Submitted by Bill Brice, Aug 30, 2007 13:20

Bartok composed various "night music" pieces. Mahler wrote a "Song of the Night" (Symphony #7). Sondheim composed "A Little Night Music". Porter wrote "Night and Day".... However, Mozart's composition is "Eine Kleine Nachmusic", as I'm sure your program notes must have written it. Translation: "A Little After [dinner] Music". We may presume that the dinner in question was in the evening hours, however it's too much of a stretch for a reviewer to alter the very title of a well-known composition!

The title really does make a difference; that is, if you're interested in its original context and in the spirit in which it was intended.

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