Oboe Concerto in E♭ major (K. Anh.C 14.06) — doubtful work
di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The so-called Oboe Concerto in E♭ major (K. Anh.C 14.06) survives in sources, but Mozart’s authorship is doubtful and is listed by the Mozarteum catalogue as “incorrectly assigned.” What remains is best understood as an extant concerto text transmitted in copy/arranged form, without secure date, place, or autograph evidence.
What Is Known
The work catalogued as Konzert in Es für Oboe und Orchester (K. Anh.C 14.06) is transmitted and regarded as a completed concerto, yet its attribution to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) is considered erroneous (“Authenticity: incorrectly assigned”). The Mozarteum catalogue lists its instrumentation in surviving materials as oboe and keyboard (i.e., a solo line with a clavier reduction), and also notes a later printed source dating from 1970 connected with an arranged score. In the absence of an autograph and secure early provenance, the piece cannot be fitted responsibly into a specific moment of Mozart’s biography or stylistic development, beyond noting that E♭-major concerto writing for winds was a familiar Classical idiom in Mozart’s milieu.[1]
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Musical Content
Because the securely attributable evidence points to transmission in arranged/reduction form (oboe with clavier) rather than an authenticated orchestral score, only limited, source-grounded musical description is possible here. At minimum, the surviving layout implies a conventional solo-concerto design (solo line with accompaniment), but movement structure, orchestration, and distinguishing fingerprints of Mozart’s mature concerto style cannot be claimed on present documentation.[1]
[1] Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum (Köchel-Verzeichnis): entry for KV Anh. C 14.06, including authenticity status (“incorrectly assigned”), transmission, key, and listed instrumentation (ob, clav).