French Curator Unearths Rare Mozart Manuscript
- Musicians will perform music for flute and harp by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for the first time on Sunday at the National Library, following a "major discovery" of a manuscript from his 1778 Paris stay.
- While reviewing anonymous manuscripts, National Library curator Francois-Pierre Goy stumbled upon the 44-page notebook containing exercises Mozart gave to Marie-Louise-Philippine de Bonnieres de Guines from 1778.
- Armin Brinzing, director of the Austria-based Mozarteum Foundation, authenticated the document in April. Confiscated from the Duke of Guines' home during the 1794 French Revolution, the manuscript contains seven pieces for flute and harp.
- BnF president Gilles Pecout said the sheets document Mozart's final Paris stay, providing insight into his teaching. For flautists and harpists who have "very little repertoire" available to them, the discovery offers rare performance opportunities.
- Discoveries like this "for such a famous composer are almost unheard of," said Mathias Auclair, director of the BnF's music department. In 2012, an Austrian attic yielded a Mozart piano piece composed when he was 11, underscoring such finds' rarity.
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The National Library of France (BnF) announced the discovery of an autograph manuscript by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, which until now has been anonymous and untitled, dating back to the late 18th century....
A manuscript by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has been discovered in the French National Library. According to the director of the library, it is one of the most important findings of the past decades.
A compositional notebook by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a manuscript that includes seven pieces for harp and flute, was found by a curator of the National Library of France (BnF), in Paris, announced the institution on Friday (19). Effect DTMF: Bad Bunny becomes the first Latin artist to collect US$ 1 billion in tours Lenin, on tour with ‘Eita owing to the fact that he defines himself as a ‘hopeful realist' with Brazil and the world "It is a great …
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart continues to reveal surprises. In the National Library of France (BnF) was found a compositional notebook that includes seven pieces for harp and flute, as well as music lessons. It is a "greater discovery recognized by specialists", according to Gilles Pécout, director of the BnF, adding that the piece provides information "about the young professor Mozart" and documents "the last Parisian stay" of the musician in 1778. …
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