Classical Music / Mozart Serenade
Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major), K. 525, is a 1787 composition for a chamber ensemble by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). The German title means "a little night music". The work is written for an ensemble of two violins, viola, cello and double bass, but is often performed by string orchestras.
Mozart, Eine kleine Nachtmusik KV 525, Karl Bohm conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker.
As it is informally known, 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' was Mozart's most famous serenade (chamber work intended for light entertainment). The reason the piece was composed has never been fully established, but we do know he wrote the score at the same time he was working on his opera Don Giovanni, in 1787.
Photo credit:
Serenade No. 13 by Mozart. Wikipedia Commons / Public Domain. (The medium of the drawing is called "silverpoint" (German "Silberstiftzeichnung"), which is described in the English Wikipedia as (one of several types of metalpoint), a traditional drawing technique and tool first used by medieval scribes on manuscripts. The drawing was made by Doris Stock when Mozart visited the city of Dresden in April, 1789.)
Resource:
Eine kleine Nachtmusic. en.wikipedia.org
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