Bei der Hitz im Sommer eß ich
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"Bei der Hitz im Sommer eß ich" (English: In the heat of summer I eat) is a canon for three voices in G major, K. 234/382e/Anh.A 40. The music was long thought to have been composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart during 1782 in Vienna, but now thought to be the work of Wenzel Trnka. The lyrics appear to stem from Mozart.
Authenticity
In 1988, Wolfgang Plath presented evidence that the composer of this piece, as well as "Leck mir den Arsch fein recht schön sauber", K. 233/382d/Anh.A 39, was in fact Wenzel Trnka (1739–1791). That Mozart might not be the author of the canons K. 229, K. 230, "Leck mich im Arsch", K. 231, K. 233, K. 234 (this work) was already mentioned in the Bärenreiter Neue Mozart-Ausgabe (NMA) in 1974. Mozart's widow Constanze Mozart submitted the modified canon to publisher Breitkopf & Härtel.
Lyrics
The rediscovered, probably original text reads:
Alternative lyrics
Shown in Bärenreiter's Neue Mozart-Ausgabe is the text as changed for the 1804 edition of the canons in Œuvres Complettes by Breitkopf & Härtel.
See also
Wenzel Trnka § The Mozart misattribution, for more on the canon's misattribution to Mozart
Notes
External links
"Bei der Hitz im Sommer eß ich", KV 234: Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
"Discography, audio", International Mozarteum Foundation
"Bei der Hitz im Sommer eß ich", KV Anh.
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