- Source: Bona nox
Bona nox! bist a rechta Ox, K. 561, is a canon in A major for four voices a cappella by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Mozart entered this work into his catalogue on 1788 as part of a set of ten canons.
Music
The canon is written in the time signature of cut common time and in the key signature of A major. The theme is 16 bars long; each of the four voices enters after four bars.
Text
The original lyrics are probably by Mozart himself; they include the words for "good night" in five different languages (Latin, Italian, French, English, and German). The phrase "gute Nacht, gute Nacht, / scheiß ins Bett daß' kracht", found in the fourth-to-last and third-to-last lines, closely resembles a similar expression found in a postscript to one of Wolfgang's letters by his mother, written 26 September 1777 to his father; also in Mozart's letter from 7 July 1770 to his sister.
Reception
The completely expurgated version found widespread distribution in traditional German Hausmusik.
See also
Other canons which Mozart also entered on the 2 September 1788 into his catalogue are: "Difficile lectu mihi Mars" K. 559, and "O du eselhafter Peierl" K. 560a; other canons which also use a similarly robust language are "Leck mich im Arsch" K. 231, and "Leck mir den Arsch fein recht schön sauber" K. 233.
Mozart and scatology
References
External links
"Bona nox! bist a rechta Ox": Score in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
"Bona nox! bist a rechta Ochs", score (for unknown reasons in G major) at the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
Animated lyrics (expurgated) at the Scratch Project of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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