About this edition
Composed in Salzburg in December 1771, Mozart's Symphony No. 14 in A Major, K. 114 marks a quiet turning point in the fifteen-year-old composer's symphonic development. It is the first of his symphonies to call for flutes in place of oboes, lending the outer movements a luminous, pastoral coloring, and the first to expand to four movements with a true minuet — a structural choice that signals Mozart's deepening engagement with the Viennese symphonic tradition. The graceful Andante for muted strings is among the most tender slow movements of his early maturity, and the finale's spirited 3/8 rhythms anticipate the buoyant character of his later A-major works.
This score is faithfully reproduced from the landmark Mozarts Werke, the first complete critical edition of the composer's works, issued by Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig between 1877 and 1883. K. 114 appears in Serie VIII (Symphonien), Band 1, No. 14, plate W.A.M. 114, published in 1880. Prepared by an editorial team that included Johannes Brahms, Joseph Joachim, and Philipp Spitta, the Breitkopf Gesamtausgabe established the textual foundation for Mozart scholarship and performance for generations, and it remains a cornerstone reference even alongside the modern Neue Mozart-Ausgabe.
About this edition:
- Full orchestral score (conductor's score), 14 pages
- Page size: 8.5 x 11 inches
- Reproduced from a public domain historical source
- Scoring: 2 flutes, 2 horns, and strings
- Published by Purple 4R Publishing
This edition reproduces a public domain historical score, making a foundational document of Mozart scholarship readily available for study, performance, and library collections. We hope it serves conductors, players, and curious listeners who want to engage with this charming early symphony in the form Mozart's first editors knew best.
