Fugue (lost), K. 41e (doubtful)
von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Fugue (lost), K. 41e, is a scarcely documented juvenile work attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), entered in the Köchel catalogue as composed in Salzburg in 1767, when he was 11 [1]. No music survives, and the attribution itself is regarded as doubtful.
What Is Known
K. 41e is listed as a Fugue composed in Salzburg in 1767, but it is a lost work: no autograph, copy, or incipit is known to survive, and its key and scoring cannot be verified [1]. Because the entry stands without supporting musical sources, modern reference literature often treats such items as doubtful or potentially spurious attributions—K. 41e among them [2].
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In biographical terms, the dating places the piece in Mozart’s Salzburg childhood, just before (and overlapping with) a period in which the 11-year-old was producing ambitious sacred and instrumental music for local institutions and patrons [3].
Musical Content
Nothing can responsibly be said about K. 41e’s thematic material, layout, or instrumentation, since no score survives and the catalogue entry provides no musical incipit or other descriptive detail [1].
[1] Wikipedia: Köchel catalogue entry showing K. 41e as “Fugue (lost)”, Salzburg 1767 (no key given).
[2] Wikipedia: Mozart symphonies of spurious or doubtful authenticity (background on doubtful/spurious attributions in Mozart’s early orchestral catalogue).
[3] Wikipedia: Grabmusik, K. 42/35a—documented Salzburg work from 1767, illustrating Mozart’s output in the same place and year.