The piece of music once known as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 2 in B major, K. 17/Anh. C 11.02, is now considered to not be by him, but by possibly his father, Leopold Mozart.For the attribution to Leopold Mozart, see Stanley Sadie, The New Grove Mozart (New York: Norton, 1983), p. 197 (Mozart work list). . This symphony has been given the number Anhang (Anh.) C 11.02 in the sixth edition of Ludwig Ritter von Köchel's catalogue of Mozart's music,Sadie, p. 197. and is now also catalogued as Eisen B6 (LMV VII:B6) in Cliff Eisen's catalogue of Leopold Mozart's symphonies.
Music The symphony is scored for two oboes, two horns in B, strings, and basso continuo.
The symphony is in four movements in the usual quick–slow–minuet–quick pattern:
Publication The publication of this symphony in the Alte Mozart-Ausgabe, the first collected edition of Mozart's music, shows several points at which smaller, editorially-supplied notes are given, suggesting an unfinished composition. For instance, in "Menuetto I", only the first violin and cello/double bass parts are completed; the second violin and viola parts in their entirety in this movement are editorial additions.See the score linked below.
Since K. 17 is no longer believed to be by W. A. Mozart, the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe does not include this symphony as part of its edition.
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