Historedia
Person

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Events
1
Episodes
4
Years
1788

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Nikolaus Harnoncourt, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Mozart's Completion of Symphonies No. 39, 40, and 41

    1788

    Role: conductor and scholar who argued the three symphonies form a unified work

    1. 26 June 1788 · Vienna, where Mozart composed his last three symphoniesCompletion of Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major

      Mozart finished his Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543, on 26 June 1788, the first of his final three symphonies.

    2. 26 June – 10 August 1788 · Vienna, where the three symphonies were composedHarnoncourt's unified-work hypothesis

      Nikolaus Harnoncourt argued that Mozart composed the three symphonies as a unified work, citing structural differences among the three.

    3. 25 July 1788 (disputed; legacy record gives 28 July 1788) · Vienna, where Mozart wrote his last three symphoniesCompletion of Symphony No. 40 in G minor

      Mozart entered Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550, into his catalog on 25 July 1788, though a legacy record gives 28 July and the discrepancy is unresolved.

    4. 10 August 1788 · Vienna, where Mozart composed his last three symphoniesCompletion of Symphony No. 41 in C major, the Jupiter

      Mozart completed Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, on 10 August 1788, his longest and final symphony, later nicknamed the Jupiter.

Sources

  1. Symphony No. 40 (Mozart) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-27
  2. Symphony No. 39 (Mozart) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-12
  3. Symphony No. 41 (Mozart) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-11