Scatological materials Mozart and scatology

benjamin simkin s compilation lists scatological letters mozart following individuals:

his father, leopold mozart: twenty letters
his wife, constanze mozart: 6 letters
his cousin maria anna thekla mozart: 6 letters
his sister maria anna mozart (nannerl): 4 letters
his mother anna maria mozart: 1 letter
his mother , sister jointly: 1 letter
his salzburg friend abbé joseph bullinger: 1 letter
his friend, choirmaster anton stoll, whom wrote ave verum corpus: 1 letter

in music

the canons first published after mozart s death bowdlerized lyrics; instance leck mir den arsch fein rein ( lick me in arse nice , clean ) became nichts labt mich mehr als wein ( nothing refreshes me more wine ). in cases, first line of original scatological lyrics preserved. following list ordered köchel catalog number. voices , conjectured dates zaslaw , cowdery (1990:101–105); , links marked score lead online edition of neue mozart-ausgabe.

leck mich im arsch ( lick me in arse ), k. 231 (k 382c), 6 voices. (score). composed time in 1780s. first published lass froh uns sein ( let joyful ).
leck mir den arsch fein recht schön sauber ( lick arse right , clean ), k. 233 (k 382d). (score). first published nichts labt mich mehr als wein ( nothing pleases me more wine ). music of canon once thought mozart shown in 1988 wolfgang plath wenzel trnka, italian words tu sei gelosa, è vero . editors of neue mozart-ausgabe note, work should considered work of mozart s, author of lyrics rather composer.
bei der hitz im sommer eß ich ( in heat of summer eat ), k. 234 (k 382e). (score). k. 233, music not mozart; canon che vanti un cor ingrato wenzel trnka.
gehn wir im prater, gehn wir in d hetz , k. 558, 4 voices. (score). 1788 or earlier.
difficile lectu mihi mars, k. 559, 3 voices. (score). ca. 1786–1787.
o du eselhafter peierl, ( oh, asinine peierl ) 4 voices, k. 560a. (score). ca. 1786–1787. revised version, o du eselhafter martin , catalogued k. 560b.
bona nox ( night ) k. 561, 4 voices. (score). 1788 or earlier.




^ simkin, benjamin (1992) mozart s scatological disorder , bmj 305: 1563–7
^ link (2006:133)
^ berke et al. (2007:69)