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

    Mozart’s Piano Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

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

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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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    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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