Nannerl Notenbuch

Music collection for Maria Anna Mozart

The Nannerl Notenbuch, or Notenbuch für Nannerl (English: Nannerl's Music Book) is a book in which Leopold Mozart, from 1759 to about 1764, wrote pieces for his daughter, Maria Anna Mozart (known as "Nannerl"), to learn and play. His son Wolfgang also used the book, in which his earliest compositions were recorded (some penned by his father). The book contains simple short keyboard (typically harpsichord) pieces, suitable for beginners; there are many anonymous minuets, some works by Leopold, and a few works by other composers including Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and the Austrian composer Georg Christoph Wagenseil. There are also some technical exercises, a table of intervals, and some modulating figured basses. The notebook originally contained 48 bound pages of music paper, but only 36 pages remain, with some of the missing 12 pages identified in other collections. Because of the simplicity of the pieces it contains, the book is often used to provide instruction to beginning piano players.

This piece of music was probably Mozart's first composition. It is an extremely short piece, consisting of just 10 measures, and was notated by the composer's father, Leopold, as Wolfgang was only five years old when he composed it. It is normally performed on the harpsichord and is in the key of C. The piece opens with a one bar phrase in time, which is then repeated. A second, modified phrase receives the same treatment. The time signature then changes to and in the following four measures Mozart reverts to a typically Baroque style. The piece concludes with a simple authentic cadence.

An extremely short work, consisting of only twelve measures. It was notated by Mozart's father, Leopold, as Wolfgang was only five years old when he composed it. It is normally performed on the harpsichord, and is in the key of C. As the tempo indicates, it is a fast and lively piece. Unlike K. 1a, this piece is not based on repeated phrases. It begins with an ascending scale in the right hand from the dominant (G) to the mediant (E) on the first and third beats of the bars, while the left hand adds a counterpoint on the off beats. After reaching a peak, the right hand drops down in a series of quarter notes and eighth notes, accompanied by a very simple bass part. Curiously, the final cadence takes place between the eighth and ninth measures: in the last four measures, which make up a quarter of the entire composition, Mozart rings various changes on an unadorned C major triad.

This piece, Allegro for keyboard in F, K. 1c runs to twenty four measures (including repeats). It was composed by Wolfgang on 11 December 1761 in Salzburg. It was notated by Mozart's father, Leopold, as Wolfgang was just five years old at the time. This piece was written for the harpsichord and is usually performed on that instrument today, though other keyboard instruments may be used. This Allegro is Mozart's earliest extant piece in F major. Like K. 1b, it is in a fast tempo. It is in rounded binary form, with repeat signs at the end of each of the sections: ||:A:||:BA:||, where A and B each consists of four bars. The music is simple and classical in style. This piece has been compared to a "jolly south German folkdance".

The minuet in F is a very short piece (around a minute in length) in extended binary form. The first section is just eight measures long and the second section twelve; both are marked with repeat signs. K. 1d was notated by Leopold Mozart; Wolfgang was five years old when he composed this piece. It was written for the harpsichord and is usually performed on that instrument, though other keyboard instruments may be used. This dance is Mozart's earliest extant composition in minuet form. As a minuet it is, by definition, stately in feeling and written in time. Like all Mozart's compositions in the Notenbuch, the clearest influences on the style are to be found in the pieces he was studying by Leopold Mozart and Georg Christoph Wagenseil. It comprises several phrases each beginning with chords, after which broken chords and triplets are used.

Another short piece, of 18 measures, it was probably notated by his father, Leopold Mozart, since Wolfgang was five or six years old at the time. It was written for the harpsichord and is hence usually performed on the harpsichord, though other keyboard instruments may be used. This minuet in G major is in Mozart's first collection of works. As a minuet, it is relatively fast in time. Unlike K. 1d, it is far less influenced by the baroque style. It is largely constructed of phrases which are repeated: every two bars are announced by a descending fifth, after which 4 chords are played, a tune is constructed within this restraint. Each phrase is 8 bars long. In two part harmony, it consists of 3 sections: the opening, a contrasting trio, and reprise of the original.

A short piece (around a minute in length); it was probably notated by his father, Leopold, since Wolfgang was only five or six years old at the time. It was written for the harpsichord and is hence usually performed on the harpsichord, though other keyboard instruments may be used. This minuet is in Mozart's first collection of works. As a minuet it is relatively fast in time. It is, unlike K. 1d far less influenced by the baroque style. It is largely constructed of phrases which are repeated: every two bars is announced by a descending fifth, after which 4 chords are played, a tune is constructed within this restraint. Each phrase is 8 bars long. In two part harmony, it consists of 3 sections: the opening, contrasting trio, and a reprise of the original. It was, in Köchel's first catalogue listed as K. 1 along with Minuet in G, K. 1e.

