Ganz kleine Nachtmusik

Ganz kleine Nachtmusik
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Portrait of Mozart at age 13 (January 1770)
EnglishQuite Little Night Music
KeyC major
CatalogueK. 648
Composedmid to late 1760s
Durationabout 12 minutes
Movements7
ScoringString trio

Ganz kleine Nachtmusik (German for Quite (or Very) Little Night Music), K. 648,[1] also known as Serenade in C,[2] is a composition for string trio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), written in the mid to late 1760s. It was named by the Leipzig municipal libraries, where the piece's re-discovery was announced in September 2024, likely after Eine kleine Nachtmusik.[2]

  1. ^ "'Ganz kleine Nachtmusik': Unbekanntes Mozart-Stück in Leipzig entdeckt" ['Ganz kleine Nachtmusik': Unknown Mozart piece discovered in Leipzig]. City of Leipzig (in German). 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b Anderson, Sonja (24 September 2024). "This Lost Mozart Composition Hasn't Been Heard for Centuries. Now, You Can Listen to It". Smithsonian Magazine. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 September 2024.