Classical music lovers rise: New music from Mozart coming in hot

By: Gelene Peñalosa - 2 months ago

Quoting a Tweet from a few days ago, “Wolfgang such a hard ass name for no f***** reason.”

Leipzig Municipal Libraries recently discovered an unknown musical piece by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, about 233 years after his death.

Wolfgnag Amadeus Mozart is considered to be one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music, having written more than 800 works that represented practically every Western classical genre of his time.

His most famous compositions are the operas “The Marriage of Figaro” (1786), “Don Giovanni” (1789), and “The Magic Flute” (1791), “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” or “Serenade No. 13”, and his unfinished work “Requiem.”

The recently found music piece, titled “Serenade in C,” was said to be composed by Mozart in his adolescence. The manuscript wasn’t penned by Mozart himself, and researchers said that it was a copy dated from 1780. The copyist had written “Wolfgang Mozart” on the piece, which suggests that the piece was done before 1769.

Mozart added the “Amadeus” in his name following his first trip to Italy in 1769, where he was said to have regularly added “Amadeo” from 1777 onwards, till it became “Amade”, according to a Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg document.

The “Serenade in C” was found while the Leipzig Municipal Libraries researchers were compiling an edition of the Köchel catalog, which is a thorough archive of Mozart’s work. The piece has seven miniature movements for a string trio (two violins and a bass).

Ulrich Leisinger, head of research from the International Mozarteum Foundation, said that Mozart had stopped composing pieces much like the “Serenade in C” in his late teens, and other researchers noted that the music “fits stylistically with other works from the 1760s.”

The safekeeping of the piece is attributed to Mozart’s older sister, Maria Anna Mozart, added Leisinger. “The source was evidently Mozart’s sister, and so it is tempting to think that she preserved the work as a memento of her brother. Perhaps he wrote the trio specially for her.”

On September 19, 2024, the “Serenade in C” was first played by a string trio when the Köchel catalog was revealed in Salzburg. The piece was also renamed to “Gacht Kleine Nachtmusik”, a nod to Mozart’s “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik”.

The discovery of Mozart’s piece from 1760s was a tremendous feat—and the Internet was not slow to react to this momentous news. Many Internet users reacted to this with awe and with…hilarious takes.

https://twitter.com/imperfect4mads/status/1838063735274868810

Brother cooked really good that this had to be hidden for centuries before it was found. NGL though, this piece was good for the ears.

 

Other POP! stories you might like:

Influencer Emman Atienza receives backlash for ‘out of touch’ video, claps back with her thoughts

Pop Band ‘Tears for Fears’ faces criticism for their AI-made album cover

M2M fans in shock and delight as Marit and Marion perform together after 22 years

University students call for ‘academic integrity’ following issues about Thesis Award

Con artist Anna Delvey’s debut on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ leaves audiences displeased

READ NEXT
Asian Academy Creative Awards showcase top Asia-Pacific content with 2024 national winners reveal
MOST READ
LATEST STORIES
Read more...
NEXT STORY