aaronpk
aaronpk
Any German speakers want to tell me if my instinct on this is correct? "Ganz kleine Nachtmusik" is the name of a piece of music by Mozart that was just discovered. (He later titled a piece "Eine kleine Nachtmusik") The English press about this is translating it as "Very little night music" which seems wro... aaronparecki.com
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yatil@yatil.social
yatil@yatil.social

@aaronpk I think both are ok, it seems like the title is a wordplay on “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”, and “ganz klein” can be “very little” and “quite little”. I assume that’s on purpose, because of the length of the piece. If I had to translate it, I probably would opt for “Quite little night music”, too. I’m surprised there seems to be no official English description.

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