Adagio in E major, K.261 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1
Composition Year 1776, Salzburg
Genre Categories Adagios; For violin, orchestra; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the orchestra; For orchestra with soloists; For violin, strings (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring string ensemble (arr); For strings with soloists (arr); For violin, piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

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Performances

Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1776.
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms.autogr. Mozart, W. A. 261
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 Complete Score
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Editor Ernst Rudorff (1840–1916)
Publisher. Info. Mozarts Werke, Serie XII:
Concerte für die Violine mit Orchester, Bd.1, No.6 (pp.1-5 (145-149))
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1881. Plate W.A.M. 261.
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 Complete Score (scan) (EU) (Preview)
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 Complete Score (DME) (EU) (Preview)
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Editor Christoph-Hellmut Mahling (1932–2012)
Publisher. Info. Neue Mozart-Ausgabe, Serie V, Werkgruppe 14,
Band 1: Violinkonzerte und Einzelsätze [NMA V/14//1] (pp.267-274)
Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1983. Plate BA 4582.
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 Complete Score
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Misc. Notes Flute part has been split into I and II. E horn transposed to F horn.
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Parts

 Flute 1 (EU)
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⇒ 9 more: Flute 2 • Horn 1 (E) • Horn 1 (F, alternate) • Horn 2 (E) • Horn 2 (F, alternate) • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses/(Bassoon (ad lib.))

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 Horn 1 (E) (EU)
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 Horn 1 (F, alternate) (EU)
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 Horn 2 (E) (EU)
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 Horn 2 (F, alternate) (EU)
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 Violins I (EU)
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 Violins II (EU)
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 Violas (EU)
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 Cellos/Basses/(Bassoon (ad lib.)) (EU)
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Editor Christoph-Hellmut Mahling (1932–2012)
Publisher. Info. Neue Mozart-Ausgabe, Serie V, Werkgruppe 14,
Band 1: Violinkonzerte und Einzelsätze [NMA V/14//1]
Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1990. Plate BA 5379.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Violin and Strings (Diz)

 Violins I
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 Violins II
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 Violas
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 Cellos/Basses
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Arranger Ezequiel Diz
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For Violin and Piano (Klengel)

 Complete Score and Violin Part
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Arranger Paul Klengel (1854–1935)
Publisher. Info. Adagio und zwei Rondos für Violine und Orchester
Leipzig: Edition Peters, No. 3827, 1926. Plate 10481.
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Cadenzas

Prochnow

 Complete Cadenza
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Arranger Uwe Prochnow
Publisher. Info. Uwe Prochnow, 2025.
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See: Cadenzen zu Mozart'schen Violin-Werken by Oskar Seeger

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General Information

Work Title Adagio in E major
Alternative. Title
Name Translations E大调慢板; E大調慢板; ヴァイオリンと管弦楽の為のアダージョ; Adagio i E for fiolin og orkester av Mozart; Adagio in E for Violin and Orchestra; Adagio en mi mayor para violín y orquesta; Mozart: Adagio hegedűre és zenekarra; Adagio in E majeur; Adagio pour violon et orchestre
Name Aliases ヴァイオリンと管弦楽のためのアダージョ; ヴァイオリンと管弦楽のためのアダージョ ホ長調 K. 261; Adagio en mi mayor para violin y orquesta; KV 261; Adagio; Adagio in E majeur (Mozart); Adagio in E Major, K. 261
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; LCCN: n81112135; BNF: 13915025w
Composer Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. K.261
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IWM 12
Key E major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1776, Salzburg
First Publication. 1800/1 ca.
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation violin, orchestra
InstrDetail 2 flutes, 2 horns, strings
External Links Wikipedia article
NMA score
NMA report (German)
Extra Information Published by Johann André with plate 1519 (ca.1800) (together with KV 269 - see WorldCat) which is, according to NMA, the first edition.

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