{"id":276264,"date":"2026-06-22T17:25:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T13:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=276264"},"modified":"2026-06-22T17:31:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T13:31:12","slug":"7-previously-unknown-works-by-mozart-and-his-pupil-discovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/news\/276264\/","title":{"rendered":"7 previously unknown works by Mozart and his pupil discovered"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Later, in a letter to his father, Mozart complained that his pupil, a duke’s daughter who was a talented harpist, completed her music theory exercises well enough, but “had no ideas at all.”<\/p>\n

That may have been exasperating for Mozart, but it has given posterity a spectacular gift. On Friday, the National Library of France announced the discovery of a 44-page notebook from de Guînes’s lessons, The New York Times<\/a> writes.<\/p>\n

The notebook offers an extraordinary window into Mozart’s teaching method, showing his corrections and improvements on de Guînes’s work.<\/p>\n

The discovery also yields repertoire pieces marked by Mozart’s imagination: seven previously unknown works for flute and harp. Experts say that while de Guînes composed these works under her teacher’s guidance, Mozart penned a substantial portion of the music himself.<\/p>\n

The newly discovered works were played publicly for the first time on Sunday at the National Library of France. Most of the rediscovered pieces are light, short works.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Mozart’s letters, scholars knew that he taught de Guînes from May to July 1778.<\/p>\n

The Duke of Guînes hoped that his daughter would become a competent enough composer to write sonatas for flute and harp, the instruments they played.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"