A very short work (around a minute in length); it was most likely notated by his father, Leopold, as Wolfgang was only five or six years old at the time. The entry for this work was composed in Salzburg in January 1762. It was written for the harpsichord and is hence usually performed on the harpsichord, though other keyboard instruments may be used. This piece is a single bar motif which is developed into an eight bar exposition, which is repeated, and then modulated for another eight bars before being repeated again.

A very short, yet lively piece (around a minute in length); it was most likely notated by his father, Leopold, as Wolfgang was six years old at the time. The entry for this work states it was composed in Salzburg on 4 March 1762. It was written for the harpsichord and is hence usually performed on the harpsichord, though other keyboard instruments may be used.

A short minuet (around a minute in length); it was most likely notated by his father, Leopold, as Wolfgang was six years old at the time. The entry for this work states it was composed in Salzburg on 11 May 1762. It was written for the harpsichord and is hence usually performed on the harpsichord, though other keyboard instruments may be used.

Another short minuet, featuring triplets, the last in the Notenbuch; it was most likely notated by his father, Leopold, as Wolfgang was six years old at the time. The entry for this work states it was composed in Salzburg on 5 July 1762. It was written for the harpsichord and is hence usually performed on the harpsichord, though other keyboard instruments may be used.

A longer piece (around double the amount of time compared to that of other entries in the Notenbuch); the first piece in the book to be inscribed by the young Wolfgang. The entry date for this work states it was composed in Salzburg, sometime during 1764; the precise date is not known. It was written for the harpsichord and is hence usually performed on the harpsichord, though other keyboard instruments may be used.

The final surviving piece in the Nannerl Notenbuch, of which only a fragment is left; notated again by Leopold. Estimated to be composed in Salzburg, around 1764. It runs for 61 measures (including repeats) and usually performed on the Harpsichord, though other keyboard instruments may be used.

