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New music manuscript found – attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart written around 1760 between 10 and 13 years old
A hitherto-unknown piece of music by the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was recently discovered by researchers the Leipzig Municipal Libraries. The sheet music itself was not scribed by Mozart, the composer of such famous works as The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, and Requiem (personally, I’m partial his Symphony No. 40). The recently uncovered manuscript is a copy, written around 1780, that the copyist attributed to a “Wolfgang Mozart.” The lack of Mozart’s middle name in the copyist’s signature suggests that Mozart wrote the piece before 1769, when he started to include the middle of his moniker, according to a Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg release.
The piece is a 12-minute-long work in C major, written for two violins and a bass. It has been catalogued in Köchel, the catalogue of Mozart’s work, as KV 648, but is also dubbed “Ganz kleine Nachtmusik” and “Serenate ex C.” The piece consists of seven miniature movements. Based on the composition’s approximate timing, Mozart was between 10 and 13 years old when he wrote it.
According to the German outlet MDR, the piece was played in Mozart’s hometown of Salzburg on Thursday, and debuted in Germany on Saturday at the Leipzig Opera. You can hear a string trio playing a bit of Mozart via the German publication ZDF Heute here.
The refreshing addition to Mozart’s catalogue comes just a year after new insights into the life of Beethoven, the great German pianist and composer. Research published last year found that Beethoven had serious liver problems and a hepatitis infection before his death in 1827. Mozart is in the news for a much more pleasant reason, but here’s hoping we discover more about these composers in the new future, even nearly two centuries since their deaths.
Undiscovered Mozart music found in German library – listen here
The piece, titled Serenade in C, was found in a Leipzig library. It was written for a string trio and lasts around 12 minutes. An undiscovered piece of music written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart when he was a young teenager has been found at a library in Germany. It is believed the piece – titled Serenade in C – was composed in the mid to late 1760s.
