Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

[Gareth]

Hey here is one outstanding piece of music, they say it was created overnight, but what is your opinion?

 

[giovannimusica]

Oh,

You mean Eine Kleine Nichtmusik?

Giovanni


ps. I love Mozarts music - really, I do...

 

[Gareth]

Yeah, thats the one, I am not sure, I thought I saw it spelt like that anyway.

 

[giovannimusica]

Hi Gareth,

I was being a little facetious with the name of a great music piece - ...Nichtmusik

It is Nachtmusik that I was parodying - don't worry, Gareth

Peace and Plenty of Blessings,

Giovanni

 

[Gareth]

Hey Giovanni

Yeah, I was wondering why you called it Nicht???

But anyway, it happens

Merry Christmas.

 

[corno]

Well... actually, PDQ Bach (aka Peter Schickele) has made a "Eine Kleine Nichtmusik".

It's on the "Portrait of PDQ Bach": http://www.pdqbach.com/shoppe/pdqrec/portrait.htm

 

[Gareth]

Oh really, Okay, you learn something new everyday

 

[giovannimusica]

Hi Gareth,

PDQBach and Victor Borge are the medicines I take if I'm feeling glum - they will make you split your seams in laughter.

Perfect for a rainy day...


Be Well And Do Good Work,

Giovanni

 

[Gareth]

Whats so funny about them??? Lol, yeah I heard some harpsichord sonatina, typical for that era, just made me cack up................no reason.

 

[Gareth]

And what is Nicht? Just out of curiosity.

 

[Lotus80]

Nicht means not or non - A little non-music..

 

[Gareth]

Ohh okay, thanks for that.

 

[Gareth]

Yeah, but do you reckon it was created over night, I think there was 193 bars for 4 parts, thats alot of music to be created over night don't you reckon, I don't think he did it.

 

[acciaccatura]

Yeah well, after all Mozart was in a hurry, 626 works in 31 years (not counting the first 4), that's roughly 20 works per year, including operas, symphonies, concertos and other large-scale works. Probably he composed EKNM (and other lighter music) while having other stuff on his mind, such as Don Giovanni...

 

[Gareth]

Yeah, but that is pretty amazing to write it down that fast, just having all the creativity in your mind that you could put it just like you want to on manuscript, I find that really amazing, the way people did those things those days, which comes to my theory:

Today it would be harder for people to compose music that has the style as 3 centuries ago, as of the mulitculturalism that is around the world causing the different styles of music to emerge, hence saying that there won't be any better classical composers that the ones 1-5 centuries ago.

 

[acc]

You mean Eine Kleine Nichtmusik?

Some also call it Mozart's "I'm inclined to knock music".

 

[Gareth]

You should take a job as a stand up comedian there, nice....

 

[giovannimusica]

Acc,

That was sly of you - *I'm inclined to knock music*

Giovanni