The following table summarizes the contents of the Notenbuch. No. Piece Copyist Composer K. Added comments Notes1 Menuett in C Anonymous I Anonymous – – –2 Menuett in F Anonymous I Anonymous – – –3 Menuett in C Anonymous I Anonymous – – –4 Menuett in G Anonymous I Anonymous – – –5 Menuett in F Anonymous I Anonymous – – –6 Menuett in F Anonymous I Anonymous – – –7 Menuett in D Anonymous I Anonymous – – –8 Menuett in F Anonymous I Anonymous – Diese vorgehenden 8 Menuetten hat d. Wolfgangerl im 4ten Jahr gelernet(Wolfgang learned the preceding 8 minuets in his 4th year) –9 Menuett in A Leopold Anonymous – – –10 Menuett in D Leopold Anonymous – – –11 Menuett in F Anonymous I Anonymous – Disen Menuet und Trio hat dr Wolfgangerl den 26ten Januarij 1761 einen Tag vor seinem 5ten Jahr um halbe 10 Uhr in einer halben Stund gelernet(Wolfgang learned this minuet and trio in half an hour around 9:30 on 26 January 1761, one day before his 5th birthday) –12 Menuett in A Leopold Anonymous – – –13 Menuett in A Leopold Anonymous – – –14 Menuett in F Leopold Anonymous – – –15 Menuett in E Leopold Anonymous – – –16 Menuett in C Anonymous I Anonymous – – –17 Menuett in F Leopold Leopold – – –18 Menuett in B flat Leopold Anonymous – – –19 Menuett in F Anonymous I Anonymous K. 32 Diesen Menuet hat d. Wolfgangerl auch im vierten jahr seines alters gelernet(Wolfgang also learned this minuet when he was four years of age) K. 32 (Gallimathias musicum), No. 14, is an orchestral version of this piece20 Allegro in C Wolfgang Wolfgang K. 5a – Probably added in 176421 Menuett in C Anonymous II Anonymous – – –22 Marsch in F (I) Anonymous I Anonymous – den 4ten feb. 1761 vom Wolfgangerl gelernetLearned by Wolfgang on the 4 February 1761 –23 Marsch in F (II) Leopold Anonymous – – –24 Allegro in B flat Leopold Wolfgang K. 8 di Wolfgang Mozart à Paris le 21 Novb. 1763by Wolfgang Mozart in Paris on 21 November 1763 A piano version of the first movement of Violin Sonata No. 3 in B flat, K. 825 Andante in F Leopold Wolfgang K. 6 – A piano version of the second movement of Violin Sonata No. 1 in C, K. 6Probably written in Brussels in October 176326 Menuett in C Leopold Wolfgang K. 6 – A piano version of Menuet I from the third movement of Violin Sonata No. 1 in C, K. 6Probably written in Brussels in October 176327 Allegro in C Anonymous I Anonymous – – –28 Allegro in F Anonymous I Anonymous – – –29 Klavierstück in F Anonymous I Anonymous – – –30 Allegro in C Anonymous I Anonymous – – –31 Scherzo in C Anonymous I Wagenseil – del Sgr. Wagenseil(By Signore Wagenseil) –32 Scherzo in F Anonymous I Anonymous – – –33 Allegro in F Leopold Anonymous – – –34 Allegro in C Leopold Anonymous – – –35 Tempo di menuetto in F Anonymous II Anonymous – – –36 Allegro moderato in F Anonymous I Anonymous – – –37 Andante in B flat Leopold Anonymous – – –38 Andante in C Leopold Anonymous – – –39 Arietta con Variazioni in A Anonymous III[[Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – – –40 Allegro in C Leopold Anonymous – – –41 Allegro in G Leopold Anonymous – – –42 Allegro in G minor Leopold Anonymous – – –43 Presto in A Anonymous III lt=J. N. Tischer – – –44 Polonaise in F Leopold Anonymous – – –45 Allegro in E minor Leopold Agrell – – –46 Allegro in C Leopold Wolfgang K. 6 di Wolfgango Mozart d. 14 octob. (by Wolfgang Mozart on 14 October) A piano version of the first movement of Violin Sonata No. 1, K. 6Probably composed in Brussels in 176347 Menuett in D Leopold Wolfgang K. 7 di Wolfgango Mozart d. 30ten Novbr. 1763 à Paris(by Wolfgang Mozart in Paris in 1763) A piano version of Menuet I from Violin Sonata No. 2 in D, K. 748 Menuett in F Leopold Wolfgang K. 6 di Wolfgango Mozart d. 16ten Julÿ 1762(by Wolfgang Mozart on 16 July 1762) A piano version of the third movement of Leopold's Serenade in D and Menuet II from the third movement of Wolfgang's Violin Sonata No. 1 in CComposed in Salzburg49 Menuett in F Leopold Wolfgang K. 4 di Wolfgango Mozart d. 11ten Maÿ 1762(by Wolfgang Mozart on 11 May 1762) Minuet in F, K. 4Composed in Salzburg50 Klavierstück in G Leopold Anonymous – – Fragment51 Konzertsatz in G Leopold Anonymous – – –52 Fünf technische Übungen Leopold Anonymous – – Exercise: Five technical exercises53 Andante in C Leopold Wolfgang K. 1a – –54 Allegro in C Leopold Wolfgang K. 1b – –55 Allegro in F Leopold Wolfgang K. 1c – –56 Minuet in F Leopold Wolfgang K. 1d Menuetto del Sgr. Wolfgango Mozart 16to Decembris 1761(Minuet by Wolfgang Mozart on 16 December 1761) –57 Intervalltabelle Leopold Anonymous – – Exercise: a table of musical intervals58 Menuett in F Leopold? Wolfgang K. 2 – Minuet in F, K. 259 Allegro in B flat Leopold Wolfgang K. 3 del Sgr. Wolfgango Mozart 1762. d. 4ten Martij(by Wolfgang Mozart on 4 March 1762) Allegro in B flat, K. 3Composed in Salzburg60 Drei modulierende Generalbaßübungen Leopold Anonymous – – Exercise: 3 modulating general basses61 Menuett in F Leopold? Wolfgang K. 5 5. Juli 17625 July 1762 Minuet in F, K. 5Composed in Salzburg62 Menuett in G Wolfgang Wolfgang K. 1e – Minuet in G, K. 1eProbably added in 176463 Menuett in C Wolfgang Wolfgang K. 1f – Minuet in C, K. 1fProbably added in 176464 Andante in B flat Wolfgang Wolfgang K. 5b – Fragment of an Andante in B flat, K. 5b (K. 9b in K1)Probably added in 1764