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The piece itself is a string trio written while Mozart was a young teenager, and was apparently created prior to Mozart's [[Mozart in Italy|first trip to Italy]]. It consists of "seven miniature movements for a string trio lasting about 12 minutes" according to the Leipzig libraries.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2024-09-19 |title=Previously unknown Mozart music discovered in German library |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/sep/19/previously-unknown-mozart-music-discovered-in-german-library |access-date=2024-09-19|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]}}</ref> |
The piece itself is a string trio written while Mozart was a young teenager, and was apparently created prior to Mozart's [[Mozart in Italy|first trip to Italy]]. It consists of "seven miniature movements for a string trio lasting about 12 minutes" according to the Leipzig libraries.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2024-09-19 |title=Previously unknown Mozart music discovered in German library |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/sep/19/previously-unknown-mozart-music-discovered-in-german-library |access-date=2024-09-19|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]}}</ref> |
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== Rediscovery == |
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While compiling the [[Köchel catalogue]]'s newest edition{{snd}}an authoritative list of all of Mozart's documented musical works{{snd}}classical music researchers rediscovered the manuscript of the previously unknown piece from the [[Carl Ferdinand Becker]] collection in Leipzig's music library. The researchers reported that the manuscript was in "dark brown ink on medium-white handmade paper" with individually bound parts. The manuscript was believed to not be an original manuscript written by Mozart, and was instead believed to be a copy produced in 1780.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> |
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German musicologist [[Ulrich Leisinger]], speaking for the [[International Mozarteum Foundation]] in Salzburg, stated that the piece was unique compared to other pieces produced by Mozart at the time, which were primarily arias, symphonies, and piano music.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-19 |title=Unknown Mozart string trio discovered in Germany |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240919-unknown-mozart-string-trio-discovered-in-germany |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=[[France 24]] |language=en |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]}}</ref> |
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On 19 September 2024, the rediscovered piece was first played for a modern audience at the [[International Mozarteum Foundation|Mozarteum]] in Salzburg, Austria, by Haruna Shinoyama and Neža Klinar (violins), Philipp Comploi (cello) and Florian Birsak (harpsichord)<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRLMbwrdpgY&t=5137s |title=Präsentation neues Köchel-Verzeichnis |date=2024-09-19 |last=Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg |access-date=2024-09-23 |via=YouTube}}</ref>, with a further performance in Germany on 21 September by Vincent Geer (violin), David Geer (violin) and Elisabeth Zimmermann (violoncello) at the [[Leipzig Opera]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|date=2024-09-21 |title=Im Video: Premiere von Mozart-Frühwerk in Leipzig löst Riesen-Andrang aus |url=https://www.lvz.de/kultur/regional/neues-mozart-fruehwerk-in-leipzig-aufgefuehrt-andrang-O73LSL6TYZG2BEOBPIGZBPB6RE.html |access-date=2024-09-21|newspaper=[[Leipziger Volkszeitung]] |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|QVpJtVG0YR0|W. A. Mozart – ''Eine ganz kleine Nachtmusik'' (Leipzig-Premiere)}} {{retrieved|access-date=2024-09-22}}</ref> |
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== References == |
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Revision as of 20:22, 27 September 2024
Ganz kleine Nachtmusik | |
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by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |
English | Quite Little Night Music |
Key | C major |
Catalogue | K. 648 |
Composed | mid to late 1760s |
Duration | about 12 minutes |
Movements | 7 |
Scoring | String trio |
Ganz kleine Nachtmusik (German for Quite (or Very) Little Night Music), K. 648,[1] also known as Serenade in C,[2] is a composition for string trio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), written in the mid to late 1760s. It was named by the Leipzig municipal libraries, where the piece's re-discovery was announced in September 2024.
Composition
The piece itself is a string trio written while Mozart was a young teenager, and was apparently created prior to Mozart's first trip to Italy. It consists of "seven miniature movements for a string trio lasting about 12 minutes" according to the Leipzig libraries.[3]
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References
- ^ "'Ganz kleine Nachtmusik': Unbekanntes Mozart-Stück in Leipzig entdeckt" ['Ganz kleine Nachtmusik': Unknown Mozart piece discovered in Leipzig]. City of Leipzig (in German). 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ Anderson, Sonja (24 September 2024). "This Lost Mozart Composition Hasn't Been Heard for Centuries. Now, You Can Listen to It". Smithsonian Magazine. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "Previously unknown Mozart music discovered in German library". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
External links
- Ganz kleine Nachtmusik: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project