43 ) No. 7 ( K. 45 ) No. 8 ( K. 48 ) No. 9 ( K. 73 ) No. 10 ( K. 74 ) No. 11 ( K. 84 ) No. 12 ( K. 110 ) No. 13 ( K. 112 ) No. 14 ( K. 114 ) No. 15 ( K. 124 ) No. 16 ( K. 128 ) No. 17 ( K. 129 ) No. 18 ( K. 130 ) No. 19 ( K. 132 ) No. 20 ( K. 133 ) No. 21 ( K. 134 ) No. 22 ( K. 162 ) No. 23 ( K. 181 ) No. 24 ( K. 182 ) No. 25 ( K. 183 ) No. 26 ( K. 184 ) No. 27 ( K. 199 ) No. 28 ( K. 200 ) No. 29 ( K. 201 ) No. 30 ( K. 202 ) No. 31 ( K. 297, Paris ) No. 32 ( K. 318 ) No. 33 ( K. 319 ) No. 34 ( K. 338 ) No. 35 ( K. 385, Haffner ) No. 36 ( K. 425, Linz ) No. 37 ( K. 444 ) No. 38 ( K. 504, Prague ) No. 39 ( K. 543 ) No. 40 ( K. 550 ) No. 41 ( K. 551, Jupiter ) Lost K. 19b K. 66c K. 66d K. 66e K. Anh. C 11.07 K. Anh. C 11.08 No. 2 now attributed to Leopold Mozart. No. 3 now attributed to Carl Friedrich Abel. No. 37 now attributed to Michael Haydn. List of symphonies by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart List of spurious / doubtful Mozart symphonies Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Symphony_No._1_(Mozart)&oldid=796247558 '' Categories : Symphonies by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1764 compositions Compositions in E-flat major Hidden categories : Articles with German - language external links Works with IMSLP links Articles with International Music Score Library Project links Use dmy dates from September 2010 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Bosanski Català Deutsch Ελληνικά Español Français Italiano Magyar Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Norsk nynorsk Português Русский Slovenščina Suomi Svenska Українська Tiếng Việt 10 more Edit links This page was last edited on 19 August 2017, at 14 : 32. 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Question: what was the name of mozart's first symphony
Answer: Symphony No. 1 in E♭ major, K. 16