Mozart in Salzburg, Mendelssohn in Hamburg - Summer Schools, Apply Now!

More promotional mail arrived in the library today. This time, two summer schools to appeal to our musicians:-

• Sommerakademie Mozarteum at Internationale Universitate, Salzburg, Austria, July 16 - August 26 2017, with a wide variety of masterclasses for different performers, and additional courses on Alexander Technique, Italian, German, Feldenkrais for musicians, and yoga.  www.summeracademymozarteum.at.  (Look for the box marked 'Downloads' for information about Master Classes,Opera School, Orchestra Academy,Course fees 2017, Guidelines for application, and the General Terms & Conditions.)
• International Mendelssohn Festival - Summer School / Master Classes in chamber music, strings, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, saxophone and conducting, September 11-24, 2017, in Hamburg.  Application deadline 15 May. www.mendelssohn-festival.com/summerschool

Mozart Sonata K.331 (Alla Turca finale) Autograph Fragment Online

Newly discovered autograph fragment 

Mozart's famous Sonata in A major, K. 331 (with 'Alla Turca' finale)

The Hungarian National Széchényi Library has just launched a website to make this precious manuscript freely accessible to all:- http://mozart.oszk.hu/index_en.html

Balázs Mikusi (mikusi@oszk.hu)

Head of Music

National Széchényi Library, Budapest 

You will also be delighted to hear that Henle is producing a new Urtext edition of the sonata - there's a video about it here.

Pianists, an unknown Mozart autograph has been discovered!

Sonata in A major, K. 331

(best known for its ‘alla turca’ finale)

Read about the event to celebrate this discovery - in Budapest.  CLICK HERE.

What's more, our professional association found this published online in the New York Times: CLICK HERE.

How old do you think this Recording is? (World's Oldest Mozart Recording)

Europeana Sounds offers some unique archival moments.  We heard today about this, possibly the earliest ever recording of a Mozart aria.  Listen here!

• http://www.europeanasounds.eu/ (homepage)

(Our thanks to IAML, the International Association of Music Libraries), for this intriguing link, posted on their weekly news website.)

We are the Whittaker Library at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.  IAML is our professional association.

Wexford Festival Opera 2012: William Vincent Wallace and Mozart

Wexford Festival

The Magic Flute

William Vincent Wallace bicentenary recital
Here's a review of William Vincent Wallace songs, performed by pianist Una Hunt and mezzo-soprano Rachel Kelly; and a performance of Mozart's Magic Flute.

William Vincent Wallace was born in Wexford - hence the connection with the Festival.  Singers may appreciate an understanding of his context, since his songs do occasionally feature in singers' recital repertoire.  Click here.

In Mozart's words: new website makes Mozart's letters available online

In Mozart's words

In Mozart’s Words provides multilingual access to an annotated version of the voluminous correspondence of Mozart and his family - approximately 1,400 letters - that will progressively be made available online on this website. The website offers i) a univocal database of all references to people, places and musical works contained in the letters, facilitating the systematic search of all cited occurrences, and ii) access to background materials such as reviews, newspapers, documents, objects, paintings, engravings, and books as a corollary to the historical-critical annotations.

Credits:-

• Academic direction and notes: Cliff Eisen, King's College, London
• Mozart's works scores: Neue Mozart-Ausgabe Online Website 
• Full credits, translators etc - click here.