The Ganz Kleine Nachtmusik gets a world premiere
Why BeethovenLeipzigers attended a free premiere on Saturday of one of the recent Mozart discoveries, a 12-minute trio titled Serenate ex C.
It is listed in the new Köchel catalogue as the “Ganz kleine Nachtmusik”, or ‘very little night music’ and catalogued as KV648. Mozart was maybe ten when he wrote it.
The piece was played in a packed foyer of the Leizig Opera and repeated for larger crowds on the steps outside.
K.648 ?? That’s really messed up and counter-intuitive. Why didn’t they move the Requieum to the last spot and make the list chronological?
Just think of it as a WoO. Or ein kleiner Nachlass.
Because that’s not how catalogues work?