The newly found piece is known as “Ganz kleine Nachtmusik”

A beforehand unknown piece of music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart when he was in all probability in his early teenagers has been uncovered at a library in Germany, researchers mentioned Thursday.

The piece dates to the mid- to late-1760s and consists of seven miniature actions for a string trio lasting round 12 minutes, the Leipzig Municipal Libraries mentioned in a press release.

Born in 1756, Mozart was a toddler prodigy and commenced composing at a really early age below his father’s steering.

Researchers found the work on the metropolis’s music library whereas compiling the most recent version of the so-called Koechel catalogue, the definitive archive of Mozart’s musical works.

The newly found manuscript was not penned by Mozart himself however is believed to be a replica made in round 1780, the researchers mentioned.

The piece was carried out by a string trio on the unveiling of the brand new Koechel catalogue within the Austrian metropolis of Salzburg on Thursday.

It would obtain its German premiere on the Leipzig Opera on Saturday.

The piece is known as “Ganz kleine Nachtmusik” within the new Koechel catalogue, in line with the Leipzig libraries.

The manuscript consists of darkish brown ink on medium-white handmade paper and the components are individually sure, they mentioned.

The Koechel catalogue describes the piece as “preserved in a single supply, wherein the attribution of the creator means that the work was written earlier than Mozart’s first journey to Italy”, in line with the municipal libraries.

The younger Mozart had been recognized to researchers up till now “primarily as a composer of piano music, arias and symphonies”, Ulrich Leisinger of the Worldwide Mozarteum Basis in Salzburg mentioned in a press release.

A listing by Mozart’s father had alerted teachers to the existence of “many different chamber music compositions” by the younger artist, which had been all thought to have been misplaced till the emergence of the string trio, Leisinger mentioned.

“For the reason that inspiration for this apparently got here from Mozart’s sister, it’s tempting to think about that she saved the work as a memento of her brother,” Leisinger mentioned.

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