Mozart’s “Lick My Arse”, K. 231
September 12th, 2007 Posted in classical music, mozart
“Leck mich im Arsch” was apparently unearthed in it’s not-so-censored form (”Let us be glad” is so lame in comparison) about fifteen years ago at Harvard. The wikipedia page about this rather awesomely titled piece has unusually thorough references, which I won’t repeat here, but suffice to say it’s convincingly not a fake.
However, they give a the slightly more mundane explanation that it’s probably a reference to a line from a Goethe drama, rather than simply a merry little canon specifically focusing on, well, arse-licking. Still, you can’t be too disappointed with a title like that.
Are there any more beloved little gems like this out there?
September 13th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
What you want is an Australian recording made by fortepianist Geoffrey Lancaster and The Song Company (Tall Poppies label). It’s called Mozart Unexpurgated and well worth the trouble of tracking it down. cdUniverse might be a place to start:
http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/2750259/a/Mozart+Unexpurgated+%2F+Lancaster,+The+Song+Company.htm
There is also an LP of similar repertoire that I’ve seen around: has a rather dated wall of graffiti as its cover, but I don’t recall the performed details, as I’ve not ever owned or listened to it.
September 21st, 2007 at 1:33 pm
Thanks Yvonne
I bought a copy, hopefully it’s floating around in the mail system right now.