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Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
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"A Little Night Music" Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
classical chamber music
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a unique fusion of genres
The music of Michael Duran includes; "Collaborations" Projects with my Soundclick friends that I have had the honor to work with; "Homespun" Solo projects & Covers done at my home. live band recordings; 2000-2004 "The Shop" Heartbreak Highway 3 piece collab/studio recordings with; Steve Layman; Piano & Synth Steve Torok; Drums Michael Duran; Guitar, Synth, and Bass 1990's "The Knapps Cutoff Band" As Is Studio "open mic" and live recordings with; Marty Nicklin; Bass Steve Layman; Piano & Synth Steve Torok; Drums Michael Duran; Guitar & Synth Thanks to Nathan Bankston, Ray Garcia, and Chris Kenard for their fine vocals. 1980's "B'wana" salvaged tape recordings from my 80s club band. Dan Buck; Drums & Vocals Michael Duran; Guitar synth & Vocals Ron Olson; Bass & Vocals Bill Kramer; Lead Guitar
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Genre
Classical • Chamber Music
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#23 in subgenre Peak #1
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Peak #6
Author
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rights
Public Domain
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July 16, 2022
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MP3 10.8 MB • 320 kbps • 4:06
Story behind the song
Working with a public domain MIDI file to expand the 4-track string quartet, into a 16-track arrangement featuring piano, organ, full string and brass orchestra, percussion & choir. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major is a 1787 composition for a chamber ensemble by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German title means "a little night music". The work is written for an ensemble of two violins, viola, cello and double bass, but is often performed by string orchestras. The serenade was completed in Vienna on 10 August 1787, around the time Mozart was working on the second act of his opera Don Giovanni. It is not known why it was composed. Wolfgang Hildesheimer, noting that most of Mozart's serenades were written on commission, suggests that this serenade, too, was a commission, whose origin and first performance were not recorded. The traditionally used name of the work comes from the entry Mozart made for it in his personal catalog, which begins, "Eine Kleine Nacht-Musik". As Zaslaw and Cowdery point out, Mozart almost certainly was not giving the piece a special title, but only entering in his records that he had completed a little serenade. The work was not published until about 1827, long after Mozart's death, by Johann André in Offenbach am Main. It had been sold to this publisher in 1799 by Mozart's widow Constanze, part of a large bundle of her husband's compositions. Today, the serenade is widely performed and recorded. Indeed, both Jacobson and Hildesheimer opine that the serenade is the most popular of all Mozart's works. Of the music, Hildesheimer writes, "even if we hear it on every street corner, its high quality is undisputed, an occasional piece from a light but happy pen."
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AlexisPatrick
Aug 24, 2024
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING......Great work, Michael. Superb arrangement and musicianship.
steveweyman
Mar 05, 2023
Had to take a listen after seeing the title ! Smiling all the way through ! You are doing a version of Mozart ! Amazing Michael ! Master of every genre !
Swampman
Oct 08, 2022
Epic cuz !
DRUMNJON
Aug 22, 2022
Beautiful!
digitalskull
Aug 01, 2022
Amazing.
soundsbyramolly
Jul 31, 2022
Very cool !
DOOMTRAINmusic
Jul 22, 2022
ROCK on LOVE this upbeat Mozart !!!!
rodrica
Jul 21, 2022
Always loved Mozart's work - great to hear a version of this one again.
AlexisPatrick
Jul 20, 2022
How beautiful. Excellent musicianship. Brilliant, Michael. Superb recording. Mozart is my number one favorite composer and then there is Beethoven, Johann Strauss II, and so many more.
MikeBennett
Jul 19, 2022
Very cool rendition!!!