Bona Nox

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user_icon Jens* shared it 2 years, 3 months ago
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All4one All4one 4 weeks, 1 day ago

I'm sorry typo: I mean, "I wish Mozart 'were' still alive today."

All4one All4one 4 weeks, 1 day ago

I wish Mozart was still alive today. I wonder if he would still be doing classical music (if he would stick with the music business).

Jens Jens* 3 weeks, 6 days ago

Yeah, maybe he'd even be a programmer today... :-)

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ScratchScripter ScratchScripter 4 months, 1 week ago

I think I prefer the undefused one >:D Great project =)

Jens Jens* 4 months, 1 week ago

Thanks! I actually like the censored version better than Mozart's original lyrics, although I'm sure my own kids would disagree :-)

All4one All4one 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Well, MyRedNeptune makes cool ones too, but this is sitll my favorite. :)

All4one All4one 5 months, 4 weeks ago

This is the best music Scratch project I've seen! It's on my favorites!

Jens Jens* 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Thanks! I'm glad you like it

goch goch 1 year, 4 months ago

Very enjoyable.

s_federici s_federici 1 year, 10 months ago

very, very, very nice Jens.

Waterbug Waterbug 1 year, 10 months ago

Mozart is my favorite composer, and I like classical music very much.

Crazydylan Crazydylan 1 year, 10 months ago

Wow! This is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard, good job with the tempo and timing.

Jens Jens* 2 years ago

Mozart wrote a lot of stuff that nowadays would be considered absolutely inappropriate, and certainly was considered so at his time, but hey, the man's a genius, quod licet jovi non licet bovi ;-)

All4one All4one 5 months, 4 weeks ago

If I were to reccomend a cool Mozart piece I'd say The Marriage of Figaro Overture.

Oldschooler2 Oldschooler2 2 years ago

If I have kids in Germany, I'd sing this to them. It is an addicting lullaby, (I sing while I sleep, it is that interesting).

Oldschooler2 Oldschooler2 2 years ago

Wait how was the original vulgar? Did it have curse words? Warten Sie, wie war die vulgäre Vorlage? Hatte es Fluchwörter?

Jens Jens* 2 years ago

I doubt that, it's a lullaby, not a spriritual hymn, and the lyrics - even the 'tame' ones are probably inadequate for a church ... (e.g. 'pfui!' means 'yuck!')

NobodyKnowsNorune NobodyKnowsNorune 2 years ago

i used to hear that song every time i walked pass church on sundays

d--boy d--boy 2 years ago

vist my site plesse!!!!!!@#$#$@##@$%^&&*

Jens Jens* 2 years ago

In Mozart's time neither Germany nor Austria were 'nations' yet, nor was there a standardized spelling / pronunciation of German. Mozart left a huge oevre not only in music but also of all kinds of letters (some of which with rather infantile humor). In these - as in the lyrics of this song - he often uses local words and phrases of Salzburg / Vienna, which is why I call it 'Austrian' (e.g. schlaf' fei g'sund - sleep well). I think, the Austrians would agree that Mozart was 'their' hero. By 'nonsense' I mean, that the lyrics don't tell a consistent story (e.g. "good night, heut' müss' ma' no weit" - we've still got to go far today), but are obviously just thrown together with the aim to rhyme. When Mozart was working for the church he had to use Latin for his masses, when he was visiting with nobility, he had to speak French (which was the preferred language of the European courts at that time), and when he was composing an opera, Italian was really obligatory (until the magic flute, that is). English wasn't universally considered 'cool' yet (although Mozart was a freemason and they supposedly had an affinity to English), but Mozart had been visiting London as a child and probably picked it up there. I remember reading that someone 'diagnosed' ADHS with Mozart when reading these lyrics, because he knew all these languages and apparently couldn't put them to proper use. I couldn't disagree more, because in my opinion composing a funny little lullaby by making five different languages rhyme and four rounds of voices modulate throughout a whole harmonical cadence (not just thwo chords) in changing rhythms is anything but trivial, but a resourceful little masterpiece.

