Eine kleine Nachtmusik was conceived as evening entertainment, offering musical calm as nightfall softened the burdens of the day. ℹ️ Work Information Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Title: Eine kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music) Catalogue number: K.525 Year of composition: 1787 Date of completion: 10 August 1787 First publication: 1827 (after Mozart’s death) Genre: Serenade for strings Number of movements: 4 (originally 5 – one movement is lost) Approximate duration: 16–20 minutes Instrumentation: string quartet with double bass or small string orchestra __________________________ Introduction Among the countless works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , few have achieved the universal recognition of Eine kleine Nachtmusik . Although modest in scale compared with Mozart’s symphonies or operas, the piece represents one of the most perfect embodiments of the Classical style: clarity of form, melodic elegance, and an almost effortless sense of balance. The ser...
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