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    Contents

    Two New Mozart Pieces Found and Played for the 1st Time

    Beaker’s Ninth Symphony

    The Echo Song with a YouTube Video

    Come Watch An 11 Year Old Playing Fur Elise

    Mozart’s Piano Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

    The Tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” in Classical Music

    A Song about May by a French Renaissance Composer, with an MP3 Recording

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    Two New Mozart Pieces Found and Played for the 1st Time

    Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

    Two new Mozart piano pieces were found in a French library in January. The pieces are the first movement of the concerto in G, molto allegro, and a prelude in G. They were most likely composed when Mozart was 7 or 8.

    The pieces were played for the first time to a modern audience on Sunday, in Austria, in a house Mozart lived in, on Mozart’s very own piano! You can hear part of the concert in the YouTube video below.

    Ah, to be young and a genius! Nice!

    Enjoy!

    Mama Lisa

    UPDATE: You can hear the performances of Mozart’s two new compositions that were recently discovered (by clicking the link). The full pieces should be available to hear at The Mozart Foundation Site soon (if you can’t hear them all now).

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    Beaker’s Ninth Symphony

    Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

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    The Echo Song with a YouTube Video

    Monday, November 24th, 2008

    Orlando di Lasso (1530 or 32 – 1594) was a Flemish Renaissance composer. He wrote over 2000 pieces in his lifetime. They were religious and secular choral works in Italian, German, Latin and French.

    Some of Lasso’s works were masses that he dedicated to the pope. Interestingly, he also wrote some drinking songs, and plain ole humorous songs. I would say The Echo Song fits into the humorous category. What’s funny is that when you hear choral music, you expect it to be serious in nature. I find The Echo Song to be a surprising exception to this idea.

    Enjoy David Solomons rendition of the song in the YouTube video below. After the video I posted the lyrics, though they’re in David’s video. I also posted his English translation of the song. After that you’ll find another rendition of the song by a full choir (the video is black but you can hear the song). It’s interesting to compare renditions.

    O La, O Che Bon Eccho!
    (Italian Lyrics)

    O la, o che buon echo!
    Pigliamo ci, piacere!
    Ha ha ha ha ha! Ridiamo tutti!
    O buon compagno!
    Che vuoi tu?
    Vorria che tu cantassi una canzona.
    Perchè? Perchè si?
    Perchè no?
    Perchè non voglio.
    Perchè non vuoi?
    Perchè non mi piace!
    Taci dico!
    Taci tu! O gran poltron!
    Signor, si!
    Orsu non più!
    Andiamo!
    Addio buon echo!
    Addio buon echo!
    Rest’ in pace!
    Basta!
    Basta!
    Basta!
    Basta!

    Here’s the English translation:

    The Echo Song
    (English)

    My word! Oh, what a lovely echo!
    Let’s try it out.
    Pleased to meet you!
    Ha ha ha ha ha! Let’s all laugh!
    Oh my fine companion?
    What do you want?
    I’d like you to sing a song.
    Why? Why should I?
    Why not?
    ‘Cos I don’t want to.
    Why don’t you want to?
    ‘Cos I don’t fancy it.
    Shut up, I say!
    You shut up, you big fool!
    Yes, Sir!
    Come now, no more!
    Let’s go!
    Goodbye lovely echo!
    Goodbye lovely echo!
    Peace be with you.
    That’s enough!
    That’s enough!
    That’s enough!
    That’s enough!

    Score of O La, O Che Bon Eccho!

    Many thanks to David Solomons for bringing his wonderful Youtube video and The Echo Song to my attention!

    Mama Lisa

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    Come Watch An 11 Year Old Playing Fur Elise

    Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

    Beethoven wrote this piece in 1810. In English it means “For Elise”.

    Listen to Vi play it when he was 11 years old!

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    Mozart’s Piano Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

    Monday, July 9th, 2007

    Recently I wrote about the history of the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. Many people think Mozart wrote it. He didn’t – he just wrote a wonderful piece for piano based on its tune – Variations on “Ah, vous dirais-je, Maman” (a French song).

    Below you can watch 11 year old Vi playing Mozart’s Variations…

    Many thanks to Vi for letting me embed his video, thus helping us continue exploring variations on the theme of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.

    -Mama Lisa

    You can check out Vi’s YouTube page to view other videos of him playing the piano.

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    The Tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” in Classical Music

    Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

    In my last blog post I talked about how the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star was originally from France. Mozart was the first composer to set the tune to a classical piece of music in his 12 Variations (K. 265). It was written in 1781-82. Mozart weaves the tune throughout the 12 movements.

    Recently, Gerard Raiti at Disney sent me a disc of Variations on a Nursery Tune by Ernő Dohnányi. This is another classical piece that plays with the Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star tune. Dohnányi’s Variations is much more complex than Mozart’s. It refers to several other classical works, including pieces by Brahms, Wagner, and Debussy. There are 13 variations. You might have to listen through this piece several times to start getting a handle on all of its nuances.

    Here’s a link that gives an outline of the Variations.

    -Lisa

    Many thanks to Gerard Raiti for introducing me to the Variations on a Nursery Tune by Ernő Dohnányi!

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    A Song about May by a French Renaissance Composer, with an MP3 Recording

    Thursday, May 11th, 2006

    David Solomons does a wonderful job finding songs that celebrate the time of year. We’re lucky that he shares them with us from time to time! He helps us celebrate the seasons with him.

    Here’s David’s latest email with the song…

    Hi Lisa

    You might like to include this little piece all about May by Antoine de Févin (c.1470 – 1511 or 1512). I found it in the Choral Public Domain Library. The words, as found there, are…

    Il fait bon aimer l’oiselet
    (French)

    Il fait bon aimer l’oiselet
    Qui chante par nature
    Ce mois de mai comment qu’il soit
    Tant comme la nuit dure

    Il fait bon écouter son chant
    Plus que nul autre
    En bonne foi
    Car il réjouit maint amant
    Je le sais bien bien quant est à moi

    Il s’appele rossignolet
    Qui met toute sa cure
    A chanter son chant parfait
    Aussi c’est sa nature

    Here is an English translation/paraphrase…

    It Is Pleasant to Hear the Little Bird
    (English)

    It is pleasant to hear the little bird
    Singing from her very soul
    This month of May, however it be
    And for as long as the night will roll.

    It’s lovely to hear her song
    Finer than any other’s
    I do declare
    Because it gives joy to many lovers
    My songster fair.

    It is the little nightingale
    Who puts all its devotion
    Into its perfect song
    From its very creation.

    Here’s an MP3 of David Solomons singing Il fait bon aimer l’oiselet.

    Many thanks to David W. Solomons for sharing Il fait bon aimer l’oiselet with us. David is a one man choral singer who has been playing instruments and singing for over 30 years. Here’s a link to his home page.

    -Lisa

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