Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik В. А. Моцарт Маленькая ночная серенада Serenade No 13, K. 525

Eine kleine Nachtmusik Serenade or A Little Night Music (Serenade No. 13for strings in G major) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, which is illustrated by the paintings of François Boucher. Eine kleine Nachtmusik(Serenade No. 13for strings in G major), K. 525, is a 1787 composition for achamber ensemblebyWolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German title means a littleserenade, though it is often rendered more literally but less accurately as a little night The work is written for an ensemble of twoviolins, viola, andcellowith optionaldouble bassbut is often performed bystring orchestras. The traditionally used name of the work comes from the entry Mozart made for it in his personal catalog, which begins, Eine kleine AsZaslawand Cowdery point out, Mozart almost certainly was not giving the piece a special title, but only entering in his records that he had completed a little serenade. The work was not published until about 1827, long after Mozart s death, byJohann AndréinOffenba