Eine kleine Nachtmusik
The Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, K. 525 is one of the most popular compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Known by the title Eine kleine Nachtmusik she owes Mozart's entry in his works: ". Eine kleine Nachtmusik, consisting in a Allegro.Menuett and Trio. - Romance.Menuett and Trio, and Finale. -2 violini, viola e bassi " With night music, he translated the term Serenade into German, which refers to a genre of popular music in the evenings and often came to the traditional outdoor performance and was therefore often written for wind instruments. The "Little Night Music ", however, is written for a chamber ensemble of two violins, viola, cello and double bass ( the votes are today mostly multiple busy). In addition, also have the craftsmanship of voice leading and the classic proportions of records indicated that the work was conceived rather than demanding chamber music than as pure, "light" entertainment music.
The composition was completed on August 10, 1787 in Vienna, during Mozart worked on " Don Giovanni ". However, it is unknown what the occasion or what client Mozart wrote. During his lifetime, it was probably never performed.
As is apparent from Mozart's work directory (see above), the serenade had originally five sets. In his handwritten score the sheet is missing the second set; it is unclear whether it is lost or deliberately separated out. Alfred Einstein believed that Mozart minuet in B flat major, K. Anh 136 ( 498a ) is No. 3, a piano reduction of the lost second set of " A Little Night Music ".
Sets
First Set
The first topic is:
The first movement is an allegro in sonata form. The first cycle starts with a melody that is reminiscent of the opening of the Jupiter Symphony shortly thereafter incurred. The Allegro increases aggressive in the main clause in a "Mannheim rocket theme ".
The second theme of the movement is graceful and is, as in the sonata form common in the dominant key, here D major. The exposition closes in D major and is repeated. The development begins in D major and D minor touches and C major before the work returns to G major for the recapitulation. The movement ends in the tonic ( G major ).
Second sentence
The second movement is a "romance " with the tempo marking Andante and is therefore slower and clearly stands out from the first set. He is in a form similar to the sonata rondo form ( ABACA ). The first theme (A) is graceful and lyrical. It is followed by a second subject (B), which is when the first rhythmic. The first theme is repeated (A) and then follows the third theme (C ), which is darker than the other two and contains a trace of C minor. The first theme (A ) is repeated at the end of the sentence again. The key of C major, the subdominant of G Major.
Third set
The third movement is a minuet and trio with two themes ( ABA). The movement is in the tonic, G major, and has a fast Allegretto tempo.
Fourth proposition
The fourth and final movement is in sonata rondo form. As a finale he returns to the vivacity of the first set. The set changes in exposure between the two main themes. The implementation moves through several keys and ends in G minor. The two themes return in the recapitulation and the movement ends in the coda, in which the first theme is repeated.
Popular reception
Due to its popularity and accessibility of the piece is often used in television advertising, in movies, on television and in video games.