Description
The Divertimento K. 247 in F-flat major was created to celebrate the name day of Countess Antonia Lodron, with its inaugural performance taking place on June 18, 1776, in Salzburg. The brief March K. 248 was likely intended to accompany the musicians' arrival and departure during this event; it was composed on the same date, in the same key, and for the same instrumentation as the Divertimento. Mozart revisited this "First Lodron night music" on several occasions, and it has been well-regarded by later generations. The Divertimento was published a few years following his death and was widely reproduced in various 19th-century editions. However, the only authorized references for our Urtext edition are the two original manuscripts. Notably, in these manuscripts, the lowest part is labeled "Basso," raising the question of whether it was meant to be performed by a cello, a double bass, or both—an example of the flexible interpretation common in 18th-century music.
