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Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, K. 525 (Eine kleine Nachtmusik)

~莫札特《弦樂小夜曲》~

<<簡介>>

    The Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, K. 525 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1787. The work is more commonly known by the title Eine kleine Nachtmusik. This theme is the representative one of Mozart's compositions. Mozart had written 13 Serenade in his life, most of them were composed for customer’s requirements, but only the last one is written for his own creative ideas.

G大調弦樂小夜曲（德文：Serenade für Streicher in G-Dur，常被稱為Eine Kleine Nachtmusik），又稱「第13號小夜曲」，是奧地利音樂家莫札特的著名作品，寫於1787年，這是其中最有代表性的一首，。莫札特一生共寫有十三首小夜曲，多半都是應「客戶」的要求而作只有最後這首「弦樂小夜曲」才是為了自己的創作意念而譜寫的。

In music, a serenade (or sometimes serenata) is, in its most general sense, a musical composition, and/or performance, in someone's honor. Serenades are typically calm, light music.

In the oldest usage, which survives in informal form to the present day, a serenade is a musical greeting performed for a lover, friend, person of rank or other person to be honored. The classic serenade usage would be from a lover to his lady love through a window. It was considered an evening piece, one to be performed on a quiet and pleasant evening. Music performed followed no one particular form, except that it was typically sung by one person accompanying himself on a portable instrument, most likely a guitar, lute or other plucked instrument.

Till the late eighteenth century, it strayed from its original "function", and evolved into a purely musical style for social entertainment purposes, as "Divertimento" and "Nocturne". It mix the elements of the Suite, march, minuet and sonata style, feature between Suite and Symphony, and it’s usually written for small ensemble. Serenade is more suitable to play outdoors for the open-air banquet that uppers held in the garden.

小夜曲是一種源於愛情的歌曲，一般南歐人在夏日夜晚，用吉他或曼陀鈴等簡單的樂器伴奏，在戀人窗下唱的，以表達愛情，歌曲並沒有固定的格式。

      後來慢慢的演變，到了十八世紀末期，就脫離了它原先的「功能」，發展成一種純音樂型態，當作社交的娛樂之用，性質跟「嬉遊曲」、「夜曲」相當類似。它的特徵是混和了組曲、進行曲、小步舞曲和奏鳴曲的元素，風格通常介於組曲和交響曲之間，而且通常是為小型的合奏而寫的，比較適合在戶外演奏，用來陪伴過去上流社會的人士在花園中舉行的露天宴會。是一種歡快明朗，典雅質樸的如歌樂曲。

<<介紹原因>>

Most of Mozart’s music has people feel bright and beautiful; this Serenade is one of the classic. Listening to those elegant and light music will always make people happy, this is one of the reasons why I like this theme, and want to share it with you.

莫札特的音樂作品多給人明亮且華麗的感覺，這首小夜曲便是其中的經典，優雅、輕快的樂曲，聽了總會使人感到心情愉悅，這是我喜歡這首曲子的原因之一。

<<資料來源>>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eine_kleine_ Nachtmusik

http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/augusmusic/article?mid=39&prev=47&l=f&fid=11