Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) composed four horn concertos plus two substantial fragments of opening movements for two horn concertos and a substantially complete closing movement for a horn concerto. The latter, a Rondo Allegro for horn soloist plus two oboes, two horns, and strings in E flat major, K. 371, was dated by Mozart March 21, 1781 and was possibly intended to go with one of the opening movement fragments. It was possibly intended for Joseph Leutgeb, the horn virtuoso for whom Mozart composed the extant horn concertos or possibly for Viennese Hofkapelle horn virtuoso Jacob Eisen. But for whatever and whomever it was intended, Mozart's Rondo for horn is nearly as delightful as his completed horn concertos.

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