It is set in eight movements (excluding a separately composed introductory march).
[1][2] The March in D major, K. 62, that opens the cassation was used again by Mozart in act 1 of his opera Mitridate, re di Ponto which premiered in Milan on 26 December 1770.
The autograph score of the march includes parts for cellos and timpani, neither of which appear in the serenade itself, due to inconvenience being played outdoors.
[2] The work is scored for 2 oboes, 2 horns and trumpets in D and strings (with the addition of cellos and timpani in D and A for the march).
The fifth movement is another minuet, with a trio in G for strings, followed by a tender Andante in A for muted violins, divided violas, pizzicato basses and flutes replacing the oboes.