Mozart wrote this piece in pencil on the back of a
circular by the Zürcher Musikkollegium (Zürich Music
College) dated 30 September 1766, when the Mozart
family came to the end of their Grand Tour. The
circular invited sponsors, music lovers and other
people who might be interested to concerts by "the
young (9 years old) Master Mozart as well as his maiden
sister" (Maria Anna – Nannerl) on October 7 and 9. It
can be assumed that Mozart played or improvised this
lively piece in one of those c...(+)
Mozart wrote this piece in pencil on the back of a
circular by the Zürcher Musikkollegium (Zürich Music
College) dated 30 September 1766, when the Mozart
family came to the end of their Grand Tour. The
circular invited sponsors, music lovers and other
people who might be interested to concerts by "the
young (9 years old) Master Mozart as well as his maiden
sister" (Maria Anna – Nannerl) on October 7 and 9. It
can be assumed that Mozart played or improvised this
lively piece in one of those concerts, the programs to
which are lost. Mozart wrote it on the back of the
circular probably as a souvenir for the College's
board; otherwise he would have used his sister's
notebook or his third book of sketches (Skizzenbuch),
which is also lost. The autograph became known very
late (in 1942), and so is missing from Alfred
Einstein's 3rd edition of the Köchel catalogue.
