Paperblanks Mozart, The Hunt A5 Cahier Notebook – Music Manuscript

Slim, light and wonderfully practical, this Mozart, The Hunt A5 cahier notebook from Paperblanks offers 80 music manuscript pages of 100 gsm paper, all perforated for easy removal.

The compositions of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart continue to inspire music lovers. The ballet score entitled La Chasse, reproduced here, is believed to have been composed in Paris in 1778. Chasing and hunting themes, typically featuring shepherds, shepherdesses, and Cupid frolicking together, were popular motifs of the time.

The Story Behind the Design

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) was one of the most prolific and influential composers to come out of the Classical era. Born in Salzburg, Austria, his musical talent quickly emerged and he became a highly sought after child prodigy. His age captivated audiences but it was truly his music that entranced listeners, who were deeply moved by the magical and inspiring operas, piano concertos, symphonies, string quartets, and string quintets he created.

The piece of music reproduced on our cover is from a ballet score now known as La Chasse (KV 300 [299d]), which Mozart composed in Paris in the autumn of 1778. Themes of chasing and hunting, especially those featuring the mingling of shepherds and shepherdesses with Cupid, were especially well liked during his time, and the erotic subtexts made ballet and pantomime popular with a variety of audiences. So popular, in fact, were these motifs that this version of La Chasse is actually one of two separate compositions by Mozart now known as “The Hunt,” the other being a 1784 string quartet dedicated to Haydn.

Today, all that remains of this work is a scrap of paper ruled with 16 staves, and the world owes a great debt to Ludwig von Köchel for endeavouring to catalogue the works of Mozart following his death in 1791. It wasn’t until 1862 that Köchel succeeded in this undertaking, and his 551-page catalogue is renowned as being the complete musical works of Mozart. Revisions have, of course, been made to the compendium over the years, but the original “K”-based numbering system remains.

More than two hundred years after his death, Mozart’s musical compositions continue to inspire people from all walks of life. With their power to simultaneously invoke passion, rapture and profound serenity, these technically brilliant creations have a universal appeal and exert an effortless hold over their listeners, not to mention their incalculable influence on an untold number of composers and musicians throughout the ages.

• Original artwork: La Chasse (KV 300 [299d]) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Era: Circa 1778
• Region: Paris, France

Product Details

• Size: A5 – 148 × 210 × 5 mm
• Interior: Music Manuscript
• Pages: 80 (40 sheets)
• Paper: 100 gsm acid-free smooth paper
• Binding: Saddle Stitched
• Design: Mozart, The Hunt
• Series: Embellished Manuscripts Collection
• 300 gsm decorative printed cover
• All pages perforated for easy tear-out
• Saddle-stitch binding in thread colour that matches the cover design
• Decorative front endpapers that showcase the cover design and provide the story behind the cover art
• Name plate
• Weight: 152 g
• Product code: CB1467-7 | ISBN: 9780349714677

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