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Thursday, January 20, 2005

Mozart: the really smart alecky genius

Today I just shocked my colleague and friend, Carlos, by showing him a series of vocal pieces composed by Mozart titled "Leck mich im Arsch", or for those of you who don't speak Deutschland-speak (such as myself) "Lick my ass"! For those of you who are suspicious of what looks like a blatant travesty, the catalog number for one of these pieces is the following: KV 231(382c). It's apparently a canon in B-flat for six male voices. Interesting...

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