Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Also known as Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major
composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Key facts
- Key
- G major
- Catalogue
- K. 525
- Published
- 1827, Offenbach am Main
- Publisher
- Johann André
- Duration
- ca. 17 minutes
- Scoring
- Strings
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Eine kleine nachtmusik.svg
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- catalog code
- 525
- inception
- 1787-08-10
- Commons category
- Serenade, K.525 (Mozart)
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Article
The Serenade No. 13 in G major, K. 525, popularly known as Eine kleine Nachtmusik, was composed in 1787 for a chamber ensemble by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German subtitle literally means "a little night music". and it is one of the composer's most famous works.
The circumstances around the composition of this piece are not known. The extant piece contains four movements: Allegro, Romance, Menuetto, and Finale. However, another movement is now believed to be lost.