Title: | Divertimenti for Strings and Wind |
Otros títulos: | Divertimenti Streicher und Bläser Divertimenti Cordes et Vent Divertimenti Archi e Fiati |
Intérprete/ Colaborador: | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Academy of St Martin in the Fieldsʾ Chamber Ensemble |
Código CDU: | Mo.13 |
Forma Musical: | Suites (Instrumental ensemble), Marches (Instrumental ensemble) |
Abstract: | The Serenade in G major (1787), the most enduringly popular of all of Mozart's works, was written during the a period when the composer was also hard at work on his opera Don Giovanni. The title "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (A Little Night Music) is Mozart's own; "Nachtmusik" was actually a common designation for serenades of this type. While Mozart composed several such works during his years in Salzburg, the Serenade in G is unique to the period of his residence in Vienna (1781-1791). The work differs from Mozart's earlier serenades in its comparatively lean scoring: two violins, viola, cello, and double bass. Mozart's entry for this work in his catalogue shows that the work originally had five movements; the original second movement, a minuet, was later removed. The specific occasion for which the Serenade was written is not known, but some have suggested that the work's grace, elegance, and perfection of form were intended as an antidote to the deliberate banality and clumsiness of the ... |