Oldschooler2 Oldschooler2 2 years ago

What do you mean by "nonsensical" Austrian? That is a dialect of German, Stimmt?

Jens Jens* 2 years ago

Hi Oldschooler2, glad you like this project and that you enjoy studying German. Yes the backgrounds all show Mozart at various ages. I got these from WikiCommons to make sure they are all free from copyrights. Hallo Mitglied der alten Schule ;-) Es freut mich, dass dir dieses Projekt gefällt, und dass du gern Deutsch lernst. In der Tat, die Hintergrundbilder zeigen alle Mozart in verschiedenen Lebensabschnitten. Ich habe diese Bilder von WikiCommons heruntergeladen um sicherzugehen, dass sie nicht mit Urheberrechten behaftet sind.

Oldschooler2 Oldschooler2 2 years ago

Antworten Sie diese Anmerkungen auf Deutch, bitte! (I think if I get more exposure to the language, I will be able to speak and understand it better).

Oldschooler2 Oldschooler2 2 years ago

Es tut mir leid, Ich mag gerade Anmerkungen auf Deutsch, zu Deutschsprache Leute! (You should note my grammatical errors... I am not a native speaker of German, and you are, of course).

Oldschooler2 Oldschooler2 2 years ago

Jens, Ich mag es lieber! Sind jene Abbildungen von Mozart? (Sorry if my German is off... I'm only a freshman in high school, and this is my 2nd or 3rd year of German.)

d--boy d--boy 2 years ago

cool

dreamer dreamer 2 years, 1 month ago

this song is so addicting

Deweybears Deweybears 2 years, 2 months ago

regarding the scratch on and pass it on project, I sure it doesn't matter how long it takes. But, i'm kind of interested in how big and how many people we can get involved.

Deweybears Deweybears 2 years, 2 months ago

Hi Jens, Daffyduck came up with this project (if you read the project notes you'll understand it better) Anyways, I really like your work and want to pass the project onto you! (link to project) Please look at it, it's not advertisement.

Jens Jens* 2 years, 2 months ago

Jasper, I've thought about that. It would, however, require a separate fading thread for each costume change, which in turn would use up a lot of cpu power and probably bring the music out of beat....

Jasper Jasper 2 years, 2 months ago

The only thing that could make this better is fading between the words.

Jasper Jasper 2 years, 2 months ago

A great musical example. I'm puting this on my favorites.

bbp bbp 2 years, 2 months ago

Amazin

codyhunt codyhunt 2 years, 3 months ago

it nearly put me to sleep its like a lulaby

codyhunt codyhunt 2 years, 3 months ago

wow. that's all i can say.....

chalkmarrow chalkmarrow 2 years, 3 months ago

Sehr gut!

2 years, 3 months ago

i think this is really cool

Jens Jens* 2 years, 3 months ago

I added a little orchestration to the music and some effects to the lyrics to visualize the beginning of each round (and each new instrument). If you listen to it long enough it will eventually go through some sound variations, slow down and stop by itself. Now I consider this project finished.

MyRedNeptune MyRedNeptune 2 years, 3 months ago

I'm going to listen to it again... so beautiful!

MyRedNeptune MyRedNeptune 2 years, 3 months ago

First thre are one, then two, three, and four. :)

gne gne 2 years, 3 months ago

Nice project!!! By the way I have this new magic project with your username and some of the other major Scratch usernames on it. So please check it out! :)

Jens Jens* 2 years, 3 months ago

I put in some more synchronization efforts, so even on slow computers the music shouldn't get out of beat any more. BTW there are actually four simultaneous voices, not just two, just watch and listen long enough....

Vanslar Vanslar 2 years, 3 months ago

good job!!! some of the parts where theres 2 notes at one time sound a bit off though

Vanslar Vanslar 2 years, 3 months ago

haha you used the word vulgar!!!!!!(im suprised i knew what that word meant... maybe ive seen it somewhere, maybe a movie)

xoxwebkinzxox xoxwebkinzxox 2 years, 3 months ago

nice job of putting 2 keys at a time!

All4one All4one 5 months, 3 weeks ago

I'm lower than you!

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