![]() The Miserere is a somewhat repetitive piece, and Mozart’s transcription probably didn’t include improvised ornamental passages that would have been part of the original performance. Even so, a modern performance takes 12 to 15 minutes, and remembering it all would require following music written for two choirs, one with five parts and one with four, brought together at the end in nine-part counterpoint.Įxtraordinary ability doesn’t always show up where you’d expect it. Musicologists have since pointed out that Mozart’s feat of memory was extraordinary but maybe not as miraculous as it sounds at first. That night Mozart was unable to fall asleep, so he got up and amused himself by transcribing the whole thing from memory. He went back to hear the piece a second time a few days later, using the performance to correct a few errors in his copy, which he had concealed in his hat. Only three authorized copies were ever made. In 1770 Mozart and his father heard a performance of the Miserere during Holy Week. Allegri had been a priest and member of the choir of the Sistine Chapel, and his composition, a setting of the 50th Psalm, was so well loved by the occupants of the Vatican that at some point it became forbidden to transcribe it for performance elsewhere. The story concerns a famous piece of late Renaissance choral music, the Miserere, composed by Gregorio Allegri (1582–1652). One episode stands out, from a visit to the Vatican in 1770, when Mozart was 14 years old. When he was seven years old, the Mozart family went on the first of several tours to demonstrate the prodigious musical abilities of the young marvel and his elder sister Maria Anna (“Nannerel”), who was also remarkably gifted. So there is no shortage of anecdotes about the young Mozart’s astonishing musical dexterity, memory, and creativity in composition. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was the child prodigy par excellence, playing songs on the harpsichord at four years old and composing simple music at five. ![]() ![]() SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.Britannica Beyond We’ve created a new place where questions are at the center of learning.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today. ![]() Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions. ![]() Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives. ![]()
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