A previously unknown composition by 18th-century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has been unearthed at a library in Germany. (NME report)
Mozart – who was born in 1756 – was a child prodigy and began composing musical work at a young age with the help and guidance of his father. According to The Guardian, the unknown piece of music was probably created when the music virtuoso was only in his teens.
Researchers who are working on compiling the newest edition of the Köchel catalogue – the definitive archive of Mozart’s musical works – came across the previously unknown piece at one of Leipzig’s municipal libraries.
The newly discovered piece which is referred to as Ganz kleine Nachtmusik and has been estimated to be dated somewhere around the mid-to-late 1760s. It is comprised of seven miniature movements for a string trio lasting about 12 minutes.
