Description
The Divertimento K. 247 in F-flat major was created to celebrate the name day of Countess Antonia Lodron, with its premiere taking place on June 18, 1776, in Salzburg. The accompanying March K. 248 likely served to mark the entrance and exit of the musicians 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" multiple times, and it garnered appreciation from future generations, as the Divertimento was published shortly after his passing and circulated widely in the 19th century. However, the only authorized references for our Urtext edition are the two original manuscripts, which intriguingly label the lowest part as "Basso," raising the question of whether it was intended for cello, double bass, or both—a common ambiguity in 18th-century music.
