Researchers found the work in the music library’s collections
An unpublished composition attributed to the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was discovered in Leipzig, eastern Germany. The discovery was announced this Thursday (September 19, 2024) by local researchers.
Mozart was born in 1756 and began composing at an early age under the direction of his father, Leopold Mozart. Researchers found the work in the city’s music library collections when compiling the latest edition and update of the catalog. Köchela compilation that brings together all of Mozart’s musical works.
The manuscript is a copy or transcription made before 1780. It was not written by Mozart. Dark brown ink and white handmade paper were used. […] the manuscript is not signed”, details the statement from municipal libraries.
”Since this model appears to have been written by Mozart’s sister, it may be thought that she preserved the work in memory of her brother”
The work, entitled For a small night music (Little Night Music), consists of seven movements for string trio, with a total duration of approximately 12 minutes, and is thought to have been written in the mid or late 1760s. According to reports, “the work was written before Mozart’s first trip to Italy“.
The song was performed for the first time in public on Thursday by a string trio in Salzburg, Austria, where Mozart was born. In Germany, it will premiere at the Leipzig Opera on Saturday.
According to Ulrich Leisingerscientific director of the Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg, quoted in a statement, the discovery of this unpublished work reveals a new perspective on Mozart’s youth.
Until now, we have known the young Mozart primarily as a composer of piano music, arias and symphonies.
Source: Rollingstone
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