S. 2. 10. Germany: Scholars Authenticate A Previously Unknown Mozart Serenade For Two Violins And Cello

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S. 2. 10. Germany: Scholars Authenticate A Previously Unknown Mozart Serenade For Two Violins And Cello
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A twelve minute composition in seven movements has been dubbed “Very Little Night Music” and added to the catalogue of Mozart’s work, it is now KV 648. Scholars believe it was a work of Mozart’s youth, maybe as young as ten years old. There are very few chamber works from Mozart’s youth that survived, even though Leopold Mozart made a list of compositions. Today we’ll hear a work that was lost, and recently found in a Library in Leipzeig. An article in Gizmodo has more details. I also asked Andy Kohn to speak about instrumentation in the time period.

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56. Money Notes

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56. Money Notes
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Every human voice is unique, and each singer has a range of notes that rings in their head strong like a bell. Pop stars and Opera divas/divos have made fortunes from these notes. In the classical recording industry while world class orchestras are doing less recording, Opera remains a consistant source of revenue. Singers change the Opera, every performance is a showcase for a different voice. More in the show notes at https://accelerandocast.com/show_notes/