Mozart in the morning
Why do classical music compositions have such abstract titles so as to be nearly impossible to remember? Did Mozart, Beethoven, Bach and the other musical greats forget to consider non-musical folks (and people with poor memories) as they decided on titles for their masterpieces? Image: Pixabay Beethoven's Fur Elise is the only title of a classical piece that I can recall right now. Oh, there's A Little Night Music , too, by Mozart. Apart from that, the familiar titles are scarce because most are the likes of Piano Sonata # so and so, or Oboe Concerto in this or that minor, or Symphony # something in so-and-so major. I sure wish I could appreciate the significance of naming the fruits of their musical explorations in such a manner. ... (Three months later...) The significance of naming musical compositions with number so-and-so and in this major or that minor still escapes me. But my eyes have ceased to turn like pinwheels in confusion (figuratively speaking) whe...