In the list of the compositions of Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart, the Köchel-Verzeichnis, there are variations
for piano about the song ‘Freut euch des Lebens’
(Life let us cherish) designated KV6 C.26.07 (KV3 Anh.
289a). The song is from an unknown composer, and the
variations probably not by Mozart, but by the German
composer Johann Michael Lanz. Lanz was active about
1790 to 1810 and left works like songs, piano music and
variations, a string quartet and a symphony. The German
clarinettist Hei...(+)
In the list of the compositions of Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart, the Köchel-Verzeichnis, there are variations
for piano about the song ‘Freut euch des Lebens’
(Life let us cherish) designated KV6 C.26.07 (KV3 Anh.
289a). The song is from an unknown composer, and the
variations probably not by Mozart, but by the German
composer Johann Michael Lanz. Lanz was active about
1790 to 1810 and left works like songs, piano music and
variations, a string quartet and a symphony. The German
clarinettist Heinrich Fink (1925 – 1999), a former
member of the ‘Duisburger Sinfoniker’, devoted
himself especially to play the basset horn. After the
second world war he was among the first people to play
basset horn music in the public and to make records of
it. For his own use he arranged the above mentioned
variations for basset horn and string trio.
