Bastien und Bastienne is one of Mozart’s earliest operas, written when he was only twelve years old in the year 1768. It is a very simple work and features only three characters: Bastienne (soprano), Bastien (tenor) and the soothsayer Colas (bass). It is adapted from a play that was very popular in Vienna, “The Loves of Bastien and Bastienne,” a comic parody of a hit play by Jean Jacques Rousseau.

| Bastien und Bastienne, K. 46b | Bastien und Bastienne, K. 46b | ||
| Bastien und Bastienne, K. 46b |
Leck mich im Arsch, Canon
Leck mich im Arsch (“Kiss my ass”), K. 382c is a canon in B-flat major. During the lifetime of the Mozart, this work remained unpublished. After Mozart died, Constanze Mozart sent the manuscripts of the canon to the publisher “Breitkopf & Härtel” in 1799 and they changed the title and lyrics of this canon to the more acceptable “Let us be glad!”…

| Leck mich im Arsch, K. 382c | Leck mich im Arsch, K. 382c | ||
| Leck mich im Arsch, K. 382c |
Midifile: Mozart Leck mich im Arsch

