"Difficile lectu", K. 559, is a canon composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The music, in F major, is set for three singers. The words are most likely...
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wir in d' Hetz", K. 558, for four voices. (Score). 1788 or earlier. Difficile lectu mihi Mars, K. 559, for three voices. (Score). C. 1786–1787. O du eselhafter...
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be sung immediately following "Difficile lectu". For the tale of how these two canons originated, see "Difficile lectu". Mozart later transposed "O du...
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error about the Goethe source: the line occurs in the third act. "Difficile lectu" – a canon with a disguised Latin version of the same text "Bona nox"...
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mondegreen. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart produced a similar effect in his canon "Difficile Lectu" (Difficult to Read), which, though ostensibly in Latin, is actually...
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Mozart also entered on the 2 September 1788 into his catalogue are: "Difficile lectu mihi Mars" K. 559, and "O du eselhafter Peierl" K. 560a; other canons...
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Urtext? No, that Mozart was a decent man! "Leck mich im Arsch", K. 231 "Difficile lectu mihi mars", K. 559 "Bona nox", K. 561 Mozart and scatology The Mozart...
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librettist Metastasio. Mozart enjoyed singing canons with his friends (see "Difficile lectu"), and particularly liked canons with humorous scatological lyrics...
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2 September 1788 32 Vienna 559 559 Canon in F for 3 voices in 1, "Difficile lectu mihi Mars" 2 September 1788 32 Vienna 560a 559a Canon in F for 4 voices...
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("Lick my arse") or variations thereof (including the pseudo-Latin Difficile lectu mihi mars). While the term "Leck mich am Arsch", when literally translated...
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