Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: “Semiramis” (fragments?) KV 315e (Anh. 11), performed by John Elliot Gardiner

Scoring: orchestra.

Composed c. 1778.

Text by Otto Heinrich von Gemmingen-Hornberg.

The work was left unfinished.

The music is lost.

On December 3, 1778, from Mannheim, Mozart wrote to his father: “To please Herr von Gemmingen and myself I am now composing the first act of the declaimed opera (which I was commissioned to write) and I am also doing this for nothing; I shall bring it with me and finish it at home…Herr von Gemmingen is the poet, of course—and the duodrama is called Semiramis”. Nothing else is known of this duodrama. In an 1994 article Laurenz Lutteken believes some of Thamos music originally for Semiramis project.

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“Semiramis” (fragments?), KV 315e (Anh. 11)

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	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart “Semiramis” (fragments?), KV 315e (Anh. 11) Scoring: orchestra. Composed c. 1778. Text by Otto Heinrich von Gemmingen-Hornberg. The work was left unfinished. The music is lost. On December 3, 1778, from Mannheim, Mozart wrote to his...Read more Scoring: orchestra. Composed c. 1778. Text by Otto Heinrich von Gemmingen-Hornberg. The work was left unfinished. The music is lost. On December 3, 1778, from Mannheim, Mozart wrote to his father: “To please Herr von Gemmingen and myself I am now composing the first act of the declaimed opera (which I was commissioned to write) and I am also doing this for nothing; I shall bring it with me and finish it at home…Herr von Gemmingen is the poet, of course—and the duodrama is called Semiramis”. Nothing else is known of this duodrama. In an 1994 article Laurenz Lutteken believes some of Thamos music originally for Semiramis project. Close John Elliot Gardiner (conductor) , English Baroque Soloists 1993 (Deutsche Grammophon)Read moreCollapse 1993 (Deutsche Grammophon) Download Share WhatsApp Facebook X Reddit Email Copy link Recording discussion