The Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425, (known as the Linz Symphony) was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart during a stopover in the Austrain town of Linz on his and his wife's way back home to Vienna from Salzburg in late 1783 while Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504, was also composed by Mozart in late 1786 which was premiered in Prague on January 19, 1787, during Mozart's first visit to the city. Because it was first performed in Prague, it is popularly known as the Prague Symphony.