About Songs
Mozart’s surviving songs mainly date from his Vienna years and were written for private use within his circle friends. According to records of his sister, Maria Anna, Mozart composed only few songs during his Salzburg years. The typical song is a short setting of a strophic poem with keyboard accompaniment, using the same music for every stanza of the text. Mozart also wrote several through-composed songs, which were then usually called German arias rather than songs. The most famous of these is Das Veilchen, KV 476, based on a text by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The songs used at meetings of the Freemasons (see work group 31) stand between the solo song and the part-song because the last lines of the text are sung or repeated by a male chorus.
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Autograph, 1791
Abschrift, 1803
[Kopftitel?: ] Der Frühling Authore Wolfgango Amade Mozart.
Partitur: 1 S.
Erstdruck, 1791
LIEDERSAMMLUNG/ FÜR/ KINDER UND KINDERFREUNDE/ AM CLAVIER./ FRÜHLINGSLIEDER./ WIEN;/ GEDRUCKT BEY IGNAZ ALBERTI, K. K. PRIV. BUCHDRUCKER. MDCCXCI.
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Frühdruck, 1799
[Reihentitel:] Oeuvres de Mozart./ Cahier V./ contenant/ Trente Airs et Chansons/ pour le Pianoforte. [Umschlagtitel:] OEUVRES COMPLETTES/ de/ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/ Au Magasin de Musique de Breitkopf & Härtel/ à Leipsic. [Bandtitel:] XXX Gesänge/ mit/ Begleitung des Pianoforte/ von/ W. A. Mozart./ In der Breitkopf- und Härtelischen Musikhandlung/ in Leipzig./ V.
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Frühdruck, 1799
Zwey Deutsche Arien/ zum Singen beym Clavier/ in Musick gesetzt/ von Herrn Kapellmeister/ W. A. Mozart
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Frühdruck, 1799
A Collection/ of Original/ Songs/ with an Accompaniment for the/ Piano Forte or Harp/ Composed by/ W. A. Mozart
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Frühdruck, 1800
Skalde–/ Stycken/ Satte/ i/ Musik
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Frühdruck, 1800
XII./ Deutsche Lieder/ mit/ Clavierbegleitung/ von/ W. A. Mozart./ 2te Sammlung.
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Frühdruck, 1800-1801
In Musik gesetzte Poesie
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Frühdruck, 1806
Six/ Pieces d'Harmonie,/ arrangées par Mr. Göpfert/ pour/ 2 Oboes ou Flutes, 2 Clarinettes,/ 2 Cors, Trompette ad libitum,/ Baßon et Serpent/ ou 2 Baßons./ Composées par/ W. A. Mozart
Stimmen: 14 S.
Im Frühlingsanfange Song for voice and clavier
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