About this edition
One of the most fascinating curiosities in the Mozart catalogue, the so-called "Symphony No. 37" in G major, K.444/425a, was for over a century attributed entirely to Mozart himself. We now know that the symphony is in fact the work of Michael Haydn (his Symphony No. 25, MH 334), to which Mozart contributed a slow introduction of his own composition for a 1783 performance in Linz. This slender but elegant Adagio maestoso — twenty bars of warm, ceremonious G major writing — is a small but genuine Mozart artifact, and the symphony as a whole offers a rare window into the close artistic relationship between two masters of the Classical style.
This printing reproduces the work as it appeared in the celebrated Mozarts Werke (Serie VIII, Band 3, No. 37, pp. 81–96), the first complete critical edition of Mozart's works, issued by Breitkopf & Härtel of Leipzig between 1877 and 1910. Edited by a distinguished team of scholars including Johannes Brahms, Joseph Joachim, and Philipp Spitta, this Gesamtausgabe established the textual foundation for modern Mozart performance and scholarship and remains a benchmark reference even after the appearance of the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe. This particular volume was published in 1880 (plate W.A.M. 444), and its clear Breitkopf engraving has long been prized for its readability on the conductor's stand.
About this edition:
- Full orchestral score (conductor's score), all instruments in transposition as in the original engraving
- Generous 8.5 x 11 inch page size for excellent legibility at the podium and on the music stand
- Faithfully reproduced from a public domain historical source
- Carefully prepared and printed by Purple 4R Publishing
We're delighted to bring this historic Breitkopf & Härtel score back into print. Because the original edition has long since entered the public domain, we're able to share this beautifully engraved document with today's conductors, orchestras, students, and Mozart enthusiasts in an affordable, well-made format — exactly as it deserves to be studied and performed.
