The piece of music once known as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 2 in B major, K. 17, is now considered to not be by him, but by possibly his father, Leopold Mozart. This symphony has been given the number Anhang C 11.02 in the sixth edition of Ludwig Ritter von Köchel's catalogue of Mozart's music, 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, and strings.
The symphony is in four movements in the usual quick–slow–minuet–quick pattern:
:<score sound="1">
\relative c {
\key bes \major
\tempo "Allegro"
\partial 4 f8.\f f16 bes4 d,8. d16 f4 f,8. f16 bes4 d8. f16 \times 2/3 {f,8-. f (g} \times 2/3 {as g f)} g4
}
</score>
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.
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.